Tara Mounsey

Tara Mounsey
Tara Mounsey
Born	March 12, 1978 (age 46); Concord, NH, USA
Height	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight	150 lb (68 kg; 10 st 10 lb)
Position	Defense
ECAC team	Brown Bears
National team	United States
Playing career	1996–2002
Women's ice hockey
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
IIHF World Women's Championships

Tara Lynn Mounsey (born March 12, 1978^[1]) is an American hockey defenseman who played for the United States Women's Olympic Hockey Team, winning a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan and a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Mounsey played high school hockey at Concord High School in Concord, New Hampshire.^[2] Playing on the "boys" team, she became the first female player to win the New Hampshire (Class L) Player of the Year award, after leading Concord to the 1996 state championship.^[1] Today Mounsey, a graduate of Brown University with a graduate degree from Boston College, is a Nurse practitioner at New England Baptist Hospital and is an assistant coach at Buckingham Browne and Nichols School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.^[3]

The 1998 women's hockey team is one of five finalists for the team to be inducted in 2008 into the United States Olympic Hall of Fame.^[4]

Awards and honors

Tara Mounsey, Patty Kazmaier Award Finalist, 1999, 2000^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Tara Mounsey, United States Olympic Committee. Accessed November 18, 2007.
^ Lessels, Allen. "SHE'S SIMPLY THE BEST HARDEST THING FOR MOUNSEY IS NAMING A SPORT SHE DOESN'T LIKE", The Boston Globe, December 10, 1995. Accessed November 18, 2007. "Tara Mounsey, a lover of challenges and an All-Everything athlete at Concord High School, had to think for a moment."
^ 10 Years Later Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
^ 2008 Nominees: Teams
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-15. Retrieved 2010-02-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[Olympics-1] Tara Mounsey, United States Olympic Committee. Accessed November 18, 2007.

[2] Lessels, Allen. "SHE'S SIMPLY THE BEST HARDEST THING FOR MOUNSEY IS NAMING A SPORT SHE DOESN'T LIKE", The Boston Globe, December 10, 1995. Accessed November 18, 2007. "Tara Mounsey, a lover of challenges and an All-Everything athlete at Concord High School, had to think for a moment."

[3] 10 Years Later Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine

[4] 2008 Nominees: Teams

[5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-15. Retrieved 2010-02-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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v t e USA Hockey
Figures	Herb Brooks Cal Marvin Cooney Weiland
Men’s coaches	Henry Boucha Herb Brooks Ron Wilson
Notable players	Aaron Broten Neal Broten Dave Christian Chris Chelios Jim Craig Mike Eruzione Brett Hull Brian Leetch Mike Modano Mike Richter Jeremy Roenick
Olympic Gold	1960 1980
Olympic Captains	Herb Brooks (1964) Mike Eruzione (1980) Chris Chelios (2006) Jamie Langenbrunner (2010) List of Olympic men's ice hockey players for the United States
IIHF Men	1933
IIHF Juniors	2004
Lore	Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics 1996 World Cup of Hockey Ray LeBlanc Ryan Miller Miracle on Ice
Women’s coaches	Ben Smith Mark Johnson
Women’s seasons	2009–10 2010–11 2011–12
Notable players	Karyn Bye Julie Chu Natalie Darwitz Molly Engstrom Cammi Granato Chanda Gunn Angela Ruggiero Jenny Schmidgall-Potter Sarah Tueting Krissy Wendell Erin Whitten
Olympic Gold	1998 2018
Olympic Captains	Cammi Granato (1998, 2002) Krissy Wendell (2006) Natalie Darwitz (2010) Meghan Duggan (2014, 2018)
IIHF Champs	2005 2008 2009 2011
Lore	Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics 2005 IIHF Women's World Championship
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