Jennifer Lynn Schmidgall-Potter (born January 12, 1979) is an
American
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ice hockey
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player. She is a member of the
United States women's national ice hockey team
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. She won a
gold medal
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at the
1998 Winter Olympics
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,
silver medals
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at the
2002 Winter Olympics
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and
2010 Winter Olympics
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, nations = 82
, athletes = 2,626
, events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, opening = February 12, 2010
, closing = February 28, 2010
, opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean
, cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...
, and a
bronze medal
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at the
2006 Winter Olympics
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. After, she plays for the
Minnesota Whitecaps
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of the
Western Women's Hockey League
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, 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.
Playing career
NCAA
Her NCAA career included three years at the
University of Minnesota Duluth
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, and one year at the
University of Minnesota
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. 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. Potter is the all-time leading scorer in Bulldogs history and was named to the WCHA All-Decade team in 2009. 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.
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. 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.
Professional hockey
Minnesota Whitecaps
With the
Minnesota Whitecaps
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, Potter was part of the first US based team to win the
Clarkson Cup
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. 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
Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics was played at The Big Hat and Aqua Wing Arena in Nagano, Japan.
Medal summary Medal table
Medalists
Men's tournament
Qualification
Participating nations
Women's tournament
This is ...
, 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
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program, replacing Nate Hanrahan. She was released from the program in August 2016.
Career stats
WWHL
Awards and honors
*Directorate Award, Best Forward, 1999 IIHF Women's World Hockey Championships
*
Western Collegiate Hockey Association
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(WCHA) Player of the Year, 2000
*All-WCHA First Team, 2000
*Led NCAA in scoring, 2000, (41 goals, 52 assists, 93 points)
*WCHA Team of the Decade (2000’s)
*Vancouver 2010 Olympics, Media All-Star Team
*
Triple Gold Club
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(unofficial)
*2010 USA Hockey Women's Player of the Year Award (also known as the Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year award)
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
External links
U.S. Olympic Team bio
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1979 births
American women's ice hockey forwards
Boston Blades players
Clarkson Cup champions
Ice hockey players from Minnesota
Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Living people
Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey players
Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey players
Minnesota Whitecaps players
Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in ice hockey
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in ice hockey
Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey
Sportspeople from Edina, Minnesota
Edina High School alumni
Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey coaches