Carla Rae MacLeod (born June 16, 1982) is a retired member of the
Canadian national women's hockey team. Through her paternal grandmother, MacLeod is related to former Montreal Canadiens legend
Maurice Richard.
Playing career
MacLeod was born in
Spruce Grove
Spruce Grove is a city that is west of Edmonton, Alberta in Canada. The city is adjacent to the Town of Stony Plain and is surrounded by Parkland County.
With a 2021 population of 37,645, Spruce Grove is the ninth-largest city in Alberta. ...
,
Alberta
Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...
. MacLeod attended
Bishop Carroll High School in Calgary, Alberta
Carla MacLeod represented Team Alberta at the National Championships in 1999 and 2001. On both occasions, MacLeod would win the
Abby Hoffman Cup
The first instances of organized women's ice hockey in Canada date back to the 1890s when it was played at the university level. The Women's Hockey Association claims that the city of Ottawa, Ontario hosted the first game in 1891. In 1920, Lad ...
.
Wisconsin Badgers
She played with the
Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey
The Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey team is the hockey team that represents the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin.
History
On October 8, 1999, the Bulldogs played the Wisconsin Badgers in the first ever Women's WCHA conference ...
program in the
Western Collegiate Hockey Association
The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) is a college athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a women's ice hockey-only conference. From 1951 to 1999, it operated a ...
for four years, serving as captain for the 03-04 and 04-05 seasons. She played for United States women's Olympic team coach
Mark Johnson at Wisconsin, where he likened her leadership to that of a second coach.
While at Wisconsin, MacLeod was bestowed with the University of Wisconsin Big Ten Medal of Honor (in recognition of athletic and academic achievement). In her senior year at Wisconsin, Macleod served as one of two undergraduate assistant coaches. The other undergrad coach was Olympian
Molly Engstrom. Macleod and Engstrom assisted coach Mark Johnson with analysis of game footage.
Hockey Canada
Her career as a defenseman for the national team began in 2003 with a silver win in the Four Nations Cup. In 2004, she played to a gold medal in the Four Nations Cup. In 2005, MacLeod made her world championship debut in 2005. She had been cut from the world championship team for two consecutive years before that. MacLeod would win silver at the 2005 IIHF Women's World Hockey Championship. In 2006, she played in the Winter Olympics in Turin, where she was named as a tournament all-star, and in the 2006 Four Nations Cup, where Canada won gold. In 2007, she played in the IIHF Women's World Hockey Championship, where Canada won its ninth world's gold medal. Prior to joining the national women's team, MacLeod was on the National Under-22 team from 1999-2003.
Coaching career
In the fall of 2010, she became an assistant coach with
Mount Royal University
Mount Royal University (MRU) is a public university in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
History
Mount Royal University was founded by Alberta provincial charter by the Arthur Sifton government on December 16, 1910 and officially opened on September 8, ...
.
During the
2011–12 Canada women's national ice hockey team
The 2011–12 women's national hockey team represented Canada in various tournaments during the 2011-12 hockey season. The head coach of the National team was York Lions women's ice hockey coach Dan Church.
News and notes
*June 23, 2011: Sixteen o ...
season, MacLeod was an assistant coach for the National Under 18 team that participated in a three-game series vs. the USA in August 2011. Since February, 2012 she has been serving as an assistant coach for the Japanese national team. In February, 2013 the Japanese national women's hockey team qualified for the first time for the 2014 winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Japanese media praise her coaching skills, her likable personality as well as her tactical understanding of the game which has been much needed for this team. They say she has given the players a hockey mentality and a style of play which puts pressure on opposing teams.
In April 2022 she became head coach of
Czech Republic women's ice hockey team. During the subsequent
2022 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships
The 2022 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships were the 24th such series of tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at several levels of competition. The tournaments also served as qualifications for ...
, the Czechs won their first bronze medal.
Retirement
On September 14, 2010,
Hockey Canada announced that MacLeod, along with three other players retired from international hockey. After her retirement, she took a public relations job with the
Royal Bank of Canada.
Career stats
Awards and honours
*2004-05 USCHO.com Defensive Player of the Year
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References
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1982 births
Living people
Calgary Oval X-Treme players
Canadian women's ice hockey defencemen
Ice hockey people from Alberta
Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Canada
Olympic ice hockey players of Canada
Olympic medalists in ice hockey
People from Spruce Grove
Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey players