Cammi Granato

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Cammi Granato
Hockey Hall of Fame, 2010
Born (1971-03-25) March 25, 1971 (age 53)
Downers Grove, IL, USA
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 141 lb (64 kg; 10 st 1 lb)
Position Right Wing/Center
Played for Concordia Stingers (CIS)
Playing career 1990–2005
Cammi Granato
Medal record
Representing the  United States
Women's ice hockey
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Nagano Team
Silver medal – second place 2002 Salt Lake City Team
IIHF World Women Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Linkoping, Sweden
Silver medal – second place 2004 Halifax, Canada
Silver medal – second place 2001 Minneapolis, USA
Silver medal – second place 2000 Mississauga, Canada
Silver medal – second place 1999 Espoo, Finland
Silver medal – second place 1997 Kitchener, Canada
Silver medal – second place 1994 Lake Placid, USA
Silver medal – second place 1992 Tampere, Finland
Silver medal – second place 1990 Ottawa, Canada
4 Nations Cup
Gold medal – first place 2003
Gold medal – first place 1997
Silver medal – second place 2004
Silver medal – second place 2002
Silver medal – second place 2000
Silver medal – second place 1999
Silver medal – second place 1998
IIHF Women's Pacific Rim Championship
Silver medal – second place 1995 San Jose, USA
Silver medal – second place 1996 Vancouver, Canada

Catherine Michelle "Cammi" Granato (born March 25, 1971 in Downers Grove, Illinois) is a retired American female ice hockey player and one of the first women to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in November of 2010.

Granato was the captain of the U.S. women's hockey team that won a gold medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics. She is the younger sister of former NHL player Tony Granato, and a graduate of Providence College. Granato played hockey for Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In June 1997, New York Islanders general manager Mike Milbury extended an invitation to Granato to attend Islanders training camp.[1] Granato eventually declined. Cammi has been a recipient of the Lester Patrick Award (2007), inducted into the International Hockey Hall of Fame (2008), the US Hockey Hall of Fame (2009) and the Hockey Hall of Fame (2010).

USA Hockey

Granato played in every world championship for the U.S. from the inaugural event in 1990 to 2005. She is also a rinkside reporter for NBC's NHL coverage, and served as a color commentator for NBC's coverage of women's ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. She was named USA Women's Player of the Year in 1996. On February 8, 1998, Granato scored the first ever Olympic goal for the U.S women's hockey team.[2] She was cut from the US National team unexpectedly before the 2006 Olympics in Turin, Italy bringing controversy to the decision after being a part of the program since its inaugural season and all-time leading point scorer. Granato provided support for special needs children by starting Golden Dreams for Children Foundation. She also runs an annual hockey camp during the summer in Chicago for young girls.

Awards and honors

  • 1996 USA Hockey Women 's Player of the Year Award (also known as the Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year award) [3]
  • 1998 - Olympic Gold Medalist
  • 2002 - Olympic Silver Medalist
  • In May 2008, Granato was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Hall of fame with two other women's hockey players (Geraldine Heaney, Angela James) - the first women to be given such an honor.[4] On September 18, 2007, Granato was announced one of the four recipients of the 2007 Lester Patrick Trophy. She is a partner in BelaHockey, a company that creates hockey accessories for girls.[5]
  • On August 12, 2008, it was announced that Granato would be inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of fame, the first woman to be in the Hall. The induction ceremony took place on October 10, 2008, at the University of Denver.[6]

Personal

Granato lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada with her husband, former NHL star Ray Ferraro. They have two sons: Riley, born in December 2006, and Reese, born in December 2009.[8] She is stepmother to Ferraro's sons from his first marriage, Matt and Landon, an NHL draft pick of the Detroit Red Wings. She has four brothers and one sister.

References

  1. ^ Michael Farber. "The Ice Queen". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  2. ^ Granato makes history again, Steve Rosenbloom, Chicago Tribune, February 9, 1998, Page 5, Sports section
  3. ^ "Annual Awards - Through the Years". USA Hockey. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Women pioneers highlight IIHF class of 2008". IIHL.com. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  5. ^ Sports Illustrated. 109 (2). Time Inc.: 121 July 14–21, 2008. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ Candace Horgan (2008-10-16). "Granato, Leetch, Hull and Richter Inducted into U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
  7. ^ "Ciccarelli, Granato and James Elected to Hall of Game". The Sports Network. 2010-06-22. Retrieved 2010-06-22.
  8. ^ "Granato still misses her playing days". MontrealGazette.com. Retrieved 2010-02-15. [dead link]

External links

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