Stacy Wilson
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Stacy Wilson (born on May 12, 1965 in Salisbury
, New Brunswick
) is a former captain of the Canadian national women's hockey team
, former assistant coach, author and the former head coach of the Bowdoin College
women's ice hockey team.
in Salisbury, New Brunswick. She graduated from Acadia University
in 1987, with a bachelor's degree in physical education.
, Ontario
, she led her team to a gold medal, scoring three goals and eight assists in five games. She was on the gold medal team at the 1992 World Championships in Tampere
, Finland
, but she was injured, scoring one goal and one assist in five games. She was also a member of the gold medal winning team at the 1994 World Championships in Lake Placid
, New York
, scoring four goals and four assists in five games. Wilson also played on the second place Maritime Sports Blades at the 1995 National Championships, scoring six goals and six assists in six games en route to earning the most valuable player award
.
Wilson was on the gold medal winning teams at the 1995 and 1996 Pacific Rim championships in Richmond
, British Columbia
, and in San Jose
, California
.
She was the captain of the gold medal winning team at the 1997 Ice Hockey World Championships in Kitchener, Ontario
, where she scored one goal and four assists in five games. At the 1997 National Championships, Stacy Wilson received a medal as a game MVP. She proceeded to get the medal cut into 20 pieces and shared the pieces with her teammates.
She won the silver medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics
in Nagano
as the captain of the Canadian team. Her five assists in ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics
ranked second on the Canadian team behind Hayley Wickenheiser
. She retired shortly after the Olympics due to injuries.
Hockey Hall of Fame
in 1998, the only woman ever to be so honoured.
In 2000, she wrote a book entitled The Hockey Book for Girls
; ISBN 1-55074-719-3.
She was assistant coach of the Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey
program from May 1999 to June 2004. In 2004, she received her Master of Education (M.Ed.) from University of Minnesota Duluth.
Wilson was inducted into the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame in 2007
She was hired in May 2007, as the head coach of the Bowdoin College
women's ice hockey program. She resigned as head coach on April 19, 2010 due to personal reasons. Wilson is also a volunteer with the New Brunswick women’s hockey council.
Salisbury, New Brunswick
Salisbury, New Brunswick is a Canadian village located in Westmorland County, New Brunswick.The village's population meets the requirements for "town" status under the Municipalities Act of the Province of New Brunswick; however, its municipal status has not been changed.-History:Salisbury first...
, New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
) is a former captain of the Canadian national women's hockey team
Canadian national women's hockey team
The Canadian women's national ice hockey team is controlled by Hockey Canada. Canada has been by far one of the two most dominant teams in international competition. They have won the majority of major ice hockey tournaments, while their losses have only been against the United States and Sweden...
, former assistant coach, author and the former head coach of the Bowdoin College
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin College , founded in 1794, is an elite private liberal arts college located in the coastal Maine town of Brunswick, Maine. As of 2011, U.S. News and World Report ranks Bowdoin 6th among liberal arts colleges in the United States. At times, it was ranked as high as 4th in the country. It is...
women's ice hockey team.
Early life
She attended JMA Armstrong High SchoolJMA Armstrong High School
JMA Armstrong High School is a secondary public school located in Salisbury, New Brunswick.The school opened in the fall of 1981 and instructs students from grades 9 to 12...
in Salisbury, New Brunswick. She graduated from Acadia University
Acadia University
Acadia University is a predominantly undergraduate university located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada with some graduate programs at the master's level and one at the doctoral level...
in 1987, with a bachelor's degree in physical education.
Hockey career
Stacy Wilson began her career by playing minor hockey with boys until reaching the bantam level. After her last year of bantam, Wilson stopped playing hockey. Wilson would pursue badminton and excel in the sport at the provincial and Maritime level.Acadia University
By her second year at Acadia University, Wilson began playing hockey again. Along with other female hockey players, Wilson helped to create a women's hockey team at the university. There was no varsity hockey team at the university so the team was a club team. The team wore used Acadia varsity men's hockey sweaters, and raised funds to play in a few tournaments. Wilson and her teammates were part of two Nova Scotia provincial championships. In addition, the Acadia club team represented Nova Scotia at the Women's National Championship in 1986 and 1987.New Brunswick
Wilson graduated from Acadia University in 1987. She began to play senior women’s hockey with the Moncton Blades (later known as the Maritime Blades). From 1986-87 to 1992-93, she was on Team New Brunswick at the National Women's Championships and was the leading scorer at the National Championships in 1986. She was named to the All-Star team in 1988 and was the most sportsmanlike player in 1990 and 1996. She earned MVP and leading scorer titles in 1990 in the New Brunswick Senior Women's Hockey League. Wilson also represented Team New Brunswick at the 1998 Esso Nationals. She scored two goals to defeat Team Saskatchewan and finish in fifth place.Team Canada
At the 1990 World Championships in OttawaOttawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, she led her team to a gold medal, scoring three goals and eight assists in five games. She was on the gold medal team at the 1992 World Championships in Tampere
Tampere
Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, but she was injured, scoring one goal and one assist in five games. She was also a member of the gold medal winning team at the 1994 World Championships in Lake Placid
Lake Placid, New York
Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village had a population of 2,638....
