Carla MacLeod

Carla Rae MacLeod (born June 16, 1982) is a retired member of the Canadian national women's hockey team. Through her paternal grandmother, MacLeod is related to former Montreal Canadiens legend Maurice Richard.[1]

Carla MacLeod
Brampton Thunder vs. Calgary Oval X-Treme; 2009-03-19
Born	June 16, 1982 Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada
Height	5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Weight	133 lb (60 kg; 9 st 7 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Right
WCHA team CWHL team	Wisconsin Badgers Calgary Oval X-Treme
National team	Canada
Playing career	2003–2010
Medal record Women's ice hockey Representing  Canada Olympic Games 2006 Turin Tournament 2010 Vancouver Tournament IIHF World Women's Championships 2007 Canada Tournament 2005 Sweden Tournament 2008 China Tournament 2009 Finland Tournament

Playing career

MacLeod was born in Spruce Grove, Alberta. MacLeod attended Bishop Carroll High School in Calgary, Alberta.

Carla MacLeod represented Team Alberta at the National Championships in 1999 and 2001.[2] On both occasions, MacLeod would win the Abby Hoffman Cup.

Wisconsin Badgers

She played with the Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey program in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association for four years, serving as captain for the 03-04 and 04-05 seasons. She played for United States women's Olympic team coach Mark Johnson at Wisconsin, where he likened her leadership to that of a second coach.[3]

While at Wisconsin, MacLeod was bestowed with the University of Wisconsin Big Ten Medal of Honor (in recognition of athletic and academic achievement).[4] In her senior year at Wisconsin, Macleod served as one of two undergraduate assistant coaches. The other undergrad coach was Olympian Molly Engstrom. Macleod and Engstrom assisted coach Mark Johnson with analysis of game footage.[5]

Hockey Canada

Her career as a defenseman for the national team began in 2003 with a silver win in the Four Nations Cup. In 2004, she played to a gold medal in the Four Nations Cup. In 2005, MacLeod made her world championship debut in 2005. She had been cut from the world championship team for two consecutive years before that. MacLeod would win silver at the 2005 IIHF Women's World Hockey Championship. In 2006, she played in the Winter Olympics in Turin,[6] where she was named as a tournament all-star, and in the 2006 Four Nations Cup, where Canada won gold. In 2007, she played in the IIHF Women's World Hockey Championship, where Canada won its ninth world's gold medal. Prior to joining the national women's team, MacLeod was on the National Under-22 team from 1999-2003.

Coaching career

In the fall of 2010, she became an assistant coach with Mount Royal University.[7] During the 2011–12 Canada women's national ice hockey team season, MacLeod was an assistant coach for the National Under 18 team that participated in a three-game series vs. the USA in August 2011.[8] Since February, 2012 she has been serving as an assistant coach for the Japanese national team. In February, 2013 the Japanese national women's hockey team qualified for the first time for the 2014 winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Japanese media praise her coaching skills, her likable personality as well as her tactical understanding of the game which has been much needed for this team. They say she has given the players a hockey mentality and a style of play which puts pressure on opposing teams.

Retirement

On September 14, 2010, Hockey Canada announced that MacLeod, along with three other players retired from international hockey.[9] After her retirement, she took a public relations job with the Royal Bank of Canada.

Career stats

Event	Games Played	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
2005 World Championships	5	1	2	3	0
2006 Olympics	5	2	2	4	2
2007 World Championships	5	0	1	1	2
2008 World Championships	5	1	3	4	2
2009 World Championships	5	2	6	8	4
2010 Olympics

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Awards and honours

• 2004-05 USCHO.com Defensive Player of the Year [11]

References

1. "Sport Performance Weekly, November 14th, 2006". Canadian Sports Centre. Archived from the original on September 8, 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
2. Canadian Gold 2010, Andrew Podnieks, p. 154, Fenn Publishing, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55168-384-3
3. http://www.ctvolympics.ca/hockey/news/newsid=23388.html
4. "Krabbenhoft and Jorgensen receive Big Ten Medal of Honor". Wisconsin Athletics. June 10, 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
5. "Athletes (Vancouver 2010)". nbcolympics.com. NBC Sports. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
6. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carla MacLeod". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
7. "Olympian Becky Kellar among players retiring from Canadian Women's Hockey Team". Hockey Canada. 2010-09-15. Retrieved 2010-09-15.
8. http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/170168/la_id/1.htm
9. "Four vets retire from women's hockey team". Montreal Gazette. 2010-09-15. Archived from the original on 2012-10-06. Retrieved 2010-09-15.
10. Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p. 20, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6.
11. http://www.uscho.com/2005/03/22/uschocoms-200405-di-womens-yearend-honors/

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
• Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame bio
• Carla MacLeod at the Canadian Olympic Committee
• Carla MacLeod at the International Olympic Committee
• Carla MacLeod at the Olympic Channel
• Carla MacLeod at Olympedia