Gillian Mary Apps (born November 2, 1983) is a women's

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player. Apps was a member of the Canadian National Hockey Team that won back to back Gold Medals in three consecutive Olympic Games. As a

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major at

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, United States, Apps was a member of her college's ice hockey team, competing in

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. She was a member of the

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, winning gold medals at the

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, the

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, Canada and the

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. She was also a winner of gold medals with Team Canada at the 2004 and 2007

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, and silver medals in that event in 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2013. Apps was a member of the

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in the

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until 2015 at which point she announced her retirement from professional women's hockey. Apps resides in

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Playing career

* She graduated from

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in Toronto in 2001, and played for the

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. During the

2000–01 NWHL season In the 2000–01 season, the former Canadian National Women's Hockey League championship was won by the Beatrice Aeros team from Toronto. Jayna Hefford of Brampton Thunder had the best goalscoring record. Final standings Note: GP = Games played, W ...

, Apps played with the

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and finished tied for fifth in league scoring with 42 points. In 2001–02, Apps was a member of the Beatrice Aeros and won the Ontario senior women's hockey championship. * At the first National Women's Under-18 Hockey Challenge in 2001 at

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, Apps was the captain of the gold medal winning Ontario Red squad. She made Canada's national women's team only months later, as an 18-year-old. * As a freshman with the

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program in 2002, Apps accumulated 22 goals, 13 assists and 35 points. Apps ranked fourth on the Big Green in scoring. She was on an All-Freshman line with Tiffany Hagge and Cherie Piper. * On October 21, 2012, Apps would score the game-winning goal in a 4-3 overtime win against the Toronto Furies. Said goal provided

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with the first win of her CWHL career, which was also her CWHL debut. * On August 30, 2015 Apps completed the Muskoka Ironman triathlon in just under 15 hours. In September 2015 she retired from the Canadian women's team, after sitting out the 2014-2015 season from both the national team and her CWHL team, the Brampton Thunder. Apps finished her national team career with 50 goals and 50 assists for an even 100 points in 164 games, and ranks second all-time on the Canadian team in penalty minutes behind

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with 255. She is involved with She Swings She Scores, a joint initiative between the

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and the Golf Association of Ontario to encourage girls to take up golf as well as hockey.

Coaching career

In the autumn of 2016, Apps joined Katie King's coaching staff with the Boston College Eagles women's ice hockey program.

Career stats

Dartmouth

Hockey Canada

Awards and honours

*Honorable mention All-Ivy selection (2003) *ECAC Hockey League Player of the Week on Nov 3, 2003 *ECAC Hockey League Player of the Week on Nov 24, 2003 *Named All-Ivy League second team (2004) *Named Honorable mention All-ECAC Hockey League (2004) *2006–07 ECAC Coaches Preseason All-League Selection *2006–07 ECAC Media Preseason All-League Selection *ECAC Player of the Year (2007) *ECAC First-Team all-league honors (2007) *New England Hockey Writers Most Valuable Player (2007) *Top 10 Finalist for 2007 Patty Kazmaier Award

Personal life

She attended William Berczy Public School in

. Apps also participates in snowboarding, wakeboarding, golf, and soccer. She grew up playing girls hockey in the GTA. She attended Havergal College where she excelled as a female athlete. Prior to the 2010 Olympics, Apps worked at the

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in an Olympians program, where she was called upon to meet clients or give motivational speeches to employees. She is the granddaughter of

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professional

player for the

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from 1936 to 1948,

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member

Syl Apps Charles Joseph Sylvanus Apps, (January 18, 1915 – December 24, 1998), was a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1936 to 1948, an Olympic pole vaulter and a Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament i ...

and the daughter of

retired

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who played 10 seasons in the

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for the

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and

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Syl Apps Jr. Sylvanus Marshall Apps (born August 1, 1947) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings and Pittsburgh Penguins. Apps was born in Toronto, O ...

Her brother, Syl Apps III was signed as a Free Agent by the Toronto Maple Leafs on July 22, 1999, although he never played a game with the Maple Leafs. Her sister, Amy was a member of the Canadian National women's

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team and an

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All Star in 1998 and 1999. Her cousin, rower

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, won a gold medal in coxed eights at the

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as a member of the Canadian team.Profile: Darren Barber
''sports.reference.com'' (Retrieved on December 12, 2008) Barber also competed at the

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in Atlanta, where he finished 4th. Apps's sister-in-law is

Meaghan Sittler Meaghan Sittler (born March 12, 1976) is a Canadian-born American former ice hockey player for the Colby College White Mules women's ice hockey program and the Brampton Thunder of the NWHL. She is Colby's all-time leading scorer with 199 goals an ...

, whose father

Darryl Sittler Darryl Glen Sittler (born September 18, 1950) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League from 1970 until 1985 for the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Philadelphia Flyers and the Detroit Red Wings. He was ...

competed in the NHL. She is the aunt to a nephew named Sawyer. On April 17, 2012, Apps (along with

Meghan Agosta Meghan Christina Agosta (born February 12, 1987) is a Canadian women's ice hockey forward, who last played for the Montreal Stars of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. Agosta plays for the Canada women's national ice hockey team and is a gold ...

Caroline Ouellette Caroline Ouellette (born May 25, 1979) is a Canadian retired ice hockey player and current associate head coach of the Concordia Stingers women's ice hockey program. She was a member of the Canadian national women's ice hockey team and a member ...

Courtney Birchard Courtney Birchard (born July 14, 1989) competes for the Canadian national women's ice hockey team. She made her debut for Team Canada in the 2010 Four Nations Cup. She was drafted 6th overall by the Brampton Thunder in the 2011 CWHL Draft. Bircha ...

, and head coach Dan Church) took part in the opening face off of the playoff game between the

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and the

at ScotiaBank Place. On September 22, 2018, she married American women's hockey player

Meghan Duggan Meghan Duggan (born September 3, 1987) is an American former ice hockey forward and director of player development for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League. She played for the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2014 W ...

. Their son, George, was born on February 29, 2020. They then have a daughter, Olivia, one year later.

References

External links

Dartmouth College biography for Gillian Apps

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