Jenny Schmidgall-Potter

Jenny Schmidgall-Potter
Potter in January 2010
Born (1979-01-12) January 12, 1979
Saint Paul, MN, USA
Height 5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Weight 145 lb (66 kg; 10 st 5 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
WCHA
WWHL
CWHL team		 Minnesota–Duluth
Minnesota Whitecaps
Boston Blades
National team  United States
Playing career 1998–present
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
1998 Nagano Team competition
2002 Salt Lake City Team competition
2010 Vancouver Team competition
2006 Turin Team competition
World Championships
2005 Sweden Team competition
2008 China Team competition
2009 Finland Team competition
2011 Switzerland Team competition
1999 Finland Team competition
2000 Canada Team competition
2001 United States Team competition
2004 Canada Team competition
2007 Canada Team competition
2012 United States Team competition
4 Nations Cup
2011 Sweden Team competition
2010 Canada Team competition

Jennifer Lynn Schmidgall-Potter (born January 12, 1979) is an American ice hockey player. She is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics, silver medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics, and a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Currently, she plays for the Minnesota Whitecaps of the Western Women's Hockey League, where she won the league championship and was named MVP for the 2008–09 season. She was selected to the 2010 US Olympic team and was the only mother on the team.[1]

Playing career

NCAA

Her NCAA career included three years at the University of Minnesota Duluth, and one year at the University of Minnesota. Potter set an NCAA record (since tied) for most goals in one game with 6. This was accomplished on December 18, 2002 versus St. Cloud State.[2] Potter is the all-time leading scorer in Bulldogs history and was named to the WCHA All-Decade team in 2009.[3] She was a four-time All-American. On January 21, 2011, Jenny Potter, along with Bulldog alumni Caroline Ouellette and Maria Rooth took part in a ceremonial faceoff to mark the first ever game at Amsoil Arena.[4]

Team USA

Schmidgall-Potter has been on the US Women’s team since 1997, competing at three Winter Olympics, and at seven World Championships, winning gold medals in 2005, 2008, and 2009, and four silver medals in 1999, 2001, 2004, and 2007. As a 19-year-old, Schmidgall-Potter was the second youngest player on the 1998 U.S. Olympic Team.[5] In 1999, she led the U.S. in scoring at the IIHF Women’s World Championships with 12 points in five games as the U.S. won the Silver Medal. By winning the silver medal at the 2010 Olympics, Potter became the most decorated Olympic medalist in Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs hockey history.[6]

Professional hockey

Minnesota Whitecaps

With the Minnesota Whitecaps, Potter was part of the first US based team to win the Clarkson Cup.[7] With the Clarkson Cup victory, Potter became an unofficial member of the Triple Gold Club (women are not yet recognized by the IIHF), as she became one of only three women to win the Clarkson Cup, a gold medal in ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and a gold medal at the IIHF women's world hockey championships.

Boston Blades

In the summer of 2014, Potter was selected in the first round of the 2014 CWHL Draft to the Boston Blades. She played less than a full season for the Blades, while juggling coaching duties at Trinity College.

Coaching career

In the summer of 2013 she was named head coach of the women's hockey team at Trinity College and retained that position for two seasons.

NCAA

In spring 2015, Potter was named the third head coach in the history of the Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey program, replacing Nate Hanrahan. She was released from the program in August 2016.[8]

Career stats

EventGames PlayedGoalsAssistsPoints+/-
1998 Olympics6235+2
2002 Olympics5167+6
2006 Olympics5279+10
2010 Olympics3639+7

[9]

WWHL

SeasonGPGAPtsPIMGWPPLSHG
2006–0710000000
2007–08208263414101
2008–091616193516323
2010–1162794000

[10]

Awards and honors

  • Directorate Award, Best Forward, 1999 IIHF Women's World Hockey Championships[11]
  • Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) Player of the Year, 2000[12]
  • All-WCHA First Team, 2000
  • Led NCAA in scoring, 2000, (41 goals, 52 assists, 93 points) [13]
  • WCHA Team of the Decade (2000’s) [14]
  • Vancouver 2010 Olympics, Media All-Star Team[15]
  • Triple Gold Club (unofficial)
  • 2010 USA Hockey Women's Player of the Year Award (also known as the Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year award)[16]

Personal

Schmidgall-Potter was married in 2001 and is now a mother of 2. She took off the 2000–2001 season to give birth to her first child, daughter Madison. She delivered her second child, son Cullen in 2007. Jenny Schmidgall-Potter is from Edina High School in Minnesota. With her husband, Rob Potter, she runs a summer training camp called "Potter’s Pure Hockey."

References

  1. ↑ "U.S. Hockey's Golden Girls – ECAC Hockey".
  2. ↑ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_icehockey_rb/2011/DI.pdf
  3. ↑ "Memorable Moments". Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs Athletics. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-02-17. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
  7. ↑ https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news?slug=cbc-sports_hockey_sp_clarkson_cup_final-2000357318
  8. ↑ "Jenny Potter out at OSU just five days before classes begin". Grand Forks Herald. August 18, 2016. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Jenny Schmidgall-Potter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-30.
  10. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
  11. ↑ Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009–10, p.542, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
  12. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
  13. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2010-02-11.
  14. ↑ http://www.wcha.com/about/wcha-about.html%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  15. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
  16. ↑ "Annual award winners named". USA Hockey. June 3, 2010. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
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