Natalie Darwitz

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Natalie Darwitz
Date of birth October 13, 1983
place of birth Saint Paul , Minnesota , USA
size 160 cm
Weight 61 kg
position striker
number # 20
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1996-2000 Eagan High School
2002-2005 University of Minnesota
2006-2008 Minnesota Whitecaps

Natalie Rose Darwitz (born October 13, 1983 in Saint Paul , Minnesota ) is a former US national ice hockey player and current coach . Since 2015 she has been the head coach at Hamline University in the NCAA Division III .

Career

Natalie Darwitz began playing ice hockey at the age of five. In seventh grade, she was inducted into the Eagan High School ice hockey team, scoring 487 points in 102 games for her high school between 1996 and 2000. While still in school, she was appointed to the United States women's national ice hockey team for the first time at the age of 15 .

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Natalie Darwitz in the jersey of the national team (2010)

Between 2002 and 2005 she played for the Golden Gophers , the University of Minnesota ice hockey team , in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). With the Gophers , she won the NCAA championship in 2004 and 2005 .

In her first college season, she was elected to the All-America First Team, nominated for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award , and named WCHA Rookie of the Year . In addition, with 68 points she was the best scorer of the Golden Gophers and was elected to the WCHA First Team and the WCHA All-Rookie Team. In the 2003/04 season she was elected to the All-America Second Team, nominated again for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, elected to the First Team All-WCHA and the All-Star Team of the Frozen Four . In her senior year of college, she set a new NCAA record with 114 points. At the Frozen Four in 2005 , she scored the opening goal in the last game, helping the Gophers to defend their title. Darwitz herself was named the most valuable player in the final tournament and was appointed to the All-America First Team. She was also one of the top 3 nominees for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.

She ended her college career as the University of Minnesota record holder for scorer points (246) and assists (144). She also completed her studies in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in economics with a focus on sports management .

International

For more than 10 years Darwitz was part of the national team and took part in a large number of tournaments with it. At the 2002 Winter Olympics she was the tournament's top scorer and won the silver medal, and at the 2006 Turin Games she scored the decisive goal in the bronze medal match. In addition, she took part in a total of eight world championships between 1999 and 2009, in which she won three gold and five silver medals. At the 2008 World Cup, Darwitz was the tournament's top scorer and was named the best striker by the International Ice Hockey Federation. In addition, Darwitz received the USA Hockey Bob Johnson Award .

From 2007 Darwitz was the captain of the national team.

At her last World Cup in Finland in 2009, Darwitz was the second best scorer of the tournament with ten points and was again world champion. Before the 2010 Winter Olympics, she injured her left wrist, despite the injury, competed in pain in the third Olympic tournament of her career and won another silver medal. Then she ended her playing career.

As a trainer

Between 2006 and 2008 she played for the Minnesota Whitecaps in the Western Women's Hockey League and in 2007 she was named Most Valuable Player of the WWHL and elected to the league's All-Star Team. In parallel, she was her father Scott's assistant coach at Eagan High School during the 2007-08 season.

In August 2008 Darwitz was assistant coach of the women's team at the University of Minnesota, but returned at the end of the 2008-09 season on the ice and as a member of the US national team. In the 2010/11 season she was again assistant coach for the Gophers and responsible for training the strikers.

Between 2011 and 2015, she was the head coach of the girls' team ( cougars ) at Lakeville South High School , and she has been running her own ice hockey camps since at least 2010.

Since 2015 she has been the head coach of the women's team at Hamline University , which is active in the second-rate NCAA Division III.

In 2018 Darwitz was honored with the induction into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

( 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 )

College and WWHL

season team league Sp T V Pt SM +/-
2002/03 University of Minnesota WCHA 33 33 35 68 34 +29
2003/04 University of Minnesota WCHA 26th 27 37 64 28 +40
2004/05 University of Minnesota WCHA 40 42 72 114 36 +72
2006/07 Minnesota Whitecaps WWHL 10 11 10 21st 10
2007/08 Minnesota Whitecaps WWHL 7th 4th 7th 11 2
NCAA overall 99 102 144 246 98 +141
WWHL total 17th 15th 17th 32 12

International

year team event Sp T V Pt SM +/-
1999 United States WM 5 2 1 3 2 +3
2000 United States WM 5 2 6th 8th 18th +10
2001 United States WM 5 3 1 4th 4th +5
2002 United States Olympia 5 7th 1 8th 2 +8
2004 United States WM 5 7th 3 10 2 +7
2005 United States WM 5 2 2 4th 8th +2
2006 United States Olympia 5 3 3 6th 8th +4
2007 United States WM 5 4th 5 9 6th +6
2008 United States WM 5 6th 4th 10 2 +7
2009 United States WM 5 3 7th 10 2 +8
2010 United States Olympia 5 4th 7th 11 0 +6
Women overall 55 43 40 83 54 +66

Web links

Commons : Natalie Darwitz  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Natalie Darwitz. In: teamusa.org. Retrieved April 18, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Natalie Darwitz Bio - University of Minnesota Official Athletic Site - Women's Ice Hockey. In: gophersports.com. May 3, 2015, accessed April 18, 2017 .
  3. ^ What A Ride: Natalie Darwitz - USA Hockey Magazine. In: usahockeymagazine.com. July 2010, accessed April 18, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Home. In: darwitzhockey.com. Retrieved April 18, 2017 .
  5. ^ Hamline Athletics - 2016-17 Women's Ice Hockey Coaching Staff. In: hamlineathletics.com. August 1, 2024, accessed April 18, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Darwitz, Natalie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Darwitz, Natalie Rose
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint Paul , Minnesota , Minnesota