Samantha Sutherland

Samantha (Sam) Sutherland (born February 22, 1995) is a women's ice hockey player that has attended the training camp for the Canadian National Women's Under 18 team. She will be attending Boston University in the fall of 2013.

Playing career
In 2008, she won on a gold medal at the Tier 1 Peewee Boys level at the 2008 CAHL championship. In addition, she claimed a silver medal with Zone 2 in the under-16 division of the 2008 Alberta Winter Games.

Hockey Canada
At the 2011 Canada Winter Games, as one of only three 15 year-olds to be selected to the Provincial team she won a gold medal with Alberta. In May 2011, Sutherland participated in Canada’s Under-18 strength and conditioning camp in Hamilton, Ontario. During May 2012, she was part of the National Women’s Program strength and conditioning camp. In August 2012 she attended the National Womens U18 final selection camp in Calgary Alberta.

JWHL
During the 2009-10 season, she won the Junior Women’s Hockey League (JWHL) championship with Warner School. Sutherland led the team in regular season and playoff scoring. She also captained Alberta Zone 2 to a gold medal in the under-16 division at the 2010 Alberta Winter Games.

For the second consecutive season, she led the Warner School in scoring, while finishing third overall in JWHL scoring. She competed for Alberta at the National Women’s Under-18 Championship, finishing seventh.

In her third season she led the Warner Warriors in goals and points finishing 2nd overall in the JWHL playoffs. She is currently the all time leader in goals assists and points at the Warner Hockey School.

Personal
Her cousin Kelly Czuy, plays for the ECHL’s Stockton Thunder

Awards and honors

 * 2010 JWHL All-Star Team
 * 2011 JWHL All-Star Team
 * Hockey East All-Academic Team (2016-17, 2015-16)
 * Hockey East Player of the Week (9/26/16)
 * Hockey East Rookie of the Month (Dec. 2013)
 * Hockey East Rookie of the Week (2/3/14)