Cammi Granato | |||
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Hockey Hall of Fame, 2010 | |||
Born | Downers Grove, Illinois, U.S. | March 25, 1971||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||
Weight | 141 lb (64 kg; 10 st 1 lb) | ||
Position | Right wing / Center | ||
Shot | Right | ||
Played for | Vancouver Griffins British Columbia Breakers | ||
National team | ![]() | ||
Playing career | 1990–2005 | ||
Medal record |
Catherine Michelle Granato (born March 25, 1971) is an American former ice hockey player and one of the first women to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in November 2010. She currently works as an assistant general manager for the Vancouver Canucks organization. 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 former Buffalo Sabres head coach Don Granato, and a graduate of Providence College. Granato played hockey for Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Granato has been a recipient of the Lester Patrick Award (2007), and she has been inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame (2008), the US Hockey Hall of Fame (2008), the Hockey Hall of Fame (2010) and the Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018.
Granato played in every world championship for the United States from the inaugural event in 1990 to 2005. She was named USA Women's Player of the Year in 1996. Granato was the captain of the U.S. women's hockey team that won a gold medal in the 1998 Winter Olympics. On February 8, 1998, she scored the first ever Olympic goal for the U.S women's hockey team. [1] In 205 career games for the national team, Granato had 186 goals, 157 assists, and 343 points. She is the team's all-time leading scorer. [2]
Granato 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. The US team subsequently lost its Olympic semifinal match to Sweden, its first-ever international loss to a team other than Canada, and brought home the bronze medal. [3]
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. [4] Granato eventually declined.
Granato played for the Vancouver Griffins (2001–02 and 2002–03), a professional women's ice hockey team in the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). [2]
Granato 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. In 1998, Granato served as the color commentator for Los Angeles Kings radio broadcasts. [5]
She currently hosts the On the Bus With Cammi & AJ podcast with former teammate A. J. Mleczko. [6]
Granato married former NHL star, Ray Ferraro, in 2004 and lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. They have two sons: Riley (born December 2006) and Reese (born December 2009). [14] 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 (including Don and Tony) and one sister. [15]
Career statistics are from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database, or USA Hockey.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1989-90 | Providence College | ECAC | 24 | 24 | 22 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1990-91 | Providence College | ECAC | 22 | 26 | 20 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1991-92 | Providence College | ECAC | 25 | 48 | 32 | 80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1992-93 | Providence College | ECAC | 28 | 41 | 43 | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1995-96 | Concordia University | CIAU | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1996-97 | Concordia University | CIAU | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2002-03 | Vancouver Griffins | NWHL | 16 | 18 | 14 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
2004-05 | British Columbia Breakers | WWHL | 21 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
WWHL totals | 21 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — |
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1990 | USA | WC | ![]() | 4 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 2 | |
1992 | USA | WC | ![]() | 5 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | |
1994 | USA | WC | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | |
1995 | USA | Pacific Rim Championship | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | |
1996 | USA | Pacific Rim Championship | ![]() | 5 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | |
1997 | USA | WC | ![]() | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | |
1997 | USA | 3 Nations Cup | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
1998 | USA | OG | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | |
1998 | USA | 3 Nations Cup | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
1999 | USA | WC | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | |
1999 | USA | 3 Nations Cup | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |
2000 | USA | WC | ![]() | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |
2000 | USA | 4 Nations Cup | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | — | |
2001 | USA | WC | ![]() | 5 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 0 | |
2002 | USA | OG | ![]() | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | |
2003 | USA | 4 Nations Cup | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
2004 | USA | WC | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
2004 | USA | 4 Nations Cup | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
2005 | USA | WC | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |
Senior totals | 88 | 77 | 63 | 140 | 30 |
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