Mark Johnson will be far from alone when it comes to Badger ties in the US Women's Hockey National team takes the ice for the upcoming World Championships.

Jessie Vetter, Hilary Knight, Erika Lawler, Meghan Duggan, Kerry Weiland and Molly Engstrom are all current or former Badgers who've made the 21 player final roster it was announced today by USA Hockey.

The U.S. squad was selected following a 32-player tryout camp held at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, N.Y. Team USA will train in Lake Placid until departing on Monday (March 30) for Finland.

At last year's IIHF World Women's Championship in Harbin, China, the U.S. beat Canada (which had not lost in 29 games) an unprecedented two times, including by a 4-3 count in the gold-medal game. In addition to the two wins over Canada, Team USA earned preliminary-round victories over Switzerland and Germany and outscored opponents by a 23-8 margin.

Team USA will spend March 31-April 2 in Vierumaki, Finland, and will play a pre-tournament game against Sweden on April 2. The team will then travel to Hameenlinna to open world-championship play against Japan on April 4.