Sami Jo Small
Encyclopedia
Sami Jo Small is a women's ice hockey
player.
and Nagano
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of the Canadian Women's Hockey League
. After the CWHL contracted in 2010, she was claimed by the Toronto Aeros. With Toronto, Small participated in the championship game of the 2011 Clarkson Cup
. Despite losing to the Montreal Stars by a 5-0 tally, Small accumulated 46 saves in the championship.
. Small is a graduate of Collège Jeanne-Sauvé and attended Stanford University
on a track and field scholarship to throw the discus and javelin where she also played on the men's club hockey team. At the 1997 Pacific Ten Track and Field championships,(held May 24–25, 1997), Small finished in fifth place in the Hammer Throw with a distance of 161.5 meters. In the discus throw, Small was seventh with a distance of 158.8 meters.
She graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering - Product Design.
She is involved with Right to Play
and has been an Athlete Ambassador since 2006 Small is engaged to Billy Bridges
, who played forward on the Canadian sledge hockey team for the 2010 Paralympic Games.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player.
Hockey Canada
Small is a three time Olympian, acting as a third goaltender on the Canadian women's hockey team at Turin2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...
and Nagano
1998 Winter Olympics
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Seventy-two nations and 2,176 participans contested in seven sports and 72 events at 15 venues. The games saw the introduction of Women's ice...
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CWHL
Small was a goaltender for the Mississauga ChiefsMississauga Chiefs
The Mississauga Chiefs was a professional women's ice hockey team that plays in Mississauga , Ontario. The team has played in the National Women's Hockey League and after in the Canadian Women's Hockey League...
of the Canadian Women's Hockey League
Canadian Women's Hockey League
The Canadian Women's Hockey League is one of two major women's ice hockey leagues in Canada. The league was founded in 2007. The league currently has six ice hockey teams: three in Ontario, one in Quebec, one in Alberta and one in Boston, Massachusetts....
. After the CWHL contracted in 2010, she was claimed by the Toronto Aeros. With Toronto, Small participated in the championship game of the 2011 Clarkson Cup
2011 Clarkson Cup
The 2011 Clarkson Cup will be contested at the Barrie Molson Centre in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. The four competing teams will include three from the Canadian Women's Hockey League and one from the Western Women's Hockey League. All teams play each other in a round robin Thursday March 24 through...
. Despite losing to the Montreal Stars by a 5-0 tally, Small accumulated 46 saves in the championship.
Personal
Sami Jo Small is the current Vice-Chairman and one of the founders of the Canadian Women's Hockey LeagueCanadian Women's Hockey League
The Canadian Women's Hockey League is one of two major women's ice hockey leagues in Canada. The league was founded in 2007. The league currently has six ice hockey teams: three in Ontario, one in Quebec, one in Alberta and one in Boston, Massachusetts....
. Small is a graduate of Collège Jeanne-Sauvé and attended Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
on a track and field scholarship to throw the discus and javelin where she also played on the men's club hockey team. At the 1997 Pacific Ten Track and Field championships,(held May 24–25, 1997), Small finished in fifth place in the Hammer Throw with a distance of 161.5 meters. In the discus throw, Small was seventh with a distance of 158.8 meters.
She graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering - Product Design.
She is involved with Right to Play
Right to Play
Right To Play is an international humanitarian organization that uses sport and play programs to improve health, develop life skills, and foster peace for children and communities in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the world...
and has been an Athlete Ambassador since 2006 Small is engaged to Billy Bridges
Billy Bridges
Billy Bridges is a Canadian ice sledge hockey and wheelchair basketball player. Born in Summerside, he has spina bifida. On July 1, 2011, Bridges married former Olympic women's ice hockey player Sami Jo Small....
, who played forward on the Canadian sledge hockey team for the 2010 Paralympic Games.
Awards and honors
- Stanford University, Pacific 10 MVP: (Men's Hockey)
- CWHL Second All-Star Team, 2008–09 and 2009–10
- Brampton Sports Hall of Fame
- Directorate Award, Best Goalie, 1999 Women's World Hockey Championships
- Directorate Award, Best Goalie, 2000 Women's World Hockey Championships