Carla MacLeod

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Carla MacLeod
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MacLeod with the Calgary Oval X-Treme in 2009
Born (1982-06-16) June 16, 1982 (age 41)
Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada
Height 5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Weight 133 lb (60 kg; 9 st 7 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Right
Played for Wisconsin Badgers
Calgary Oval X-Treme
Current PWHL coach
National team coach		 PWHL Ottawa
Czechia
Coached for Calgary Dinos
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Playing career 2003–2010
Coaching career 2006–present
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Turin Tournament
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Vancouver Tournament
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Canada Tournament
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 Sweden Tournament
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 China Tournament
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Finland Tournament

Carla Rae MacLeod (born June 16, 1982) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and retired member of the Canadian national women's hockey team. She is the current head coach of the Czech national ice hockey team and PWHL Ottawa in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).

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Playing career

MacLeod was born in Spruce Grove, Alberta. MacLeod attended Bishop Carroll High School in Calgary, Alberta. [1]

Carla MacLeod represented Team Alberta at the National Championships in 1999 and 2001. [2] On both occasions, MacLeod would win the Abby Hoffman Cup.

Wisconsin Badgers

She played with the Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey program in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association for four years, serving as captain for the 03-04 and 04-05 seasons. She played for United States women's Olympic team coach Mark Johnson at Wisconsin, where he likened her leadership to that of a second coach. [3]

While at Wisconsin, MacLeod was bestowed with the University of Wisconsin Big Ten Medal of Honor (in recognition of athletic and academic achievement). [4] In her senior year at Wisconsin, Macleod served as one of two undergraduate assistant coaches. The other undergrad coach was Olympian Molly Engstrom. Macleod and Engstrom assisted coach Mark Johnson with analysis of game footage. [5]

Hockey Canada

Her career as a defenceman for the national team began in 2003 with a silver win in the Four Nations Cup. In 2004, she played to a gold medal in the Four Nations Cup. In 2005, MacLeod made her world championship debut in 2005. She had been cut from the world championship team for two consecutive years before that. MacLeod would win silver at the 2005 IIHF Women's World Hockey Championship. In 2006, she played in the Winter Olympics in Turin, [6] where she was named as a tournament all-star, and in the 2006 Four Nations Cup, where Canada won gold. In 2007, she played in the IIHF Women's World Hockey Championship, where Canada won its ninth world's gold medal. Prior to joining the national women's team, MacLeod was on the National Under-22 team from 1999-2003.

Retirement

On September 14, 2010, Hockey Canada announced that MacLeod, along with three other players retired from international hockey. [7] After her retirement, she took a public relations job with the Royal Bank of Canada.

Coaching career

In the fall of 2010, she became an assistant coach with Mount Royal University. [8] During the 2011–12 Canada women's national ice hockey team season, MacLeod was an assistant coach for the National Under 18 team that participated in a three-game series vs. the USA in August 2011. [9] Since February, 2012 she has been serving as an assistant coach for the Japanese national team. In February, 2013 the Japanese national women's hockey team qualified for the first time for the 2014 winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Japanese media praise her coaching skills, her likable personality as well as her tactical understanding of the game which has been much needed for this team. They say she has given the players a hockey mentality and a style of play which puts pressure on opposing teams.

In April 2022 she became head coach of Czech Republic women's ice hockey team. During the subsequent 2022 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships, the Czechs won their first bronze medal. [10]

In September 2023, MacLeod was named as head coach for PWHL Ottawa team. [11]

Personal life

Through her paternal grandmother, MacLeod is related to former Montreal Canadiens legend Maurice Richard. [12]

Career stats

EventGames PlayedGoalsAssistsPointsPIM
2005 World Championships51230
2006 Olympics52242
2007 World Championships50112
2008 World Championships51342
2009 World Championships52684
2010 Olympics

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Awards and honours

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