Team USA hockey Olympic roster: Who will be playing for the American women’s team in Beijing?

The United States women’s hockey team will go for gold again in Beijing.

Team USA will have the chance to become back-to-back women’s hockey champions for the first time in the organization’s history at the upcoming Beijing Olympics.

The 2022 Winter Olympics are fast approaching as the United States women’s hockey team is set to defend its 2018 gold medal won over rival Canada in a shootout. Many names on the roster for the upcoming Winter Games will be familiar to USA hockey fans, including Hilary Knight, Kendall Coyne Schofield, Amanda Kessel, Lee Stecklein and Brianna Decker.

There will also be some fresh faces to this USA squad as the team looks to continue its stretch of successful play, with first-timers such as Jesse Compher, Hayley Scamurra and Abby Roque.

With the Beijing Olympics just around the corner, here is the full 23-player roster for Team USA’s women’s hockey as the team takes to the global stage. Women’s hockey at the Winter Games begins February 3 with Team USA’s first game against Finland at 8:10 a.m. ET.