Jinelle Lynn Zaugg-Siergiej (born March 27, 1986) is an American retired

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player and former member of the

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, currently serving as associate head coach to the St. Cloud State Huskies women's ice hockey team. She was a member of the 2009–10 United States national women's ice hockey team and won a silver medal in the women's ice hockey tournament at the

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. Zaugg played

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with the

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program and won the

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title with the team in

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and

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. In addition, she helped the

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to the

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championship in the 2008–09 season.

Playing career

*In high school, Zaugg played for the varsity boys' ice hockey team of Northland Pines High School in

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. She was on the team that won back-to-back Lumberjack Conference championships as a

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and

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, mostly as a third or fourth liner.

Wisconsin Badgers

*Over her four-year career at the

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, Zaugg won two national championships, and scored 133 career points. In addition, she was named to the 2007 Frozen Four All-Tournament Team, and served as team

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in the 2007–08 season. In her first year at Wisconsin, Zaugg managed to score 12

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on a shooting percentage of 15%. With 24 goals in the 2005–06 season, she established herself as a major threat on a championship-bound Badgers team. In her junior year, she put together a 29-goal season — nearly doubling her WCHA scoring output of 12 goals from the prior season with 20 goals in conference play. Eight of Zaugg's team-leading 29 goals were game-winners, earning her reputation as a

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player. When Wisconsin won its second national championship in 2006, Zaugg notched two of the three goals in the game and garnered All-Tournament honors.

Statistics

Sources:

USA Hockey

*Zaugg was a member of the silver medal winning U.S. women's national team at the

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. She was a two-time member of the U.S. women's select team for the

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, competing in

and in

. During that time, she was also a member of the U.S. women's under-22 select team. She participated in the USA Hockey Women's National Festival in 2006, 2007, and 2009. On March 25, 2011, she officially announced her retirement from the

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Women’s National Program.

2010 Olympic team

*Six of her teammates on the U.S. Olympic team were former Wisconsin teammates:

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, Hilary Knight,

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, and

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. *January 5: In an exhibition game against the Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey team, Zaugg netted a goal and had an assist as Team USA won by a score of 9–0.

Personal life

Born in

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, Zaugg-Siergiej's hometown is Eagle River, Wisconsin. Prior to the Vancouver Winter Games, she married former MSOE ice hockey player and Northland Pines teammate Michael Siergiej. On September 22, 2010, Zaugg-Siergiej and Jessie Vetter threw out the ceremonial first pitch at

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before the

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baseball game. For the 2010–11 season, Zaugg-Siergiej became the head coach of the girls hockey team at

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in Hartland,Wisconsin. For the 2010–11 season, she served as head coach for an U-14 girls hockey team called the Wild Cats, based in The State of Wisconsin. This was in Waunakee or Milwaukee , Wisconsin. She has served as an assistant coach for the women's hockey team at St. Cloud State University since the 2014–15 season.

Jinelle Siergiej Award

Wisconsin Prep Hockey (WiPH) introduced the Jinelle Siergiej Award recognizing the league's "Overall Offensive Player of the Year" in 2011. All offensive ice hockey players active in the WiPH girls' league are eligible and each coach is asked to nominate a player from their respective team. Award winners to date are:

Awards and honors

*Wisconsin Badgers career leader in goals (89), power-play goals (29), game-winning goals (22) and games played (160).

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zaugg-Siergiej, Jinelle 1986 births Living people American women's ice hockey players Ice hockey players from Wisconsin Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Minnesota Whitecaps players Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey People from Eagle River, Wisconsin Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey players