Team USA’s Sarah Erickson, Kendall Coyne and Amanda Kessel celebrate a goal at the 2008 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship.
photo: Josh Holmberg / IIHF
In one week the IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship will mark the 15th edition of the premier junior event for women. Started in 2008 in Calgary, the U18 provides a vital link between high school and college, and the senior levels, and in the last 15 years virtually every superstar at the top level started with their national team at the WW18 level. Herewith are the 15 best players to have appeared at the U18.
Kendall Coyne Schofield
![](https://blob.iihf.com/iihf-media/iihfmvc/media/2023/ww18/top15/01_kendall_coyne_schofield.jpg)
Amanda Kessel
![](https://blob.iihf.com/iihf-media/iihfmvc/media/2023/ww18/top15/02_amanda_kessel.jpg)
Marie-Philip Poulin
![](https://blob.iihf.com/iihf-media/iihfmvc/media/2023/ww18/top15/03_marie-philip_poulin.jpg)
Cayla Barnes
![](https://blob.iihf.com/iihf-media/iihfmvc/media/2023/ww18/top15/04_cayla_barnes.jpg)
Alina Muller
![](https://blob.iihf.com/iihf-media/iihfmvc/media/2023/ww18/top15/05_alina_muller.jpg)
Jessica Campbell
![](https://blob.iihf.com/iihf-media/iihfmvc/media/2023/ww18/top15/06_jessica_campbell.jpg)
Alyssa Grogan
![](https://blob.iihf.com/iihf-media/iihfmvc/media/2023/ww18/top15/07_alyssa_grogan.jpg)
Elisa Holopainen
![](https://blob.iihf.com/iihf-media/iihfmvc/media/2023/ww18/top15/08_elisa_holopainen.jpg)
Phoebe Staenz
![](https://blob.iihf.com/iihf-media/iihfmvc/media/2023/ww18/top15/09_phoebe_staenz.jpg)
Jincy Dunne
![](https://blob.iihf.com/iihf-media/iihfmvc/media/2023/ww18/top15/10_jincy_dunne.jpg)
Erin Ambrose
![](https://blob.iihf.com/iihf-media/iihfmvc/media/2023/ww18/top15/11_erin_ambrose.jpg)
Alex Carpenter
![](https://blob.iihf.com/iihf-media/iihfmvc/media/2023/ww18/top15/12_alex_carpenter.jpg)
Taylor Heise
![](https://blob.iihf.com/iihf-media/iihfmvc/media/2023/ww18/top15/13_taylor_heise.jpg)
Brigette Lacquette
![](https://blob.iihf.com/iihf-media/iihfmvc/media/2023/ww18/top15/14_brigette_lacquette.jpg)
Lina Ljungblom
![](https://blob.iihf.com/iihf-media/iihfmvc/media/2023/ww18/top15/15_lina_ljungblom.jpg)