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Gillian Apps » Forward
Hockey Canada Background
Has been part of Canada’s National Women’s Team since 2001 … Has played in two Olympic Winter Games (2006, gold; 2010, gold), five IIHF World Women’s Championships (2004, gold; 2005, silver; 2007, gold; 2008, silver; 2009, silver), nine 4 Nations Cups (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010), the 2009 Hockey Canada Cup and 2005 Torino Ice Tournament … Played in a six-game series vs. the United States leading up to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games … Named to the Media All-Star Team at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Italy … Named to Canada’s 2003 IIHF World Women’s Championship roster, but the championship was subsequently cancelled … Was the youngest centralized player in Calgary, Alta., with Canada’s National Women’s Team in 2001-02, in preparation for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games
Hockey Background
2010-11: Helped Brampton reach the Clarkson Cup … Third in Brampton scoring … 2008-09: Helped Brampton reach the semifinals of the 2009 Clarkson Cup … 2007-08: Helped Brampton win the CWHL championship … 2006-07: Named an NCAA Second Team All-American, ECAC Player of the Year, New England Hockey Writers MVP and to the ECAC First All-Star Team … Dartmouth’s captain … A top 10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award, given to the top female player in U.S. college hockey … 2003-04: Named to the All-Ivy Second Team and was an honourable mention for the ECAC First All-Star Team … 2001-02: Won the Ontario senior women’s hockey championship as a member of the Beatrice Aeros … OTHER: Captained Ontario Red to a gold medal at the 2001 National Women’s Under-18 Hockey Challenge in Trois-Rivières, Que.
Personal
Daughter of Syl and Anne … Has one brother, Syl and one sister, Amy … Father, Syl, played 727 games in the NHL from 1970 through 1980 with the New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Los Angeles Kings … Grandfather, Syl, played in the NHL from 1936 through 1947 with the Toronto Maple Leafs and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1961 … Majored in Psychology at Dartmouth
