Vicky Sunohara

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Vicky Sunohara
Date of birth May 18, 1970
place of birth Scarborough , Ontario , Canada
size 170 cm
Weight 78 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1988-1990 Northeastern University
1990-1992 University of Toronto
1992-1994 Scarborough Firefighters
1994-1996 Toronto Red Wings
1996-1997 Newtonbrook Panthers
1997-1998 Hockey Canada
1998-2008 Brampton Thunder

Vicky Sunohara (born May 18, 1970 in Scarborough , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current - coach of Japanese - Ukrainian origin, who in the course of her active career between 1988 and 2008, among other things, two Olympic gold and one silver medal with the Canadian women National team won. In addition, Sunohara won the world title seven times as well as a runner-up in the world championship, making her one of the most successful Canadian players on the international stage. At the national level, she was able to win a total of three championships in the National Women's Hockey League and Canadian Women's Hockey League . In addition, there are another five championship wins in the college area .

Career

Sunohara first appeared in ice hockey at the age of 18 while studying at Northeastern University in Boston . In addition to her studies, she played for the university team and won the division title of ECAC Hockey three times in a row in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association between 1988 and 1990 . At the end of her studies at Northeastern, she was appointed by the Canadian ice hockey association Hockey Canada to the squad of the national team that took part in the first World Cup in 1990 and won the gold medal.

Sunohara in the Brampton Thunder jersey

The striker then moved back to her home country, where she played at the University of Toronto between 1990 and 1992 , with which she also won two championship titles. In the following years she was active every two years for the Scarborough Firefighters in her birthplace and the Toronto Red Wings in the Central Ontario Women's Hockey League , before Sunohara went on the ice from the summer of 1996 for a season for the North York Eros . She then took part in the World Cup for the first time in seven years . There the attacker celebrated her second gold medal win and in the following season prepared intensively for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan . At the first women's Olympic ice hockey tournament, the Canadians won the silver medal after losing to their arch rivals USA in the final.

After the Olympic Winter Games, the Olympian joined the Brampton Thunder , with whom she competed in the National Women's Hockey League in the following years and was able to win the league title twice in the form of the NWHL Champions Cup until 2007 . She succeeded again as part of the team in the 2007/08 season after the team had switched to the Canadian Women's Hockey League . During this time, Sunohara had established itself as the best component on the international stage. Between 1999 and 2007 she took part in all six world championship tournaments and was able to expand her collection of medals by five more gold and one silver medal. There were also gold medals at the Olympic Winter Games in 2002 and 2006 .

In addition to ice hockey, Sunohara also played flag football with the Scarborough Titans .

In the summer of 2008, Sunohara declared her active career at the age of 38 after having served as captain of the Brampton Thunder for ten years and as assistant captain of the Canadian national team for seven years. Sunohara graduated from the University of Toronto after her retirement and remained loyal to ice hockey. From 2009 to 2011 she was director of the women's ice hockey program at The Hill Academy in Vaughan , after which she returned to her alma mater where she took over the post of head coach of the women's team. She had already been employed there as an assistant coach between 2004 and 2005, while at the same time supervising the Hockey Canada's U18 and U19 junior program.

Achievements and Awards

Vicky Sunohara with her two Olympic gold medals (2009)

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1988/89 Northeastern University ECAC 25th 51 27 78
1989/90 Northeastern University ECAC 20th 27 17th 44
 1990/91 University of Toronto CIAU
 1991/92 University of Toronto CIAU
1992/93 Scarborough Firefighters COWHL 21st 12 8th 20th 16
1995/96 Toronto Red Wings COWHL 25th 28 16 44 30th
1996/97 Newtonbrook Panthers COWHL 29 42 28 70 12
1997/98 Hockey Canada International Preparation for the Winter Olympics
1998/99 Brampton Thunder NWHL 24 22nd 18th 40 18th
1999/00 Brampton Thunder NWHL 31 18th 34 52 18th
2000/01 Brampton Thunder NWHL 30th 19th 31 50 30th 4th 2 3 5 6th
2001/02 Brampton Thunder NWHL - - - - - 4th 1 6th 7th 0
2002/03 Brampton Thunder NWHL 30th 20th 27 47 24
2003/04 Brampton Thunder NWHL 33 19th 27 46 16
2004/05 Brampton Thunder NWHL 30th 26th 28 54 33
2005/06 Brampton Thunder NWHL 2 0 3 3 0 5 5 2 7th 2
2006/07 Brampton Thunder NWHL
2007/08 Brampton Thunder CWHL 28 13 25th 38 22nd

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM +/-
1990 Canada WM 1st place, gold 5 6th 3 9 2
1997 Canada WM 1st place, gold 5 4th 1 5 2
1998 Canada Olympia 2nd place, silver 6th 1 3 4th 0 −1
1999 Canada WM 1st place, gold 5 2 3 5 2 +7
2000 Canada WM 1st place, gold 5 1 2 3 4th +2
2001 Canada WM 1st place, gold 5 2 5 7th 2 +4
2002 Canada Olympia 1st place, gold 5 4th 2 6th 6th +7
2004 Canada WM 1st place, gold 5 2 0 2 0 ± 0
2005 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 5 2 3 5 6th +5
2006 Canada Olympia 1st place, gold 5 1 2 3 2 +3
2007 Canada WM 1st place, gold 5 0 5 5 2 +4
Women overall 56 25th 29 54 28

Web links

Commons : Vicky Sunohara  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Vicky Sunohara. In: angelfire.com. Retrieved February 3, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Hockey Canada , Media Guide - 1999 Canadian National Women's Team , p. 36 (PDF file)
  3. ↑ a b bramptonthunder.com - # 61 Vicky Sunohara ( Memento from May 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ a b c 2012-13 Women's Ice Hockey Coaching Staff: Vicky Sunohara. University of Toronto , accessed February 6, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Sunohara, Vicky
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sunohara, Vicki
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Scarborough , Ontario