Angela Ruggiero

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Hockey Hall of Fame , 2015
IIHF Hall of Fame , 2017
Angela Ruggiero
Date of birth January 3, 1980
place of birth Panorama City , California , USA
size 175 cm
Weight 87 kg
position defender
number # 4
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1998-2004 Harvard Crimson
2004-2005 Montréal Axion
2007-2009 Minnesota Whitecaps
2011–2012 Boston Blades

Angela Marie Ruggiero (born January 3, 1980 in Panorama City , California ) is a former American national ice hockey player of Italian origin. She is a member of the International Olympic Committee and was a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team for many years . She won a medal at four consecutive Winter Olympics , including one gold, two silver and one bronze medal. She also took part in ten women's world championshipsin which she won four gold and six silver medals. Angela Ruggiero is the record holder with 256 internationals for the USA regarding the number of internationals, regardless of whether it is a men's or a women's national team. In June 2015, Ruggiero was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as the fourth woman ; In 2017 he was elected to the IIHF Hall of Fame .

Career

Angela Ruggiero was born to Bill and Karen Ruggiero in Panorama City and grew up with her older sister and younger brother in Sylmar and Simi Valley, California .

Beginnings in California and Connecticut

She began ice hockey at the age of seven after her father sent her brother Billy to practice ice hockey. Together with Billy and her team from Pasadena, Ruggiero won the regional championship in 1992. In 1994, she was the only girl in California to play AA-level ice hockey. Therefore, she was selected to represent California in the 1994 tournament for the National Girls' Championship. Her trainer at the time, Todd Sharinn, said at the time: "Ruggiero is the team's best player ... Look for her name on the 1998 US Olympic team roster ..." . The family later moved to Michigan and lived in Harrison Township .

From 1994 she attended Choate Rosemary Hall boarding school in Wallingford , Connecticut . During this time she played for the school's ice hockey team and quickly became one of the best players on her team. In addition to ice hockey, she also played lacrosse and soccer. In 1995 she was appointed to the Connecticut Polar Bears girls' national selection and won the New England Regional Championship with them. She also represented Connecticut in 1995, 1996 and 1997 at the US National Girls' Championships. In 1995 she was called up to the US junior national team for the first time, and a year later she made her debut for the women's national team at the age of 16 . In 1997 she completed her first world championship for the USA and won the silver medal.

As a national player and at Harvard University

At the age of 18, when she in her last year ( senior was) at Choate Rosemary Hall, Ruggiero became the youngest player of the US national team the gold medal at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano .

Ruggiero in a game against the ECAC All Stars (2010)

After graduating from high school, she began studying political science at Harvard University . At the same time, she played a total of four years (from 1998 to 2004 with a two-year break) for the sports department of the University, the Harvard Crimson , and scored 243 points (91 goals, 152 assists) in 127 games. She has received numerous personal awards, including four appointments to the NCAA All-American Team and the 2004 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award for best ice hockey player in the NCAA . In 1999 she won the NCAA predecessor championship with Harvard. Since she did not neglect her studies in addition to ice hockey, she was appointed to the NCAA First Team Academic All-American in 2004 , which takes into account both sporting and school aspects.

In addition to studying and playing college ice hockey, she continued to work for the national team, with which she won four more silver medals at world championships in 1999 , 2000 , 2001 and 2004 . In addition, she received three awards (2000, 2002, 2004) as the best defender and one appointment (2004) to the all-star team of the world title bouts. At the 2002 Winter Olympics , she won the gold medal again and was named best defender. In addition, she was appointed to the All-Star Team of the Olympic Tournament.

Ruggiero graduated from Harvard University in 2004 with a Bachelor of Arts in Government .

(Semi) professional ice hockey and international success

Angela Ruggiero in the Minnesota Whitecaps jersey , March 2009

During the 2004/05 season she played for the Montréal Axion in the National Women's Hockey League and reached the play-off final with these. On January 28, 2005, Angela Ruggiero became the first woman in the United States to appear as an outfield player in a professional ice hockey game: She played a game for the Tulsa Oilers of the Central Hockey League against the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees . In this game, she and her brother Billy competed for the Oilers, making them the world's first sister-brother pair in professional ice hockey. In the following season she again (centralized) prepared with Team USA for the Winter Olympics in Turin , where she won the bronze medal and was again named best defender.

Caitlin Cahow , Angela Ruggiero and Kacey Bellamy (from left to right) at the CWHL draft, August 2010

In 2007 she was committed by the Minnesota Whitecaps from the Western Women's Hockey League , with whom she won the championship in 2009. At the same time, she studied at the University of Minnesota and graduated in 2010 with a Master of Education in Sports Management . During this time she continued to play for the national team, with whom she again won the silver medal at the World Cup in 2007 . At the women's ice hockey world championship in 2008 , Ruggiero became world champion for the first time and was able to defend this title in the world championships the following year . In addition, she was appointed to the All-Star Team of the World Cup tournament in 2007 and 2009 and was named best defender in 2008.

At her fourth Winter Olympics in Vancouver , Ruggiero won the silver medal again and was named to the tournament's all-star team. In the 2010/11 season she was with the Boston Blades in the National Women's Hockey League under contract after the Blades had selected her in the 2010 CHWL Draft. The last international tournament of her career was the 2011 Women's Ice Hockey World Championship , where Ruggiero was world champion for the third time.

In December 2011 she ended her active career due to a chronic shoulder injury and numerous obligations as an IOC member. She then began an MBA at Harvard Business School , which she completed in May 2014.

