Meslar fell in love with hockey at a young age while playing at a local youth ball hockey league in a Chicago suburb near her home. After aging out of the league, she learned how to skate so she could continue to play hockey, and played Triple A girl’s ice hockey throughout high school.
When it was time to select her college, Meslar chose Western Michigan University in large part because it offered a women’s ice hockey team at the time. She made the WMU Mustangs her freshman year, and continued until the end of her college career. During that time, she served as president of the organization for three years and captain of the team for two years.
In 2013, she returned to ball hockey and took a Chicago women's team to a tournament in Massachusetts. After learning about the American Street Hockey Institute (ASHI) USA Women's Team, she attended the national team tryout and was selected for the USA women’s program. She participated in four training camps and competed in multiple national tournaments in preparation for World’s.
The schedule for the Women’s USA Team and game updates are cane be found here. All the games will be live-streamed here.
Meslar also will be posting updates on the tournament at www.facebook.com/USABallHockey.Chicago. The Instagram user name for Team USA is womensusaballhockey. Fans can post a picture or a comment on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter, using the hashtag #zug2015, and it will be posted on the Fans Page on the Official World’s website (zug2015.com/en/fans/social-media-feed/).
Eileen also will be keeping a blog about her journey at eileenmeetshockey.wordpress.com.
Story courtesy of Eileen Meslar.