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Chanda Gunn 
Born January 27, 1980
Huntington Beach, CA, USAHeight 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Weight 139 lb (63 kg; 9 st 13 lb) Position Goaltender Catches Left WCHA
ECAC teamWisconsin
NortheasternNational team 
United StatesPlaying career 2006–present Olympic medal record Women's ice hockey Competitor for the United StatesBronze 2006 Turin Ice hockey Chanda Leigh Gunn (born January 27, 1980,[1] in Huntington Beach, California) is an American ice hockey player. She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. At the games in Turin, she played close to 250 minutes and had 50 saves with a save percentage of 89.3%.
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Northeastern
In the 2003-04 season, Chanda Gunn was in her senior season led the Huskies to eight wins. In doing so, she broke two school records: registering 56 saves in a game and twice recording 23 saves in one period. In addition, she finished the season ranked first nationally in save percentage, with a .940 mark, and tenth in the nation with a 1.94 goals-against average.[2] During the season, she was recognized twice as Hockey East Player of the Month. She ranked first in the conference in save percentage (.937) and third in goals-against average with a 2.01 GAA. During her career, Gunn was a finalists for College Hockey's Humanitarian Award, presented annually to college hockey's finest citizen, in 2003 and 2004.
Since the 2007–2008 season, Gunn is an assistant coach at Northeastern University under head coach Laura Schuler. The two-time All-America goaltender is coaching while continuing to pursue her international hockey career.[3]
Private life
Gunn suffers for epilepsy and is in therapy with Keppra. She is a spokesperson for Epilepsy Therapy Project.[4]
Awards and honors
- 2004 Finalist for Patty Kazmaier Award[5]
- 2003-04 Hockey East Three Stars Award
- 2003-04 Hockey East Player of the Year [6]
- Top 10 Finalist for the 2002 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Awards
- Top 10 Finalist for the 2003 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Awards
- Finalist for College Hockey's Humanitarian Award (2003)
- Finalist for College Hockey's Humanitarian Award (2002)
Notes
- ^ "USA Hockey: 2008-09 U.S. Women's Select Team Roster". USA Hockey. http://www.usahockey.com//Template_Usahockey.aspx?NAV=TU_02_08_02&ID=237968. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
- ^ http://www.wcha.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/031504aaa.html
- ^ www.gonu.com about Chanda Gunn
- ^ Chanda Gunn spoke about herself
- ^ http://www.wcha.com/sports/w-hockey/spec-rel/031504aaa.html
- ^ http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/pdf/women/03_04.pdf
External links
Categories:- 1980 births
- American women's ice hockey players
- Calgary Oval X-Treme players
- Female ice hockey goaltenders
- Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Living people
- Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey players
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States
- Olympic ice hockey players of the United States
- People with epilepsy
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- American ice hockey player stubs
- American Winter Olympic medalist stubs
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