| Gillian Ferrari | |
| |
| Position | Defence |
| Shoots | Right |
| Height Weight |
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 154 lb (70 kg) |
| NWHL WWHL Team |
Brampton Thunder (2004-05) Calgary Oval X-Treme(2007-09) |
| Born | June 23, 1980, Thornhill, Ontario |
| Pro Career | 2000 – present |
| Olympic medal record | ||
| Women's Ice hockey | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 2002 Salt Lake City | Ice hockey |
| Gold | 2006 Turin | Ice hockey |
Gillian Ferrari (born June 23, 1980 in Thornhill, Ontario) is a Canadian women's ice hockey player. She was inducted into the Brampton Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.[1]
Playing career[]
As a child, her parents tried to sign her up for hockey and the Community Centre insisted she take figure skating.[2] She was able to play hockey the year after Justine Blainey won a court case allowing girls to play on boys' hockey in 1986.[3]
Brampton Thunder[]
Ferrari began playing with the Brampton Thunder of the National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL) in the 2004-2005 season. Her lifetime stats in the NWHL in 79 games include 10 goals, 36 assists and 76 penalty minutes. In the 2004-05 season, she recorded three goals and 22 assists in 34 games. She was part of an NWHL Central Division Champion.
Hockey Canada[]
She has played for Team Ontario Under 17 Team, and Team Canada’s Under 22 team. She also won a gold medal in 2002 and 2005 and one silver medal in 2003 in three Four Nations Cup Championships. Gillian has also been a three time ESSO National Champion.
Ferrari played defence for the Canadian women's team in the Winter Olympics in 2002 and 2006.[4] She has also won two gold medals with Canada at the Women's World Hockey Championships.[4] Ferrari was one of the final cuts for Team Canada leading up to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, BC.[5]
McGill Martlets[]
On September 18, 2010, Ferrari, in her first-year with the Martlets, scored her first-ever CIS goal. It was on a 4-on-3 power play versus Wilfrid Laurier University.[6] On December 31, Ferrari was credited with the game-winner on the power-play at 5:49 of the first period in the final game of the Bisons Holiday Classic tournament at Max Bell Arena. McGill defeated the nationally ranked fifth overall Alberta Pandas by a 3-0 mark [7]
References[]
- ↑ http://www.bramptonsports.ca/inductee.php?pk=118
- ↑ http://herhockey.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/the-humour-and-humility-of-gillian-ferrari/
- ↑ http://webapps.utsc.utoronto.ca/ose/story.php?id=349
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 MY TEAM CANADA - Gillian Ferrari. Hockey Canada. Retrieved on 2010-01-29.
- ↑ Spencer, Donna (2009-12-22). Ferrari nudged off Olympic team by scoring defenders. The Canadian Press. Retrieved on 2010-01-29.
- ↑ http://www.mcgill.ca/channels/events/item/?item_id=164766
- ↑ http://www.mcgill.ca/athletics/newsroom/events/item/?item_id=164843
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