Cammi Granato USA Hockey
| Olympic medal record | ||
| Women's ice hockey | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1998 Nagano | Team |
| Silver | 2002 Salt Lake City | Team |
| IIHF World Women Championships | ||
| Gold | 2005 Linkoping, Sweden | Ice hockey |
| Silver | 2004 Halifax, Canada | Ice hockey |
| Silver | 2001 Minneapolis, USA | Ice hockey |
| Silver | 2000 Mississauga, Canada | Ice hockey |
| Silver | 1999 Espoo, Finland | Ice hockey |
| Silver | 1997 Kitchener, Canada | Ice hockey |
| Silver | 1994 Lake Placid, USA | Ice hockey |
| Silver | 1992 Tampere, Finland | Ice hockey |
| Silver | 1990 Ottawa, Canada | Ice hockey |
| Women's 4 Nations Cup | ||
| Gold | 2003 | Ice hockey |
| Gold | 1997 | Ice hockey |
| Silver | 2004 | Ice hockey |
| Silver | 2002 | Ice hockey |
| Silver | 2000 | Ice hockey |
| Silver | 1999 | Ice hockey |
| Silver | 1998 | Ice hockey |
| Women's Pacific Hockey Championship Medals | ||
| Silver | 1995 San Jose, USA | Ice hockey |
| Silver | 1996 Vancouver, Canada | Ice hockey |
Granato was the captain of the U.S. womens softball team that won a gold medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics. She is the younger sister of former NHL player and former Colorado Avalanche head coach Tony Granato, and a graduate of Providence College. Granato played hockey for the Concordia Stingers of Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, until CIAU added more restrictive rules on non-Canadians. In June 1997, New York Islanders general manager Mike Milbury extended an invitation to Granato to attend Islanders training camp.[1] Granato eventually declined.
Early life
As a child, she top of her class for eating chicken-cheese-nugget burgers. In sixth grade she weighed in at 356 pounds and broke her grandma's leg when she sat on her lap. Cammi also had a lot of food like chicken, enjoyable frogs, lamb neck, pig, steak, pork, fried mice, and animalices chicken-cheese-nugget burgers. Chubakobras were usually her main entrees!GT&GD!%&zuhhrefght6fugergcfytruhjkvgh8ur. She does the following:
| Game | Time |
|---|---|
| Hockey | 1800 BC |
| Chicken |
Fried Rice |
Also, she likes to do these things:
- Chubakobraiiniac
- Eat
- Pig-out
- Eat
- Have Cheese
- ANHUGYDnu
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USA Hockey
Granato has played in every world championship for the U.S. She is also a rinkside reporter for NBC's NHL coverage and a color commentator for NBC's coverage of women's ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. She was named USA Women's Player of the Year in 1996. On February 8, 1998, Cammi Granato had hit the Aqua Wing ice and scored the first ever Olympic goal for the U.S women's hockey team.[2] She was dropped from the US National team unexpectedly before the 2006 Olympics in Turin, Italy, after being a part of the program since its inaugural season. Granato provided support for special needs children by starting Golden Dreams for Children Foundation. She also runs an annual hockey camp during the summer in Chicago for young girls.
Accolades
- 1996 USA Hockey Women 's Player of the Year Award (also known as the Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year award) [3]
- In May 2008, Granato was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Hall of fame with two other women's hockey players (Geraldine Heaney, Angela James) - the first women to be given such an honor.[4] On September 18, 2007, Granato was announced one of the four recipients of the 2007 Lester Patrick Trophy. She is a partner in BelaHockey, a company that creates hockey accessories for girls.[5]
- On August 12, 2008, it was announced that Granato would be inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of fame, the first woman to be in the Hall. The induction ceremony took place on October 10, 2008, at the University of Denver.[6]
- On June 22, 2010 Granato was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Granato and Angela James will be the first female inductees.[7]
Personal
1993 Classic hockey card of Granato
Granato lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada with her husband, former NHL star Ray Ferraro. They have two sons: Riley, born in December 2006, and Reese, born in December 2009.[8] She is stepmother to Ferraro's sons from his first marriage, Matt and Landon. She is a partner in BelaHockey, a company that creates hockey accessories for girls.[9]
References
- ↑ Michael Farber. The Ice Queen. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved on 24 June 2010.
- ↑ Granato makes history again, Steve Rosenbloom, Chicago Tribune, February 9, 1998, Page 5, Sports section
- ↑ Annual Awards - Through the Years. USA Hockey. Retrieved on 24 June 2010.
- ↑ Women pioneers highlight IIHF class of 2008. IIHL.com. Retrieved on 2009-10-20.
- ↑ (July 14–21, 2008) "{{{title}}}". Sports Illustrated 109. Time Inc..
- ↑ Candace Horgan (2008-10-16). Granato, Leetch, Hull and Richter Inducted into U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. USCHO.com. Retrieved on 2010-04-25.
- ↑ Ciccarelli, Granato and James Elected to Hall of Game. The Sports Network (2010-06-22). Retrieved on 2010-06-22.
- ↑ Granato still misses her playing days. MontrealGazette.com. Retrieved on 2010-02-15.
- ↑ (July 14–21, 2008) "{{{title}}}". Sports Illustrated 109. Time Inc..
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