Courtesy Wesleyan Sports Information/USA Hockey

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Dave Flint, the head women's ice hockey coach at Northeastern University, and Jodi McKenna, the head women's ice hockey coach at Wesleyan University, have been named as assistant coaches for the U.S. Women's National Team at the 2009 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Women's Championship, set for April 4-12 in Hameenlinna, Finland.

The pair will join the University of Wisconsin's Mark Johnson, who was previously named the head coach for Team USA through the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

McKenna recently completed her second season as the head coach at Wesleyan after spending nine seasons as an assistant coach at St. Lawrence University. In her nine seasons with St. Lawrence, she helped the Saints qualify for the NCAA tournament five times, making it to the Frozen Four on each occasion and playing in the title game in 2001.

A 1998 graduate of Brown University, McKenna played four seasons for the Bears, and helped the team capture an ECAC regular-season or tournament title three times. She has been involved with USA Hockey Player Development Camps and was an assistant coach at USA Hockey's Women's Under-22 Camp last summer and at the USA Hockey Women's Holiday Camp in December.