Chobak Invited to 2025 USA Hockey Women’s National Festival
7/29/2025 9:41:00 AM | Women's Hockey
Chicago native will attend prestigious August camp ahead of her final collegiate season at the Lake Placid Olympic Center in Lake Placid, N.Y. from August 3-9
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – St. Cloud State Women's Hockey graduate student goaltender Jojo Chobak (Chicago, Ill./Glenbrook North) (Chicago, Ill.) has been invited to the USA Hockey Women's National Festival, as announced by the organization Monday. The Festival is set for August 3-9 at the Lake Placid Olympic Center in Lake Placid, N.Y. This is the second time that Chobak will attend the National Festival.
Bringing together the top American female players from the U18 level to the national team, the Festival will assist in the evaluation process for the 2026 U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team, set to compete in Milan at the Olympic Winter Games, and the selection process for the U18 and Collegiate Women's Select Team rosters for the U18 & Collegiate Series against Canada that will take place August 13-16 in Lake Placid as well.
The group is made up of 76 college and professional players, along with 46 players under the age of 18. All practices and games will take place at the Lake Placid Olympic Center in Lake Placid, N.Y. Chobak is one of nine college/professional goaltenders that will be in attendance.
In addition to the National Festival, Chobak has attended three USA Hockey National Goaltending Camps (2023, 24, 25) and was named to the 2023 U.S. Collegiate Select Team after and impressive performance at that year's Festival and helped the United States' U22 team sweep Canada in the three-game series.
Chobak is coming off a redshirt season in 2024-25. In 2023-24, she went 7-11-1 over 17 starts and established new program records for single season save percentage (.939) and goals against average (1.64). She also recorded four shutouts. In 2022-23, Chobak also enjoyed a phenomenal debut season with St. Cloud State, going 9-7-1 across 17 starts, posting a .923 save percentage alongside a 2.46 goals against average. In that season, she broke the Huskies single-season shutout record with five clean sheets throughout the season.
𝐈𝐍𝐕𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 🇺🇸
🥅 For the 2️⃣nd time in her career, 𝐉𝐨𝐣𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐤 is headed to the @usahockey Women's National Festival 🤩
She will be 1️⃣ of just 9️⃣ collegiate/professional netminders in attendance 👏#HuskyHockey 🏒 | #GoHuskies 🐾 | @ViolaChobak pic.twitter.com/izjirzL9iJ— St. Cloud State Women's Hockey (@SCSUHuskies_WHK) July 29, 2025
CHOBAK IN THE SCSU WOMEN'S HOCKEY RECORD BOOK
1. Season save percentage, .939 (2023-24)
1. Season goals against average, 1.64 (2023-24)
t1. Season shutouts, 5 (2022-23)
t1. Career save percentage, .931
2. Career goals against average, 2.04
2. Career shutouts, 9
t3. Season shutouts, 4 (2023-24)
t8. Season wins, 9 (2022-23)
9. Season goals against average, 2.46 (2022-23)
t9. Career wins, 16
t10. Season save percentage, .923 (2022-23)
CHOBAK WITH USA HOCKEY
National Festival: 2023, 2025
National Goaltender Camp: 2023, 2024, 2025
Collegiate Select Team: 2023
USA Hockey Release | National Festival Roster | National Festival Homepage
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