Jenny Schmidgall-Potter
Jenny Potter ( born Schmidgall, born January 12, 1979 in Edina, Minnesota) is an American ice hockey player who with the national team of the United States the gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics, the silver medal at the Winter Games in 2002 and 2010 and the bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Games has won. Parallel she plays since 2006 for the Minnesota Whitecaps in the Western Women's Hockey League.
- 2.1 International
- 4.1 National Competitions
- 4.2 International
Career
NCAA
Jenny Potter spilte total of four years of college hockey in the NCAA, including three years for the University of Minnesota Duluth ( UMD Bulldogs ) and one year for the University of Minnesota. During this time she gained as many points scorer for the UMD Bulldogs like no other player before or since. In addition, she was repeatedly elected to the All-American team and 2009 in the WCHA All- Decade Team. In 2004 she finished her studies with a Bachelor of Business Administration.
Following her college career, Potter took part in the Olympic preparations with the national team.
Minnesota Whitecaps
During the 2006/07 season Potter debuted for the Minnesota Whitecaps in the Western Women's Hockey League. With the Whitecaps in 2009 she won the championship of the WWHL and was named most valuable player. A year later, she won her team the most important trophy in professional woman ice hockey, the Clarkson Cup.
Internationally
Jenny Potter began early in her career, to represent the United States internationally. She was a member of the junior national teams of the United States. In 1997, she debuted at the 3 Nations Cup for the women's national team and then became part of the tribe squad at world championships and tournaments of the 3/4 Nations Cup. In 1998, she was also in the squad for the Olympic Winter Games in Nagano and won at the age of 19 years, as the second- youngest of her team, the gold medal at the inaugural Women Hockey Tournament. She participated in three other Olympic Winter Games, where she won two silver and one bronze medal. In addition, they ran (until 2012 ) to a total of ten World Championships and reached a total of four gold and six silver medals.
Awards and achievements
- 2000 Player of the Year of the WCHA
- 2000 All- WCHA First Team
- 2000 NCAA top scorer ( 41 goals, 52 assists, 93 points)
- 2009 WCHA Team of the 1st Decade
- 2009 WWHL championship with the Minnesota Whitecaps
- 2009 most valuable player of the WWHL
- 2010 Clarkson Cup win with the Minnesota Whitecaps
- 2010 USA Hockey Women's Player of the Year Award (Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year award )
Internationally
- 2006 bronze medal at the Winter Olympics
- 2007 Silver medal at the World Championships
- 2008 Gold medal at the World Championships
- 2009 Gold medal at the World Championships
- 2010 Silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games
- 2010 All -Star team at the Olympic Winter Games
- 2011 Gold Medal at the World Championships
- 2012 Silver medal at the World Championships
Private
Jenny Schmidgall Potter married Rob in 2001 and is the mother of two children. During the 2000/ 01 season she paused from college hockey and brought her daughter Madison to the world. Her son, Cullen was born in 2007. With her husband Rob Jenny Potter organized in summer hockey training camp under the name " Potter's Pure Hockey".
Career Stats
National Competitions
Source: WWHL; WINIH
Internationally
Source: WINIH
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )