The NCAA announced the 16 participants in the third annual Frozen Four Skills Challenge, scheduled for April 11 in Denver.

The competition will be conducted in an East versus West format, with each team having six male position players, six female position players, two male goaltenders and two female goaltenders. An alternate list has been established in the event that players have to withdraw from the competition due to other commitments, such as their team’s participation in the Men's Frozen Four.

This year’s participants on the east squad are Kevin Regan, New Hampshire goaltender; David Leggio, Clarkson goaltender; Luke Flicek, Army; Michael Brennan, Boston College; Pete MacArthur, Boston University; Jesse Winchester, Colgate; Joh Rheault, Providence; Jake Morissette, Rensselaer; Hayley Moore, Brown; Jaclyn Hawkins, Connecticut; Martine Garland, New Hampshire; Jennifer Hitchcock, New Hampshire; Marykate Oakley, Princeton; Sabrina Harbec, St. Lawrence; Sarah Perry, Sacred Heart goaltender; and Meghan Guckian, St. Lawrence goaltender.

The west squad is composed of Kevin Porter, Michigan; Jimmy Kilpatrick, Colorado College; Andrew Thomas, Denver; Bryan Lerg, Michigan State; Tommy Goebel, Ohio State; Mike Forgie, Wayne State (Michigan); Kyle Jones, St. John’s goaltender; Peter Mannino, Denver goaltender; Tessa Bonhomme, Ohio State; Courtney DeHoey, Lake Forest; Karine Demeule, Minnesota Duluth; Bobbi Ross, Minnesota; Shannon Moulson, Niagara; Lara Fast, St. Cloud St.; Laura Hosier, Mercyhurst goaltender; and Britni Kehler, Minnesota State Mankato goaltender.

All participants have exhausted their eligibility and were nominated by their coach. Representatives from the American Hockey Coaches Association, the Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Committee and the NCAA national office selected the winners. Competitions include puck control relay, fastest skater, hardest shot, rapid fire shooting, accuracy shooting and penaly shot.

"The Frozen Four Skills Challenge has really taken off as an event," said Joel Maturi, chair of the Division I Men's Ice Hockey Committee and director of athletics at the University of Minnesota. "Each year the caliber of the student-athletes in this competition has gotten stronger and stronger, and we feel this year is no different. The Skills Challenge will once again be a showcase of the nation’s best senior student-athletes."