Cheryl Pounder (born June 21, 1976, in

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) is a women's

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player. She played defence for the

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's Mississauga Chiefs, and competed in the

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and

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. Pounder attended high school at

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. She was also the captain of the ice hockey team at

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. Although born in

, she lives in

, Ontario and calls that city her hometown. Pounder was part of the team that won the Under-18 Canadian National women's ice hockey championship. She was also a member of the 1992 Women's World Roller Hockey championship team.Who's Who in Canadian Sport, Volume 4, p.356, Bob Ferguson, Fitzhenry and Whiteside Ltd., Markham, ON and Allston, MA, Pounder was a colour commentator for the CBC coverage of the women's hockey tournament at the

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and

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CWHL

With the

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, Pounder competed in three Women's Canadian National hockey championships from 1999 to 2001. The Aeros won bronze in 1999 and 2001, and won the gold in 2000. Pounder was the Master of Ceremonies at the

2010 CWHL Draft On August 12, the Canadian Women's Hockey League hosted the 2010 CWHL Draft. The event was held at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto at 7:00pm. The first overall selection was former Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey, Ohio State hockey playe ...

Personal life

Pounder is married and welcomed her first child, a girl, on January 25, 2008. Her niece Rhyen McGill won the

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national championship in 2017 with

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, and played in Team Canada's junior system.

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

International

Career highlights

*Two Olympic gold medals (2002, 2006) *Five

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gold medals (1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004) and one silver (2005) *Seven Nations Cup gold medals (1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005) and one silver (2003) *All-Star selection, 2005 IIHF women's world hockey championships

Awards and honours

*CWHL First All-Star Team, 2008–09 *Top Defender, Pool A, 2007 Esso Canadian Women's Nationals *Top Defender at the 2002 Esso Canadian National Championship *NWHL West First All-Star Team, 1999-00 *COWHL Second All-Star Team, 1996–97

CIS honours

*1995-96 OUA Second Team All-Star *1996-97 OUA Second Team All-Star *1997-98 OUA First Team All-Star *1998 Wilfrid Laurier athletics President's Award *2005 Inductee, Laurier Golden Hawk Hall of Fame

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pounder, Cheryl 1976 births Living people Anglophone Quebec people Canadian women's ice hockey defencemen Ice hockey people from Mississauga Ice hockey people from Montreal Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Canada Olympic ice hockey players for Canada Olympic medalists in ice hockey Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks ice hockey players Mississauga Chiefs players