Stefany Marty
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Stefanie Marty in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

) is a member of the Swiss Olympic women's hockey team and also plays for Syracuse University
Syracuse University
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 in the United States
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. Her twin sister, Julia
Julia Marty
Julia Marty is a member of the Switzerland women's national ice hockey team and also plays for Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Her twin sister, Stefanie, played at the University of New Hampshire in 2007-08.-Playing career:Marty played for the University of New Hampshire in the...

, played at the University of New Hampshire
University of New Hampshire
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 in 2007-08. She has been a member of the Swiss National Team since 2003.

Playing career

While at New Hampshire, she appeared in the Wildcats'
New Hampshire Wildcats
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 2008 Frozen Four
NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Championship
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 appearance.

Swiss national team

Prior to the NCAA, she was nominated to be Swiss Hockey Woman of the Year in 2005. Her Swiss team placed eighth in the 2004 World Championship at Halifax. Marty appeared in the 2006 Olympic games
2006 Winter Olympics
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 in Torino
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 where her team earned seventh place. From 2003-2007, she played for the EV Zug in the Swiss league. The team earned two Swiss Championships in 2004 and 2005 and two Swiss Vice-Championships in 2006 and 2007. At the Vancouver Winter Games, she tied the Olympic record for most goals scored in a single tournament with nine and helped her homeland to a fifth place finish.

Syracuse

During the week of October 2, 2009, Marty accumulated three points in Syracuse's 3-3 tie at Boston College. In addition, she scored a goal in a game against the New Hampshire Wildcats, her former team.

Marty was part of all four Syracuse goals in a 4-3 win against Princeton. This occurred during the week of December 8, 2009. She assisted on the game winning goal.

On October 1, 2010, Marty had two goals in a 4-4 tie vs. Northeastern. The Northeastern team featured her twin sister Julia Marty
Julia Marty
Julia Marty is a member of the Switzerland women's national ice hockey team and also plays for Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. Her twin sister, Stefanie, played at the University of New Hampshire in 2007-08.-Playing career:Marty played for the University of New Hampshire in the...

. It was the first time the sisters had ever played against each other in their NCAA careers.

Career stats

Season Team Games played Goals Assists Points Power play goals
2007-08 New Hampshire 37 4 1 5 0
2008-09 Syracuse 28 10 12 22 2
2009-10 Syracuse

Olympics

Season Team Games played Goals Assists Points Penalty minutes
2006 Swiss Olympic Team 6 2 2 4 4
2010 Swiss Olympic Team 3 3 1 4 6

Awards and honors

  • CHA Offensive Player of the Week, (Week of October 12, 2009)
  • CHA Offensive Player of the Week, (Week of December 13, 2009)
  • 2010 Second Team All-CHA
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