Players receive stipends to help with living expenses from USA Hockey and the United States Olympic Committee. Some have part-time jobs; others are continuing their studies.
Tom Osiecki, a longtime Minnesota high school and college coach, serves as the coach. The Olympic coach, however, will be chosen in late January, according to Michele Amidon, the director of womenâ??s hockey operations for USA Hockey. Three candidates are in the running: Harvard Coach Katey Stone, who coached the womenâ??s select team that won the Four Nations Cup; Ohio State Coach Jackie Barto, who directed the national team to a gold medal at the world championship; and Mark Johnson, who has coached Wisconsin to N.C.A.A. championships.