Catherine Michelle Granato (born March 25, 1971) is an American former

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player and one of the first women to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in November 2010. She currently works as an assistant general manager for the

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organization. Granato was the captain of the U.S. women's hockey team that won a gold medal in the

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. She is the younger sister of former

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player

Tony Granato Anthony Lewis Granato (born July 25, 1964) is an American former professional ice hockey left winger and current head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers men's ice hockey team. He served as head coach of the United States men's national ice hockey te ...

and

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head coach Don Granato, and a graduate of Providence College. Granato played hockey for Concordia University in

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, Canada. Granato has been a recipient of the Lester Patrick Award (2007), and she has been inducted into the

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(2008), the US Hockey Hall of Fame (2009) and the Hockey Hall of Fame (2010).

USA Hockey

Granato played in every world championship for the United States from the inaugural event in 1990 to 2005. She was named USA Women's Player of the Year in 1996. Granato was the captain of the U.S. women's hockey team that won a gold medal in the

. On February 8, 1998, she scored the first ever Olympic goal for the U.S women's hockey team. In 205 career games for the national team, Granato had 186 goals, 157 assists, and 343 points. She is the team's all-time leading scorer. Granato was cut from the US National team unexpectedly before the 2006 Olympics in

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bringing controversy to the decision after being a part of the program since its inaugural season and all-time leading point scorer. The US team subsequently lost its Olympic semifinal match to Sweden, its first-ever international loss to a team other than Canada, and brought home the bronze medal.

Other teams

Granato played hockey for Concordia University in

, Canada. In June 1997, New York Islanders general manager

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extended an invitation to Granato to attend Islanders training camp. Granato eventually declined. Granato played for the Vancouver Griffins (2001–02 and 2002–03), a professional

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team in the

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(NWHL).

Later career

Granato is also a rinkside reporter for NBC's NHL coverage, and served as a color commentator for NBC's coverage of women's ice hockey at the 2010

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, B.C., Canada. In 1998, Granato served as the color commentator for

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radio broadcasts. She currently hosts the ''On the Bus With Cammi & AJ'' podcast with former teammate A. J. Mleczko.

Awards and honors

*1995 Concordia University Female Athlete of the Year (Sally Kemp Award) * 1996 USA Hockey Women 's Player of the Year Award (also known as the Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year award) *

– gold medal *

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

– silver medal * On September 18, 2007, Granato was announced one of the four recipients of the 2007

Lester Patrick Trophy The Lester Patrick Trophy has been presented by the National Hockey League and USA Hockey since 1966 to honor a recipient's contribution to ice hockey in the United States. It is considered a non-NHL trophy because it may be awarded to players, c ...

. She is a partner in BelaHockey, a company that creates hockey accessories for girls. * In May 2008, Granato was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Hall of Fame with two other women's hockey players (

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and Angela James) - the first women to be given such an honor. * On August 12, 2008, it was announced that Granato would be inducted into the

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, the first woman to be in the Hall. The induction ceremony took place on October 10, 2008, at the

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. * On November 8, 2010 Granato was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Granato and Angela James were the first female inductees. * On September 20, 2018, Granato was inducted into the Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame.

Personal life

Granato married former NHL star,

Ray Ferraro Raymond Vincent Ferraro (born August 23, 1964) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and currently broadcaster for ESPN/ ABC and formerly of TSN. He played for 21 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Hartford Whaler ...

, in 2004 and lives in

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. They have two sons: Riley (born December 2006) and Reese (born December 2009). She is stepmother to Ferraro's sons from his first marriage, Matt and

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References

External links

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Granato's U.S. Olympic Team bio
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