Ken Klee, Robb Stauber, Chris Tamer, Mike Grier and Scott Bjugstad are all former National Hockey League (NHL) players who were present at the festival, which is an annual development camp that gives players a variety of skill-specific practice sessions.

The coaching is also supplemented with the use of video, where the coaches help "enhance player habits".

The five players combined have more than 51 years of experience in the NHL, equalling 3,000 career games.

Stauber has worked with the women’s programme for the longest period of time and Klee has served as the head coach of the women’s national team at several events over the last few seasons.

Each member was able to bring their various ice hockey experience and attributes to the group, and provided the women with instruction that translated to improved play on the ice.

"Every time we come together as a group or tournament, we look to improve and challenge our players to be the best they can be and we need to provide the resources to help them meet that goal,” said Reagan Carey, director of women’s ice hockey at USA Hockey.

“We build our coaching staff through a variety of highly capable resources but there is a definite benefit to including individuals with former NHL experience.”

Current US women's ice hockey player Alex Carpenter said that there is a definite benefit to having the coaches on hand to fine-tune their game.

“It’s definitely great to have a lot of NHL coaches in practice and on our bench," said Carpenter.

"They know so much about the game and they had the highest level coaches that they played for. 

"I think they’re able to help us with the little things that we’re not able to pick up on our own.”

The Festival was also used to help select two 22-player rosters for a pair of series against Canada, an under-22 squad and an under-18 squad.