Sarah Potomak
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| Born |
December 19, 1997 Aldergrove, BC | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 140 lb (64 kg; 10 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
| Shoots | Left | ||||||||||||||
| WCHA team Former teams |
Minnesota Golden Gophers Pursuit of Excellence (Midget AAA) | ||||||||||||||
| National team |
 Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | –present | ||||||||||||||
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Sarah Potomak is a Canadian ice hockey player that competed with the Under 18 Canadian national women's hockey team. She will make her debut with the Canada women's national ice hockey team at the 2015 4 Nations Cup, being held from November 4–8 in Sundsvall, Sweden.[1]
Playing career
NCAA
Potomak made her debut for the Minnesota Golden Gophers in a September 25, 2015 exhibition match against the Minnesota Whitecaps logging two assists on goals scored by Hannah Brandt as the squad prevailed by a 5-4 tally.[2]
Her regular season debut took place on October 1, 2015 in a 2-0 win against Penn State. Potomak scored an empty net goal, for the first goal of her NCAA career.[3] In a two-game sweep of St. Cloud State on October 9–10, 2015, Potomak accumulated two goals and four assists. In the second game against St. Cloud, she logged the first multi-goal game of her NCAA career.[4]
Awards and honors
Hockey Canada
- IIHF Directorate Award, Top Forward, 2015 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships
- Most Valuable Player, 2015 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships[5]
- Media All-Star Team, 2015 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships
NCAA
- 2015-16 WCHA Preseason Rookie of the Year
- WCHA Rookie of the Week (Week of October 13, 2015)[4]
References
- ↑ "Canada’s National Women’s Team roster named for 2015 4 Nations Cup". Hockeycanada.ca. 2015-10-13. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
- ↑ "Hockey Game Box Score (Final) : Minnesota Whitecaps vs #1 Minnesota (Sep 25, 2015 at Minneapolis, Minn.)" (PDF). Grfx.cstv.com. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
- ↑ "University of Minnesota Official Athletic Site - Women's Ice Hockey". Gophersports.com. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
- 1 2 "Potomak Named WCHA Rookie of the Week - University of Minnesota Official Athletic Site". Gophersports.com. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
- ↑ "Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team takes silver medal at 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship". Hockeycanada.ca. 2015-01-12. Retrieved 2015-10-19.