Stacy Wilson

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Silver	1998 Nagano	Ice hockey

Stacy Wilson (born on May 12, 1965 in Salisbury, New Brunswick) is a former member of the Canadian national women's hockey team and an author.

[edit] Career

(Sorted newest to oldest hockey accomplishments)

She won the silver medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano in 1998 as the captain of the Canadian team. She retired shortly after Nagano.

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.

Stacy 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 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 and on the gold medal team at the 1992 World Championships in Tampere, Finland, scoring one goal and one assist in five games

At the 1990 World Championships in Ottawa, Ontario, she lead her team to a gold medal, scoring three goals and eight assists in five games.

Stacy 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.

From 1986-1987 to 1992-1993 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.

[edit] Personal life

Stacy was inducted into the Acadia University Hockey Hall of Fame in 1998, the only woman ever to be so honoured[http://redcedar.swifty.com/2002/Author_Bios/wilson.htm/ 1.

She was assistant coach of the University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs for a few years and she wrote a book entitled The Hockey Book for Girls; ISBN 1-55074-719-3

For high school, she attended the JMA Armstrong High School in Salisbury, New Brunswick. Stacy has an older brother, Shane and an older sister, Shelley. Her family was very involved with sports and her and her siblings played most of the sports that they could join in Salisbury.