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During Challenge Week the team faces a new — and grueling — training event every day. In Day 2, they have to exercise in the pool — with their training clothes on! For more Qwest Tour videos and info please check out: qwestallaccess.com/qwesttour and twitter.com/qwesttour

During Challenge Week the team faces a new — and grueling — training event every day. Pulling weighted sleds. Flipping tires. Pushing a truck. And that’s just today. For more Qwest Tour videos and info please check out: qwestallaccess.com/qwesttour and twitter.com/qwesttour

The U.S. women’s Olympic hockey team got a treat from the coaching staff in early January: a chance to skate on the field at Fenway Park — on the ice used for the NHL’s Winter Classic. Angela takes us on a tour of the Red Sox locker room, dugout and a team practice on Fenway ice! For more Qwest Tour videos and info please check out: qwestallaccess.com/qwesttour and twitter.com/qwesttour

The U.S. women's Olympic hockey team got a treat from the coaching staff in early January: a chance to skate on the field at Fenway Park -- on the ice used for the NHL's Winter Classic. Angela takes us on a tour of the Red Sox locker room, dugout and other cool stuff before a team practice. For more Qwest Tour videos and info please check out: qwestallaccess.com/qwesttour and twitter.com/qwesttour

While hanging out in their kitchen, Kelli Stack tells Erika what it was like after one of the roughest days of practice, as training gets intensive in the final weeks leading up to the Olympics. For more Qwest Tour videos and info please check out: qwestallaccess.com/qwesttour and twitter.com/qwesttour

The team helped the Blaine Fire Department with a food drive during the holiday season — with forward Julie Chu as an unlikely Santa. For more Qwest Tour videos and info please check out: http://www.qwestallaccess.com/qwesttour and http://www.twitter.com/qwesttour

In this second part, the 2010 Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team was announced and called on stage at the Mall of America on December 17 in front of family, friends and fans. For more Qwest Tour videos and info please check out: http://www.qwestallaccess.com/qwesttour and http://www.twitter.com/qwesttour

The 2010 Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team was announced at the Mall of America on December 17. Among the 21 members selected were our Qwest Tour correspondents Angela Ruggiero (fourth time) and Erika Lawler (first time). In this first episode, Angela and Erika take you behind the scenes as the team nervously gets ready for the announcement. For more Qwest Tour videos and info please check out: http://www.qwestallaccess.com/qwesttour and http://www.twitter.com/qwesttour

Here’s a special holiday greeting from the U.S. Women’s National Team on the Qwest Tour. For more Qwest Tour videos and info please check out: http://www.qwestallaccess.com/qwesttour and http://www.twitter.com/qwesttour

At the team’s holiday party, Erika interviews Gigi Marvin, three-time member of the U.S. Women’s National Team, who talks about what it’s like being on the team.

The team scrimmages with the Under-18 USA Team at the Herb Brooks Training Center in Blaine, Minnesota. For more Qwest Tour videos and info please check out: http://www.qwestallaccess.com/qwesttour and http://www.twitter.com/qwesttour

With less than 3 months to go before the Olympics — and halfway through the Qwest Tour — Erika gives a candid interview to Angela about the excitement, fears and thrills of the past months and the months ahead. For more Qwest Tour videos and info please check out: http://www.qwestallaccess.com/qwesttour and http://www.twitter.com/qwesttour

The team uses yoga to build strength, endurance, balance and flexibility. Yoga also helps rejuvenate and detoxify tired muscles used for hockey. Namaste. For more Qwest Tour videos and info please check out: http://www.qwestallaccess.com/qwesttour and http://www.twitter.com/qwesttour

The team yuks it up in the locker room on Halloween, taking their turns dressing up as and imitating each other. For more Qwest Tour videos and info please check out: http://www.qwestallaccess.com/qwesttour and http://www.twitter.com/qwesttour

Erika takes us into the training room and onto the ice to show us what they go through almost every day to stay in shape for the Olympics. For more Qwest Tour videos and info please check out: http://www.qwestallaccess.com/qwesttour and http://www.twitter.com/qwesttour

Angela and the team put on a clinic for nearly 50 kids in Spokane and later host a Qwest Fantasy Skate. For more Qwest Tour videos and info please check out: http://www.qwestallaccess.com/qwesttour and http://www.twitter.com/qwesttour

