Buffalo Grove's Bozek Makes U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team

BUFFALO GROVE, IL — The roster for the U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team has a Chicagoland feel to it, with five local players on the roster for next month's Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. Included on the roster is Buffalo Grove's Megan Bozek, 30, who will be competing in the Games for the second time. She was a member of the team that won a bronze medal at the Sochi Olympic Games in 2014.

Bozek is a 2009 graduate of Stevenson High School. She played collegiate ice hockey at the University of Minnesota and helped guide them to national championships in both her junior (2011-2012) and senior (2012-2013) seasons.

Other locals on the squad include: Jesse Compher, of Northbrook, Savannah Harmon, of Downers Grove, Abbey Murphy, of Evergreen Park, and Kendall Coyne Schofield, of Palos Heights. Compher, Harmon and Murphy are first-time Olympians.

Bozek, who plays defense, is listed at 5-foot-8 inches, 176 pounds on the official team roster. She most recently played professionally with the KRS Vanke Rays of the Zhenskaya Hockey League, based out of Eurasia, for the 2020-2021 season.

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