First-year forward Jade Barbirati '29 will represent Team France, and Kati Tabin '20 and Devon Toews ’17 will represent Team Canada. 

“This is an incredible moment for Quinnipiac,” said Greg Amodio, Quinnipiac’s director of athletics. “They represent the very best of what it means to be a Bobcat — passionate and talented individuals who pour their hearts into everything they do. They perfectly personify the type of student-athletes we recruit and develop, and seeing them selected among the world’s best is a tremendous point of pride for our entire Bobcat community.”

Women's ice hockey assistant coach Brent Hill has also been named to the U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey staff.

Barbirati, a native of Savoie, France, has appeared in eight games representing the Quinnipiac women's ice hockey team this season, recording three goals and four assists.

“Representing France at the Olympic Games is a dream come true," she said. "Doing it as a Bobcat makes the experience even more meaningful.”

Women's Ice Hockey Head Coach Cassandra Turner said our Quinnipiac family is behind our Bobcats.

"We’re incredibly proud of Jade and all the work she’s put in to earn this opportunity," Turner said. "Representing France on the Olympic stage is the result of years of quiet commitment, resilience and a deep love for the game. She represents everything we value in our program, a commitment to getting better every single day, making plays with confidence and competing hard. We’re excited to watch her compete on the world’s biggest stage."

Barbirati has represented Team France at the IIHF World Championships, helping France earn a gold medal during the 2021-2022 season and a bronze medal in 2023-2024.

Learn more about Barbirati's Olympic aspirations

Tabin, a former captain of the Quinnipiac women's ice hockey team, has been named to Team Canada.

Tabin played four seasons with the Bobcats from 2016-2020, totaling 52 points over 141 games. She earned All-ECAC Third Team honors during her senior season in 2020.

As a first-year student in 2016-17, Tabin skated in 32 games, recording two goals and five assists while finishing with a +9 rating. She followed with 14 points (3 goals, 11 assists) as a sophomore, appearing in all 36 games.

The defender played in 36 more games as a junior in 2018-19, recording 13 points and finishing second on the team in blocked shots (49).

Tabin served as team co-captain for the 2019-2020 campaign and led Quinnipiac's defense with a career-high 18 points, including five goals and 13 assists.

She is currently playing for the Montreal Victoire of the Professional Women's Hockey League. In nine games this season, she has recorded one goal and three assists.

Learn more about Tabin's Olympics aspirations

Toews ’17, who once helped lead the Bobcats as assistant captain and later helped the Colorado Avalanche to a Stanley Cup victory, hails from British Columbia.

He represented Quinnipiac for three years in Hamden, with his best coming in his third and final year when he earned 30 points in 40 games.

“The coaches and staff at Quinnipiac helped me learn to trust the process of getting to where I wanted to go,” said Toews. “They believed I had the talent and motivation to play professional hockey and they really instilled the drive and work ethic it was going to take for me to make a career out of it."

Toews represented Quinnipiac for three years in Hamden, with his best coming in his third and final year when he earned 30 points in 40 games.

Toews was drafted by the New York Islanders during his second year on the Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team.

After a few years of playing for the Islanders, he made the cross-country move to join the Colorado Avalanche in 2020. During the historic 2022 season, the team advanced to the highly coveted Stanley Cup playoffs and brought home the win.

Men’s Ice Hockey Head Coach Rand Pecknold said the entire Quinnipiac family is so thrilled for him.

“It's exciting,” he said. “He was a great player for the three years he was here, really developed not only as a player but as a person. He blossomed when he was here.”

Learn more about Toews' Olympics aspirations

Hill returned to USA Hockey as an assistant coach for the 2025 U.S. Women's National Team, which captured the world championship in Czechia with an overtime win over Canada. He served in the same role in 2024 and for the gold medal–winning 2023 U.S. Women's National Team.

Now in his sixth year at Quinnipiac, Hill works primarily with the Bobcats' forwards and leads the program's power play.

Learn more about Hill's role with Team USA