Caitlin Cahow

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Caitlin Cahow


Born	(1985-05-20) May 20, 1985 New Haven, CT, USA
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Weight	156 lb (71 kg; 11 st 2 lb)
Position	Defenseman
Shot	Left
National team	United States
Playing career	2006–2013

Caitlin Cahow
Medal record
Cahow in action against Russia at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Competitor for the United States
Women's ice hockey
Bronze	2006 Turin	Tournament
Silver	2010 Vancouver	Tournament
Women's 4 Nations Cup
Silver	2010 Canada	Tournament
Gold	2011 Sweden	Tournament
Women's World Championship Medals
Gold	2011 Switzerland	Tournament

Caitlin Cahow (born May 20, 1985) is an American ice hockey player. She attended the Foote School, where she graduated in 2000 and then attended the Hotchkiss School where she graduated in 2003 after playing soccer, field hockey, ice hockey and lacrosse.

Cahow is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team and also for Boston Blades in the Canadian Women's Hockey League. She graduated from Harvard University in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in social/biological anthropology and is a 3L at Boston College Law School, graduating in Spring 2013.^[1]

Playing career

While Cahow’s mother was a professor at Yale University, her first exposure to the ice rink was through figure skating. After one figure skating practice, she saw hockey players take to the ice and noticed that the players had ponytails. From there, Cahow gave up figure skating and attended a kids hockey clinic. Most of the students at the clinic were boys. Cahow’s mother forced her to play her first year in hockey wearing figure skates.

NCAA

Cahow played four years at Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey in the ECAC Hockey. Led all ECACH defensemen with 37 points (15-22) in 34 games. As a Junior (2006–07): Led team defensemen with 28 points (8-20) in 30 games.

WWHL

She tied for first among the league's defensemen with 21 points (3-18) in 19 games.. She helped the Minnesota Whitecaps to the Western Women's Hockey League championship in 2008-09 season and was named top defenseman at the Championship.

CWHL

During the 2012-13 CWHL season, Cahow was the captain of the Boston Blades. By season’s end, she would become the second American-born captain to help a team win the Clarkson Cup.

USA Hockey

She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She plays defense and is left-handed. Before the Olympics, Cahow Captained the United States Under-22 Select Team in 2006 after the USA Hockey National Women's Festival in Lake Placid.

Awards and honors

USA Hockey

2006 Olympic Winter Games bronze medalist
2010 Olympic Winter Games silver medalist
Four-time member of the U.S. Women's National Team for the International Ice Hockey Federation World Women's Championship (gold 2008, 2009, 2011 and silver 2007). She played forward for the majority of the tournament and scored twice in the gold-medal game in 2009. Led U.S. defensemen with five points (2-3) and named one of Team USA's top-three players in 2008
Four-time member of the U.S. Women's Select Team for the Four Nations Cup (1st-2008, 2nd-2005-07)
Member of the U.S. Women's National Team in 2005-06 (Hilton Family Skate to 2006 Tour) and the U.S. Women's Select Team in 2008-09
Served as captain of the U.S. Women's Under-22 Select Team for the 2006 Under-22 Series against Canada
Five-time USA Hockey Women's National Festival participant (2005–09).

College

Named top-10 finalist for 2008 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award
RBK Hockey First-Team All-America and First Team All-ECAC Hockey selection
2006-07 ECAC Coaches Preseason All-League Selection^[2]
2008 ECAC Tournament Most Valuable Player,^[3]
First Team All-Ivy League, 2007–08, Defenseman, Harvard (Senior), Unanimous selection^[4]
2008 USA Hockey Women's Player of the Year Award (also known as the Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year award) ^[5]
Media All-Star team, 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship^[6]

Personal life

Cahow was born in New Haven, Connecticut and raised in Branford, Connecticut. She was named after figure skater Caitlin Carruthers, who won a silver medal for pairs skating with her brother, Peter Carruthers, at the 1984 Olympics. Cahow's mother, Barbara Kinder was a professor of surgery at Yale University.^[7] One of Cahow's heroes was Manon Rhéaume. The two got the opportunity to play together for the Minnesota Whitecaps.^[8]

Cahow’s father, Elton, was a surgeon and he died of cancer when she was only 11 years old. Cahow graduated from Harvard University in 2008 with a degree in anthropology. Cahow also studied the French language at Harvard and used it for an interview with French-Canadian media. As a student at Harvard, Cahow met Boston Lobsters tennis player Nicole Pratt. Cahow and Pratt developed a hockey-tennis dry-land workout which helped Pratt make a comeback at the French Open tennis tournament.^[9]

Cahow has two brothers, Garrett and Christian.^[10]

Cahow is openly lesbian.^[11] Cahow was chosen by US President Barack Obama as part of his delegation to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

References

↑ Around The Res: Morning Coffee With Caitlin Cahow
↑ "ECAC Hockey League Announces Women’s Preseason All-League Teams". ECAChokcey.com. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
↑ ECAC Hockey
↑ http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/article.asp?intID=6431
↑ "Annual Awards - Through the Years". USA Hockey. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
↑ Tomcikova named MVP
↑ http://www.ecachockey.com/women/members/harvard/20102502_CahowESPN.com=
↑ USA Hockey
↑ 2010 Winter Olympics - Caitlin Cahow brings maturity, perspective to Team USA - ESPN
↑ Caitlin Cahow
↑ Pells, Eddie (18 December 2013). "Obama Selects Gay Athletes for Sochi Delegation". ABC News. Retrieved 18 December 2013.

External links

v t e Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey

Venues	Bright Hockey Center (1977–present)

Coaches	Joe Bertagna (1977–79) Rita Harder (1979–81) John Dooley (1981–94) Katey Stone (1994–present)

Patty Kazmaier Award winners	Allison Mleczko (1999) Jennifer Botterill (2001, 2003) Angela Ruggiero (2004) Julie Chu (2007) Sarah Vaillancourt (2008)

Olympians	Jennifer Botterill Caitlin Cahow Julie Chu Jamie Hagerman Allison Mleczko Angela Ruggiero Tammy Lee Shewchuk Sarah Vaillancourt

AWCHA Championships	1999

Conference Championships	ECAC: 1999 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Seasons	1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13

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

Olympic Captains	Cammi Granato (1998, 2002) Krissy Wendell (2006) Natalie Darwitz (2010) Meghan Duggan (2014)

IIHF Champs	2005 2008 2009 2011

Lore	Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

¹ Hall of Fame :United States Hockey Hall of Fame ² Director: Ron DeGregorio

Persondata
Name	Cahow, Caitlin
Alternative names
Short description	Ice hockey player
Date of birth	1985-05-20
Place of birth	New Haven, CT, USA
Date of death
Place of death

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