- Cherie Piper
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Cherie Piper Born June 29, 1981
Scarborough, ON, CANHeight 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Weight 168 lb (76 kg; 12 st 0 lb) Position Forward Shoots Right CWHL team
Former teamsBrampton Thunder
Mississauga Chiefs
Dartmouth Big GreenNational team 
CanadaPlaying career 2001–present Cherie Piper (born June 29, 1981) is a Canadian ice hockey player residing in Markham, Ontario. She is a member of the Canadian national women's hockey team and plays for the Brampton Thunder of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL). Piper has won three Olympic gold medals with the Canadian national team in 2002, 2006 and 2010, as well as one world championship title in 2004.
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Playing career
Medal record Women's ice hockey Competitor for CanadaOlympic games Gold 2002 Salt Lake City Tournament Gold 2006 Torino Tournament Gold 2010 Vancouver Tournament IIHF World Women's Championships Gold 2004 Canada Tournament Silver 2005 Sweden Tournament Silver 2008 China Tournament Silver 2011 Switzerland Tournament Women's 4 Nations Cup Gold 2010 Canada Tournament She competed for Canada’s Under 22 team from 1999 to 2001.[1] In 1999, she competed for Ontario in the Canada Winter Games. During the 2000–01 NWHL season, Cherie Piper played with the Beatrice Aeros and finished seventh in league scoring with 37 points.[2] Piper was a member of the Under-22 team in 2002 when she was named to the Olympic team for 2002 Salt Lake City Games ahead of veteran Nancy Drolet as part of a move to shake up a Canadian team that had lost eight consecutive games to the United States. It was a decision that shocked other members of the team.[3] She recorded a goal and an assist in her first game of the Olympics,[4] and finished the tournament with five points in five games in helping Canada win the gold medal.[5]
She played four seasons at Dartmouth College between 2002 and 2007, scoring 60 goals and 165 assists in 99 games for the Big Green.[6] She missed the end of the 2003–04 season to play with the Canadian national team at the 2004 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships where she won a gold medal.[5] Piper was named a finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award in 2005. She led Dartmouth in scoring that season with 60 points.[6] She won a second Olympic gold medal in 2006 and her 15 points was second to Hayley Wickenheiser (17).[7]
A knee injury in her senior year at Dartmouth forced her off of the national team for over a year and caused her to miss the 2007 World Championships.[8] She rejoined the team in time for the 2008 tournament where she won her second silver medal.[5] She was cut from the 2009 team,[8] but gained a spot on the 2010 Olympic team, winning a third consecutive gold medal.[9]
Personal
Piper was born June 29, 1981 in East York, Ontario, the third child of Alan and Christine Piper. She has two older brothers, Michael and Stephen, and followed her brothers in taking up the sport.[8] She graduated from Albert Campbell Collegiate Institute (Scarborough, Ontario). She majored in sociology at Dartmouth.[6] Her Middle School Was Henry Kelsey Senior Public School on Huntingwood And Brimley. Her elementary school was Alexmuir Junior Public School located on Brimley And Finch.
Career statsistics
International
Year Team Comp GP G A Pts PIM 2002 Canada Oly 5 3 2 5 0 2004 Canada WC 5 1 6 7 4 2005 Canada WC 5 3 1 4 2 2006 Canada Oly 5 7 8 15 0 2008 Canada WC 5 2 6 8 0 Totals 25 16 23 39 6 Dartmouth
Year Games Played Goals Assists Points PIM 2002-03 26 17 15 32 59 2003-04 22 10 26 36 46 2004-05 28 23 37 60 50 2006-07 23 10 27 37 14 Awards and honors
References
- ^ Canadian Gold 2010, Andrew Podnieks, p. 164, Fenn Publishing, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55168-384-3
- ^ http://www.canoe.ca/HockeyNWHL/topscorers.html
- ^ Francis, Eric (2002-01-16). "Sniper's release shocks players". Calgary Sun. http://slam.canoe.ca/2002GamesColumnistsPreGames/francis_jan16-sun.html. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ Hunter, Paul (2002-02-12). "Piper makes a stellar debut". Toronto Star: p. C02.
- ^ a b c "Cherie Piper profile". CTV. http://www.ctvolympics.ca/team-canada/athletes/athlete=2228/results/index.html. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ a b c "Cherie Piper player profile". Dartmouth College. http://dartmouthsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11600&ATCLID=648518. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ Podnieks, Andrew. Canada's Olympic Hockey History 1920–2010. Toronto: Fenn Publishing. p. 242. ISBN 1-55168-323-7.
- ^ a b c "Olympian Cherie Piper battles for her job on Canadian women's hockey team". Canadian Press. 2009-08-31. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=497419. Retrieved 2010-01-25.
- ^ "Team Canada women’s hockey team roster unveiled in Calgary". Calgary Herald. 2009-12-21. http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/2010wintergames/Team+Canada+women+hockey+team+roster+unveiled+Calgary/2367745/story.html. Retrieved 2010-01-25.[dead link]
- ^ http://dartmouthsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11600&ATCLID=648518
- ^ http://www.uscho.com/2005/03/22/uschocoms-200405-di-womens-yearend-honors/
- ^ http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/pattykazmaier.asp
Categories:- 1981 births
- Canadian women's ice hockey players
- Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey players
- Ice hockey people from Ontario
- Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Living people
- Mississauga Chiefs players
- Olympic ice hockey players of Canada
- Olympic gold medalists for Canada
- People from Toronto
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
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