Erika talks about the intense ups and downs of training for the Olympics as she packs for the upcoming 2009 Women's Four Nations Cup in Finland, where the U.S. Women's National Team competes against national teams from Canada, Sweden and Finland. For more Qwest Tour videos and info please check out: http://www.qwestallaccess.com/qwesttour and http://www.twitter.com/qwesttour

Angela accompanies Jessie Vetter, guardian of the Team USA net, as she accepts the award for Sportswoman of the Year by the Womens Sports Foundation. Vetter was recognized at the 30th Annual Salute to Women in Sports Awards Dinner in New York for her accomplishments with the U.S. Womens National Hockey Team and the University of Wisconsin womens hockey team. For more Qwest Tour videos and info please check out: http://www.qwestallaccess.com/qwesttour and http://www.twitter.com/qwesttour

The team is honored at a Minnesota Twins Game in September, where Natalie Darwitz throws out the first pitch, accompanied by Julie Chu, Jenny Potter and Angela. For more Qwest Tour videos and info please check out: http://www.qwestallaccess.com/qwesttour and http://www.twitter.com/qwesttour

The team has some fun on a ferry from Vancouver to Victoria Island, and later tours the Olympic arena where they will be playing. For more Qwest Tour videos and info please check out: http://www.qwestallaccess.com/qwesttour and http://www.twitter.com/qwesttour

During a pre-Olympic test event, Angela and the team tour Vancouver and the facilities for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, including the Thunderbird Arena at University of British Columbia (UBC) where they will be playing preliminary games. For more Qwest Tour videos and info please check out: http://www.qwestallaccess.com/qwesttour and http://www.twitter.com/qwesttour

Erika takes us behind the scenes as the team practices for the opening game of the Qwest Tour Sept. 25 against the WCHA All-Stars, at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. The USA won the game 6-1. Click here for more details. During the practice, the team runs into Minnesota Wild star Pierre-Marc Bouchard. For more Qwest Tour videos and info please check out: http://www.qwestallaccess.com/qwesttour and http://www.twitter.com/qwesttour

The team was honored at the Minnesota State Fair, where they marched in a parade, signed autographs for fans and ran into Santa Claus. For more Qwest Tour videos and info please check out: http://www.qwestallaccess.com/qwesttour and http://www.twitter.com/qwesttour

Angela takes us into the weight room where the team works toward their peak power output. For more Qwest Tour videos and info please check out: http://www.qwestallaccess.com/qwesttour and http://www.twitter.com/qwesttour

Angela takes us into the locker room before and after U.S. Women's National Team took first place in the 2009 Hockey Canada Cup at GM Place in Vancouver, B.C. a few weeks ago. The top four women's ice hockey teams in the world — the United States, Canada, Sweden and Finland — faced off in Team USAs first international competition of the season, which served as a test event for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. For more Qwest Tour videos and info please check out: http://www.qwestallaccess.com/qwesttour and http://www.twitter.com/qwesttour

After prepping in the locker room, Erika and the team take to the ice for a long but fun photo shoot. For more Qwest Tour videos and info please check out: http://www.qwestallaccess.com/qwesttour and http://www.twitter.com/qwesttour

Erika takes us behind the scenes and into the locker room as the team gets ready and blows a fuse for Photo Day on the ice. For more Qwest Tour videos and info please check out: http://www.qwestallaccess.com/qwesttour and http://www.twitter.com/qwesttour

Angela takes the Flip camera into the teams locker room before a game and introduces us to a handful of players. For more Qwest Tour videos and info please check out: http://www.qwestallaccess.com/qwesttour and http://www.twitter.com/qwesttour

Erika and teammate and roommate Meghan Duggan move from Madison, WI to Blaine, MN. For more Qwest Tour videos and info please check out: http://www.qwestallaccess.com/qwesttour and http://www.twitter.com/qwesttour

Angela Ruggiero and Erika Lawler our two podcast correspondents — face-off in this debut podcast from the Qwest Tour. For more Qwest Tour videos and info please check out: http://www.qwestallaccess.com/qwesttour and http://www.twitter.com/qwesttour