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, scoring four goals and four assists in five games. Wilson also played on the second place Maritime Sports Blades at the 1995 National Championships, scoring six goals and six assists in six games en route to earning the most valuable player award
Most Valuable Player
In sports, a Most Valuable Player award is an honor typically bestowed upon the best performing player or players on a specific team, in an entire league, or for a particular contest or series of contests...
.
Wilson was on the gold medal winning teams at the 1995 and 1996 Pacific Rim championships in Richmond
Richmond, British Columbia
Richmond is a coastal city, incorporated in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Part of Metro Vancouver, its neighbouring communities are Vancouver and Burnaby to the north, New Westminster to the east, and Delta to the south, while the Strait of Georgia forms its western border...
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, and in San Jose
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
.
She was the captain of the gold medal winning team at the 1997 Ice Hockey World Championships in Kitchener, Ontario
Kitchener, Ontario
The City of Kitchener is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It was the Town of Berlin from 1854 until 1912 and the City of Berlin from 1912 until 1916. The city had a population of 204,668 in the Canada 2006 Census...
, where she scored one goal and four assists in five games. At the 1997 National Championships, Stacy Wilson received a medal as a game MVP. She proceeded to get the medal cut into 20 pieces and shared the pieces with her teammates.
She won the silver medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics
1998 Winter Olympics
The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Seventy-two nations and 2,176 participans contested in seven sports and 72 events at 15 venues. The games saw the introduction of Women's ice...
in Nagano
Nagano, Nagano
, the capital city of Nagano Prefecture, is located in the northern part of the prefecture near the confluence of the Chikuma and the Sai rivers, on the main Japanese island of Honshū.As of April 1, 2011 the city has a population of 387,146...
as the captain of the Canadian team. Her five assists in ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics was played at The Big Hat and Aqua Wing Arena in Nagano, Japan.-Men's tournament:The 1998 Olympic men's ice hockey tournament was the first in which professional players from the National Hockey League were allowed to participate, allowing national teams to...
ranked second on the Canadian team behind Hayley Wickenheiser
Hayley Wickenheiser
Hayley Wickenheiser is a women's ice hockey player from Canada. She was the first woman to play full time professional hockey in a position other than goalie. Wickenheiser is a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team...
. She retired shortly after the Olympics due to injuries.
After hockey
Wilson was inducted into the Acadia UniversityAcadia University
Acadia University is a predominantly undergraduate university located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada with some graduate programs at the master's level and one at the doctoral level...
Hockey Hall of Fame
Hockey Hall of Fame
The Hockey Hall of Fame is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dedicated to the history of ice hockey, it is both a museum and a hall of fame. It holds exhibits about players, teams, National Hockey League records, memorabilia and NHL trophies, including the Stanley Cup...
in 1998, the only woman ever to be so honoured.
In 2000, she wrote a book entitled The Hockey Book for Girls
The Hockey Book for Girls
The Hockey Book For Girls is an introductory book about hockey for females. It was written by former Canadian women's ice hockey player Stacy Wilson. The book was first published by Kids Can Press in September 2000....
; ISBN 1-55074-719-3.
She was assistant coach of the Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey
Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey
The Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey team plays for the University of Minnesota Duluth at the AMSOIL Arena in Duluth, Minnesota. The team is a member of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association and competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the Division I tier...
program from May 1999 to June 2004. In 2004, she received her Master of Education (M.Ed.) from University of Minnesota Duluth.
Wilson was inducted into the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame in 2007
She was hired in May 2007, as the head coach of the Bowdoin College
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin College , founded in 1794, is an elite private liberal arts college located in the coastal Maine town of Brunswick, Maine. As of 2011, U.S. News and World Report ranks Bowdoin 6th among liberal arts colleges in the United States. At times, it was ranked as high as 4th in the country. It is...
women's ice hockey program. She resigned as head coach on April 19, 2010 due to personal reasons. Wilson is also a volunteer with the New Brunswick women’s hockey council.
International
| Year | Team | Comp | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Canada | WWHC | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 | - |
| 1992 | Canada | WWHC | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | Canada | WWHC | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | - |
| 1995 | Canada | WPRC | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | Canada | WPRC | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | Canada | WWHC | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | - |
| 1997 | Canada | TNC | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | Canada | OLY 1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 7 to 22 February 1998 in Nagano, Japan. Seventy-two nations and 2,176 participans contested in seven sports and 72 events at 15 venues. The games saw the introduction of Women's ice... |
6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| TOTALS | WPRC | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | - | |
| TOTALS | WWHC | 20 | 9 | 17 | 26 | - | |
| TOTALS | OLY | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
Awards and honors
- Acadia Sports Hall of Fame member
- New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame member
- In 2003, the Bulldogs coaching staff that Wilson was a part of was named the American Association of College Coaches' women's hockey coaching staff of the year.