CALGARY – Rising juniors Abby Stonehouse and Grace Outwater of the Penn State women’s hockey team have been selected to Hockey Canada’s National Women’s Development Team to compete in a three-game series against the United States’ National Women’s Collegiate Select Team, as announced by the organization on Sunday afternoon.
Stonehouse and Outwater are two of 12 forwards on the 22-player roster selected to represent Canada in the series, held Aug. 10-16 at the Richmond Olympic Oval in Richmond, British Columbia.
The selection comes following Stonehouse’s and Outwater’s participation at Canada’s National Women’s Team Development Camp (Aug. 2-9) which served as an evaluation to earn a roster spot for the series against the United States. The camp also marked the first step in the selection process for the 2027 Euro Hockey Tour Series in the Czech Republic.
Stonehouse and Outwater have previously been part of Hockey Canada’s player development pathway. Stonehouse represented Canada at the 2023 IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship, earned a bronze medal at the 2023 Canada Winter Games, and competed in the 2023 National Women’s Under-18 Championship. Outwater was invited to Canada’s Women’s Team camp in the summer of 2023.
At Penn State, Stonehouse appeared in all 39 games during her sophomore campaign, recording 14 goals and 10 assists for 24 points.
Outwater finished second on the team with 24 goals during her sophomore campaign while adding 16 assists for 40 points. She set the Penn State sophomore single season record with 24 goals, which ranked second in Atlantic Hockey America and tied for 11th nationally. Her 40 points ranked third in the conference and tied for 27th in the nation.
Outwater also recorded six game-winning goals, ranking second in the AHA and tied for fourth nationally, while her two shorthanded goals tied for first in the conference and sixth nationally. She captured the AHA scoring title with 31 points in conference play and earned All-AHA First Team honors.
Stonehouse and Outwater helped lead Penn State to its fourth consecutive Atlantic Hockey America championship, the program’s first NCAA Tournament victory and its inaugural NCAA Frozen Four appearance. Pegula Ice Arena also hosted the NCAA Women’s Frozen Four for the second time in history.