- Cammi Granato
Catherine Michelle "Cammi" Granato (born
March 25 ,1971 inDowners Grove, Illinois ) is an American femaleice hockey player. She is the daughter of Don and Natalie Granato - the family comes from mostly Italian ancestry.Granato was the captain of the U.S. women's hockey team that won a gold medal in the
1998 Winter Olympics . She is the younger sister of former NHL player and currentColorado Avalanche Head CoachTony Granato , and a graduate ofProvidence College . Granato played hockey forConcordia University inMontreal ,Quebec ,Canada , until CIAU added more restrictive rules on non-Canadians. She lives inVancouver, British Columbia ,Canada and has played in every world championship for the U.S. She is married to former NHL playerRay Ferraro . She is also a rinkside reporter forNBC 's NHL coverage. She was named USA Women's Player of the Year in 1996.She was dropped from the US National team unexpectedly before the 2006 Olympics in
Turin ,Italy , after being a part of the program since its inaugural season. Cammi provided support for special needs children by starting Golden Dreams for Children Foundation. She also runs an annual hockey camp during the summer in Chicago for young girls.In May 2008 Cammi was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Hall of fame with three other women's hockey players - the first women to be given such an honor. On
September 18 ,2007 Granato was announced one of the four recipients of the 2007Lester Patrick Trophy . [NHL.com, [http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=337671 Leetch, Granato, Fischler and Halligan selected as recipients of 2007 Lester Patrick Award] ] Currently, she resides in Vancouver. She is a partner in BelaHockey, a company that creates hockey accessories for girls. [Sports Illustrated, Volume 109, No. 2, July 14-21, 2008, p.121, Published by Time Inc.]On August 12, 2008, it was announced that Cammi would be inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of fame, the first woman to be in the Hall. The induction ceremony will take place on October 10, 2008 at the University of Denver. [ FoxSports.com, "Granato joins three NHL Greats in Hall of Fame"]
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* [http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_1166.htm Cammi's U.S. Olympic Team bio] ... notes, quotes, photos
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