University of Maine junior Jen Johnstone of Dallas, Pa., has been selected to attend the United States Field Hockey Association’s B Camp, which will take place July 25-29 at Penn State University in State College, Pa.

The USFA B Camp is the first of three rungs on a player development ladder that culminates in selection for the U.S. National Team. The camp’s best players are invited to A Camp, which serves as a player pool for the various national squads.

Johnstone, a National Field Hockey Coaches Association second team Northeast Regional All-American selection last season, was Maine’s leading scorer with nine goals and one assist. In two seasons for the Black Bears, she has tallied 14 goals and three assists.

“We are all pleased and ecstatic on Jen’s selection to B Camp,” said Maine field hockey coach Terry Kix in a press release. “She’s a highly talented and committed athlete and is very deserving of this honor.”

Johnstone is the third Maine field hockey player to get a B Camp invitation, joining Mary-Lou Winstel and Amy Corbett-Bernatchez in the exclusive club.

Cook leaves Monks for Good

Brent Cook, who has worked as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Saint Joseph’s College in Standish since the 1997-98 season, has resigned the job to accept a similar position at Division II Bryant College in Smithfield, R.I.

Cook will join former Maine Central Institute postgraduate head coach Max Good, who was hired by Bryant after he spent two seasons coaching at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Cook will be responsible for scouting, recruiting, game coaching, summer camp administration, and scheduling.

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Hockey Media Group, LLP, which publishes The Junior Hockey News, will launch The College Hockey News newspaper in September.

The College Hockey News will be a nationally circulated tabloid newspaper published 20 times per year. It will cover both men’s and women’s programs and players from Division I through III.

The Junior Hockey News is currently the third-largest, nationally circulated hockey publication in the U.S.

Publisher HMG, LLP, is based in Duxbury, Mass., with an office in Minneapolis, Minn.