The 23-member U.S national women’s hockey team was named on Monday and six former Gophers are on it.

Two of them are the Lamoureux twins, Monique and Jocelyne, of Grand Forks, N.D. They played for the Gophers as freshmen last season but then transferred to North Dakota.

Also on the national roster, which is basically the roster for the U.S. Olympic team minus two players, are:

Gophers assistant coach and former all-america player Natalie Darwitz and two players on last season’s team, forward Gigi Marvin and defenseman Rachael Drazan.

The sixth ex-Gopher is forward Jenny Potter, who played at the U of M before transferring to UMD and leading the Bulldogs to the NCAA title in 2000.

The seventh Minnesotan on the national team is forward Angie Keseley of St. Louis Park. She plays for the University of Wisconsin.

The national team will play a 10-game tour before the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, which starts Sept. 25 in St. Paul.

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