As a sports official

Angela Ruggiero (left) at a press conference for the 2010 Winter Olympics

In 2010 Ruggiero was elected to the IOC Athletes Commission. As a member of the IOC , she was also a member of the Entourage Commission and the Coordination Commission for the 2018 Winter Olympics. She was also chair of the coordination commission for the 2016 Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer. Ruggerio also sits on the Board of Directors of the US Olympic Committee and is a member of the IIHF Athletes' Advisory Board . From August 2016 she was Chair of the IOC Athletes Commission and thus a member of the IOC Executive Board.

In addition to her various functions at the IOC, Ruggiero is also involved in women's sports in general, including being President of the Women's Sports Foundation from 2013 to 2015 .

In 2018, her term of office as chairwoman of the athletes' commission and as an IOC member ended, but remained on various IOC bodies.

Achievements and Awards

college

International

Jenny Potter (left) and Angela Ruggiero at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games

Career statistics

Sources : collegehockeystats.net, uscho.com, hhof.com westernwomenshockeyleague.com ( legend to player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; pts or pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

North America

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1997/98 Team USA National 31 5 12 17th
1998/99 Harvard Crimson ECAC hockey 32 21st 40 61 74
1999/00 Harvard Crimson ECAC hockey 29 21st 33 54 38
2000/01 Team USA National 39 15th 28 43
2001/02 Team USA National 31 12 23 35 22nd
2002/03 Harvard Crimson ECAC hockey 32 33 55 88 60
2003/04 Harvard Crimson ECAC hockey 32 25th 30th 55 80
2004/05 Tulsa Oilers CHL 1 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
2004/05 Montréal Axion NWHL 10 2 9 11 12 3 1 4th 5 0
2005/06 Team USA National 18th 6th 8th 14th 12
2007/08 Minnesota Whitecaps WWHL 15th 8th 10 18th 20th - - - - -
2008/09 Minnesota Whitecaps WWHL 12 7th 8th 15th 12 2 0 1 1 0
2009/10 Team USA National 24 3 5 8th 38
2010/11 Boston Blades CWHL 22nd 11 15th 26th 38 - - - - -

International

year team event Sp T V Pt SM +/-
1997 United States WM 5 0 1 1 4th
1998 United States Olympia 6th 0 0 0 18th +9
1999 United States WM 5 1 1 2 2
2000 United States WM 5 1 6th 7th 20th +15
2001 United States WM 5 2 4th 6th 2 +10
2002 United States Olympia 5 1 3 4th 8th +11
2004 United States WM 5 2 5 7th 2 +9
2005 United States WM 5 3 3 6th 10 +12
2006 United States Olympia 5 2 4th 6th 6th +4
2007 United States WM 5 1 3 4th 8th +5
2008 United States WM 5 0 5 5 2 +2
2009 United States WM 5 1 1 2 6th +8
2010 United States Olympia 5 3 2 5 6th +7
2011 United States WM 5 2 1 3 0 +5

Web links

Commons : Angela Ruggiero  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Angela Ruggiero. In: niashf.org. January 17, 2014, accessed August 18, 2016 .
  2. ↑ She's Not Just a Pretty Face: The Best Player on Her Boys' Team, Ruggiero Gains All-Star Recognition. In: articles.latimes.com. July 21, 1994, accessed August 19, 2016 .
  3. ↑ 1998 Winter Olympics - Angela Ruggiero - Team USA # 4 ( Memento from April 28, 1999 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Women's Hockey 1998 Gold Medal Winners - Angela Ruggiero. In: jwen.com. Retrieved August 19, 2016 .
  5. ^ A b Four-Time Olympian Angela Ruggiero '98 Announces Retirement. In: choate.edu. December 29, 2011, accessed August 19, 2016 .
  6. ↑ a b c Angela Ruggiero. In: ushockeyhalloffame.com. Retrieved August 19, 2016 .
  7. ↑ nwhlhockey.com, Top Defense Player in the WORLD signed into the NWHL! ( Memento of March 6, 2005 in the Internet Archive ), January 17, 2005
  8. ↑ Associated Press: Female US Olympian skates into CHL history. In: espn.com. January 31, 2005, accessed August 24, 2016 .
  9. ^ Ruggiero's exit leaves a void. In: iihf.com. December 29, 2011, accessed August 19, 2016 .
  10. ↑ latimes.com, Retirement won't end Angela Ruggiero's hockey feats , December 29, 2011
  11. ↑ Mrs Angela RUGGIERO - United States Olympic Committee, IOC Member since 2010. (No longer available online.) In: olympic.org. August 10, 2016, archived from the original on August 18, 2016 ; accessed on August 18, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.olympic.org
  12. ^ Sport1.de: Olympia: Angela Ruggiero new chairwoman of the IOC athletes' commission. In: sport1.de. August 1, 2016, accessed August 18, 2016 .
  13. ^ Ruggiero makes IOC history. In: iihf.com. August 5, 2016, accessed August 19, 2016 .
  14. ↑ Relive US Hockey Hall of Fame Inductee Angela Ruggiero's Career In Photos. In: teamusa.org. December 16, 2015, accessed on August 18, 2016 .
  15. ↑ Kirsty Coventry announced as next Chair of IOC Athletes' Commission. In: olympic.org. February 4, 2018, accessed September 4, 2018 .
  16. ↑ Angela Ruggiero Steps Off The IOC, Leaving Legacy As Advocate for Athletes, Women And LA 2028. In: teamusa.org. February 25, 2018, accessed September 4, 2018 .
  17. ↑ collegehockeystats.net, Angela Ruggiero: 1999/00 Statistics
  18. ↑ uscho.com, Career Statistics
  19. ↑ Legends of Hockey - Induction Showcase - Angela Ruggiero. In: hhof.com. January 28, 2005, accessed August 18, 2016 .
  20. ↑ westernwomenshockeyleague.com, Angela Ruggiero
personal data
SURNAME Ruggiero, Angela
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ruggiero, Angela Marie (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Panorama City , California , United States