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// SEPTEMBER 2026 USAHOCKEYMAGAZINE.COM
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Who would be the better
goalie?
Caroline: Maggie, she used to play
goalie in soccer growing up.
Maggie: Me.
What's your favorite hockey
memory together?
Maggie: I would say winning gold
at U18 worlds my first year (2024
IIHF Under-18 Women's World
Championship).
Caroline: Yeah, I agree with
winning gold in 2024.
Who's more talkative?
Caroline: Once we start talking, I
don't know. Maybe Maggie?
Maggie: I feel like we're both shy,
but once you get to know us, then
we start talking.
What's been your favorite part
of Player Development Camp
this summer?
Maggie: Just being able to play
with people that you can't play
with throughout the year.
Caroline: Yeah, I would say seeing
people you don't see very often.
Who's better on aux?
Caroline: Me.
Maggie: Caroline.
Who's on their phone the
most?
Caroline: Maggie.
Maggie: Me.
Q U I C K H I T S
p Princeton
C O L L E G E
W H O I S YO U R S I S T E R ' S
FAVO R I T E S I N G E R ?
Caroline: Noah Kahan.
Maggie: Hers is definitely
Noah Kahan too.
Wayland, Mass.
H O M E T O W N
W O U L D Y O U R AT H E R F I G H T O N E H O R S E - S I Z E D
D U C K O R 1 0 D U C K - S I Z E D H O R S E S ?
Caroline: But like a HUGE duck?!
Fine, we can take the duck.
Maggie: One horse sized duck, horses
are mean and there are 10 of them.
PLAYER PROFILES
&
p DID YOU KNOW?: Maggie Averill
captained the 2026 U.S. Under-18
Women's National Team to a perfect gold
medal (never trailing or tied once) at
the 2026 IIHF Under-18 Women's World
Championship. She previously won a
gold medal in 2024 and earned a silver in
2025 as well with her sister.
Maggie
Averill
5' 11"
183 lbs
P O S I T I O N
Defense
09/09/08
N O .
2
5' 7 "
155 lbs
N O .
P O S I T I O N
Forward
01/14/07
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p DID YOU KNOW?: Caroline Averill
hit the 100 career points mark while
playing for Phillips Academy Andover last
season. She previously won a gold medal
with Team USA at the 2024 IIHF Under-
18 Women's World Championship and
earned a silver medal at the 2025 IIHF
Under-18 Women's World Championship.
Caroline
Averill
W H O ' S Y O U R
FAV O R I T E P W H L
P L AY E R ?
Caroline: Hannah Bilka.
Maggie: Megan Keller.
Maggie
Caroline
