Cherie Piper

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Cherie Piper
Date of birth June 29, 1981
place of birth East York , Ontario , Canada
size 167 cm
Weight 75 kg
position striker
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1999-2002 Beatrice Eros
2002-2005 Dartmouth College
2005-2006 Hockey Canada
2006-2007 Dartmouth College
2007-2008 Mississauga Chiefs
2008-2009 Calgary Oval X-Treme
2009-2010 Hockey Canada
2010-2013 Brampton Thunder

Cherie Piper (born June 29, 1981 in East York , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who won three Olympic gold medals with the Canadian women's national team between 1999 and 2013 . In addition, Piper won the world title once and three runners-up world championships, making her one of the most successful Canadian players on the international stage. At the national level, she was able to win the championship of the National Women's Hockey League three times in a row at the beginning of the 2000s .

Career

Piper in the Calgary Oval X-Treme jersey

Piper played from 1999 to 2002 for the Beatrice Eros in the National Women's Hockey League and won the NWHL Champions Cup three times in a row with the team . From there, the striker made it to the Canadian national team for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City . During the tournament, she and the team won the gold medal. The Canadian then moved to Dartmouth College in the United States on a national level . In addition to studying sociology , she played for the college's ice hockey team in ECAC Hockey , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association .

In the following five years to 2007, Piper completed four seasons at Dartmouth College and was nominated for the Patty Kazmaier Award in 2005. In her first season, she won the division championship with the team. Meanwhile, she had won the gold medal with the national team at the 2004 World Cup and a silver medal at the 2005 World Cup . At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Piper had a second Olympic gold medal followed, in which the offensive player made a significant contribution with seven tournament goals and 15 scorer points .

After the attacker had to overcome a serious knee injury following the 2006 Winter Olympics, she missed the 2007 World Cup . For the world title fights in the following year , in which the runner-up title was again on the books, Piper made the jump back into the squad. Nationally she had lost the final of the Canadian Women's Hockey League with the Mississauga Chiefs in the same year . For the 2008/09 season, the striker joined the Calgary Oval X-Treme from the Western Women's Hockey League . Even with the X-Treme, she missed another national title win after a final defeat. She also lost her squad place for the 2009 World Cup .

For the 2009/10 season Piper received a place in the extended squad of the national team and ultimately won the third Olympic title at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver . In her last international appearance at the 2011 World Cup , she won her third World Cup silver medal. The striker had already returned to the Canadian Women's Hockey League for the 2010/11 season, where she played for Brampton Thunder until she retired in the summer of 2013 . Even with the Thunder, she did not win another national title despite reaching the final series once.

Having won the three Olympic gold medals, Piper is one of the most successful Olympians in ice hockey. She is one of only eleven players - all of them Canadians - who have won three or more gold medals.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1999/00 Beatrice Eros NWHL 35 26th 19th 45 49
2000/01 Beatrice Eros NWHL 29 22nd 22nd 44 40 6th 6th 5 11 18th
2001/02 Beatrice Eros NWHL - - - - - 4th 1 1 2 6th
2002/03 Dartmouth College ECAC 26th 17th 15th 32 59
2003/04 Dartmouth College ECAC 22nd 10 26th 36 46
2004/05 Dartmouth College ECAC 28 23 37 60 50
2005/06 Hockey Canada International Preparation for the Winter Olympics
2006/07 Dartmouth College ECAC 28 12 32 44 14th
2007/08 Mississauga Chiefs CWHL 16 8th 12 20th 10 5 4th 4th 8th 6th
2008/09 Calgary Oval X-Treme WWHL 21st 15th 22nd 37 18th 2 1 2 3 2
2009/10 Hockey Canada International Preparation for the Winter Olympics
2010/11 Brampton Thunder CWHL 16 14th 14th 28 6th 3 3 3 6th 4th
2011/12 Brampton Thunder CWHL 25th 12 21st 33 10 4th 1 1 2 4th
2012/13 Brampton Thunder CWHL 22nd 9 4th 13 14th 3 0 0 0 6th
NCAA overall 104 62 110 172 169
NWHL total 64 48 41 89 89 10 7th 6th 12 24
CWHL overall 79 43 51 94 40 15th 8th 8th 16 4th

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM +/-
2002 Canada Olympia 1st place, gold 5 3 2 5 0 +7
2004 Canada WM 1st place, gold 5 1 6th 7th 4th +7
2005 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 5 3 1 4th 2 +6
2006 Canada Olympia 1st place, gold 5 7th 8th 15th 0 +15
2008 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 5 2 6th 8th 0 +2
2010 Canada Olympia 1st place, gold 5 5 5 10 0 +12
2011 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 5 3 1 4th 2 +3
Women overall 35 24 29 53 8th +52

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Piper, Cherie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH East York , Ontario