Jenny Schmidgall-Potter

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Jenny Schmidgall-Potter
Date of birth January 12, 1979
place of birth Edina , Minnesota , USA
size 163 cm
Weight 66 kg
position striker
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1998-1999 University of Minnesota
1999-2004 University of Minnesota Duluth
2006-2011 Minnesota Whitecaps
2014-2015 Boston Blades

Jennifer Lynn Schmidgall-Potter , b. Schmidgall , (born January 12, 1979 in Edina , Minnesota ) is a former American ice hockey player who won the gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics , the silver medal at the 2002 and 2010 Winter Games, and the bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Games with the USA national team and the winner is. At the same time, she played between 2006 and 2011 for the Minnesota Whitecaps in the Western Women's Hockey League .

Career

NCAA

Jenny Schmidgall-Potter played college ice hockey for a total of four years within the NCAA, including three years for the University of Minnesota Duluth ( UMD Bulldogs ) and one year for the University of Minnesota . During this time, she collected more scorer points for the UMD Bulldogs than any other player before or after her. She was also elected to the All-American Team several times and in 2009 to the WCHA All-Decade Team. In 2004 she finished her studies with a Bachelor of Business Administration .

After her college career, Potter took part in the Olympic preparation with the national team.

Minnesota Whitecaps

During the 2006/07 season Schmidgall-Potter made his debut for the Minnesota Whitecaps in the Western Women's Hockey League . With the Whitecaps she won the championship of the WWHL in 2009 and was recognized as the most valuable player. A year later, she and her team won the most important trophy in professional women's ice hockey , the Clarkson Cup .

International

Jenny Schmidgall-Potter escapes a Russian defender at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games

Jenny Schmidgall-Potter began representing the United States internationally early in her career. So she belonged to the youth national teams of the USA. In 1997 she made her debut at the 3 Nations Cup for the women's national team and was henceforth part of the regular squad at world championships and the tournaments of the 3/4 Nations Cup. In 1998 she was appointed to the roster for the Olympic Winter Games in Nagano and, at the age of 19, won the gold medal at the women's ice hockey tournament, which was held for the first time, as the second youngest of her team. She took part in three other Winter Olympics, where she won two silver and one bronze medal. In addition, she ran (until 2012) at a total of ten world championships and achieved a total of four gold and six silver medals.

As a trainer

Between 2004 and 2013, Potter worked as the assistant coach for her husband Rob in the US high school sector. She then became head coach at Trinity College , and then in 2015 at Ohio State University .

Potter has been the head coach of the Slovak national ice hockey team since 2017 .

Achievements and Awards

  • 2000 WCHA Player of the Year
  • 2000 All-WCHA First Team
  • 2000 NCAA top scorer (41 goals, 52 assists, 93 points)
  • 2009 WCHA Team of the 1st Decade
  • 2009 WWHL championship with the Minnesota Whitecaps
  • 2009 Most Valuable Player of the WWHL
  • 2010 Clarkson Cup win with the Minnesota Whitecaps
  • 2010 USA Hockey Women's Player of the Year Award ( Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year Award )

International

Private

Jenny Schmidgall married Rob Potter in 2001 and is the mother of two children. During the 2000/01 season, she took a break from college ice hockey and gave birth to their daughter Madison. Their son Cullen was born in 2007. Jenny Schmidgall-Potter and her husband Rob organize ice hockey training camps called "Potter's Pure Hockey" in the summer.

Career statistics

National competitions

Source: WWHL; WINIH

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1998/99 University of Minnesota WCHA 32 33 38 71
1999/00 University of Minnesota Duluth WCHA 30th 39 49 88
2002/03 University of Minnesota Duluth WCHA 36 31 57 88
2003/04 University of Minnesota Duluth WCHA 34 36 39 75
2006/07 Minnesota Whitecaps WWHL 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 4th
2007/08 Minnesota Whitecaps WWHL 20th 8th 26th 34 14th
2008/09 Minnesota Whitecaps WWHL 16 16 19th 35 16 2 0 2 2 0
2010/11 Minnesota Whitecaps WWHL 12 8th 13 21st 6th

International

Source: WINIH

year team event Sp T V Pt SM +/-
1998 United States Olympia 6th 2 3 5 +2
1999 United States WM 5 5 7th 12 0 +9
2000 United States WM 5 0 3 3 0 +4
2001 United States WM 5 3 7th 10 4th +15
2002 United States Olympia 5 1 6th 7th +6
2004 United States WM 5 3 3 6th 4th +6
2005 United States WM 5 2 4th 6th 0 +11
2006 United States Olympia 5 2 7th 9 +10
2007 United States WM 5 2 2 4th 8th +3
2008 United States WM 5 5 2 7th 2 +5
2009 United States WM 5 1 4th 5 2 +7
2010 United States Olympia 3 6th 3 9 2 +8
2011 United States WM 5 2 3 5 4th +5
2012 United States WM 5 0 3 3 0 +4

( 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

Commons : Jenny Schmidgall-Potter  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d umdbulldogs.com, UMD Bulldogs Women's Hockey - Memorable Moments ( Memento from July 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ thestar.com, Whitecaps swamp Thunder to win Clarkson Cup , March 29, 2010
  3. ^ HHOF, Notable Women Hockey Players
  4. ^ International Ice Hockey Federation: Potter to lead Slovakia. In: publicnow.com. October 13, 2017, accessed May 31, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Annual award winners named. USA Hockey , June 3, 2010, accessed April 2, 2013 .
  6. ↑ westernwomenshockeyleague.com, player profile - # 16 Jenny Potter
  7. ↑ a b winih.com, player profile and statistics - # 12 Jenny Potter ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. (PDF; 151 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / winih.com
personal data
SURNAME Schmidgall-Potter, Jenny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmidgall, Jenny Lynn; Potter, Jenny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Edina (Minnesota) , USA