Sara Seiler (born January 25, 1983) was a forward for the Carleton Ravens women's ice hockey program of

U Sports women's ice hockey U Sports women's ice hockey is the highest level of play of women's ice hockey at the university level under the auspices of U Sports, Canada's governing body for university sports. Women's ice hockey has been played in U Sports since the 1997-9 ...

. She was a member of the German team that competed at the

2013 IIHF Women's World Championship The 2013 IIHF Women's World Championships was the 15th world championship sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and was the last world championship before the 2014 Winter Olympics. The tournament was hosted in Ottawa, Ontar ...

and in

Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament The women's tournament in ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held in Sochi, Russia. For the first time, the women's gold medal game was decided in overtime, with Canada defeating the United States 3–2. Switzerland defeated Sweden for t ...

Playing career

In 2006-07, Seiler played for the Ottawa Raiders of the original NWHL, logging five assists in 32 regular season games.

Carleton Ravens

Sara Seiler was the first European in the history of the Carleton Ravens women's ice hockey program to have the captaincy bestowed upon her. In preparation for the

, the Carleton Ice House served as the training facility for the

Germany women's national ice hockey team The German women's national ice hockey team represents Germany at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women's World Championship and other international ice hockey tournaments. The women's national team was ranked eighth in the IIHF Wo ...

. Former Ravens team captain Sara Seiler served as a member of the German squad. Of note, the Ravens hosted Germany in an exhibition game, which saw the Germans prevail by a 3-0 tally, with goals from Julia Zorn, Franziska Busch, Andrea Lanzl.

International

She was also on the German women's Olympic ice hockey team that competed in the 2006 Winter Games in Torino, Italy. She was chosen to participate in the first International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) High Performance Women's Camp in Bratislava, Slovakia from July 5–12, 2011. She represented Germany at said camp, which intends to improve the quality of women's ice hockey.

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1983 births German women's ice hockey forwards Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Living people Olympic ice hockey players for Germany People from Miesbach (district) Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria {{Germany-icehockey-bio-stub

Playing career

Carleton Ravens

International

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