Caitlin Cahow

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Caitlin Cahow
Date of birth May 20, 1985
place of birth New Haven , Connecticut , USA
size 163 cm
Weight 71 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
2003-2008 Harvard University
2008-2010 Minnesota Whitecaps
2010-2013 Boston Blades

Caitlin Kinder Cahow (born May 20, 1985 in New Haven , Connecticut ) is a former American ice hockey player .

Career

Cahow attended the Foote School in New Haven. Her mother was a lecturer at Yale University and Caitlin Cahow tried her hand at figure skating at the university's ice rink . After her first training, however, she saw children playing ice hockey and discovered this sport for herself.

As a student at Harvard University , she played for four years for the university's women's team in ECAC hockey , a league of the NCAA . She was one of the top defenders in the league several times.

Caitlin Cahow, Angela Ruggiero and Kacey Bellamy (from left to right) in the jersey of the Boston Blades

In 2008 she finished her studies at Harvard with a Bachelor in Social / Biological anthropology .

International

In 2005, Cahow made his debut for the United States women's national ice hockey team at the Four Nations Cup . With the women's selection , she took part in the Winter Olympics in Turin a year later and won the bronze medal there. At the women's ice hockey world championship in Harbin in China in 2008, the women's ice hockey world championship in 2009 in Hämeenlinna in Finland and the 2011 women's ice hockey world championship in Winterthur and Zurich in Switzerland, she and her team were world champions.

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , she won the silver medal.

In April 2013, she ended her national team career.

WWHL and CWHL

After completing her studies, she first played for the Minnesota Whitecaps in the Western Women's Hockey League , at that time the only professional women's ice hockey league in North America, and won the 2009 WWHL championship with the Whitecaps. At the Whitecaps she played with her idol Manon Rhéaume , among others .

Between October 2010 and 2013 she played for the Boston Blades in the Canadian Women's Hockey League and in 2013 won the Clarkson Cup with the Blades. In parallel, she studied at Boston College Law School . In 2013 she successfully completed her studies and at the same time her ice hockey career.

Cahow, who is an openly lesbian, was accepted into the delegation for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi by Barack Obama in December 2013 .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

NCAA & CWHL

season team league Sp T V Pt SM +/-
2003/04 Harvard ECAC 34 2 11 13
2004/05 Harvard ECAC 36 6th 29 35
2005/06 Harvard ECAC Olympic preparation
2006/07 Harvard ECAC 30th 8th 20th 28
2007/08 Harvard ECAC 33 14th 22nd 36 40
2008/09 Minnesota Whitecaps WWHL 10 3 6th 9 2 0
2011/12 Boston Blades CWHL 20th 4th 7th 11 22nd +7
2012/13 Boston Blades CWHL 24 2 12 14th 24 +4

International

year team event Sp T V Pt SM +/-
2006 United States Olympia 5 0 0 0 2 +1
2007 United States WM 5 2 2 4th 2 +3
2008 United States WM 5 2 3 5 0 +5
2009 United States WM 5 2 4th 6th 0 +4
2010 United States Olympia 5 2 2 4th 10 +5
2011 United States WM 5 1 4th 5 4th +11

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt 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 )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c cwhl.ca, Boston Blades captain Cahow retires from US National Team , April 26, 2013
  2. ^ Eddie Pells: Obama Selects Gay Athletes for Sochi Delegation. ABC News, December 18, 2013, accessed December 18, 2013 .
  3. ↑ sueddeutsche.de , Obama sends homosexual activist to Sochi , December 18, 2013, accessed on December 18, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Cahow, Caitlin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cahow, Caitlin Children (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH New Haven , Connecticut , United States