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Born | Huntington Beach, CA, USA | January 27, 1980||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 140 lb (64 kg; 10 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Goaltender | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Caught | Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WCHA ECAC9 team | Wisconsin Northeastern | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2004–2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chanda Leigh Gunn (born January 27, 1980, [1] in Huntington Beach, California) is an American ice hockey player. She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. At the games in Turin, she played close to 250 minutes and had 50 saves with a save percentage of 89.3%.
In the 2003–04 season, Chanda Gunn was in her senior season led the Huskies to eight wins. In doing so, she broke two school records: registering 56 saves in a game and twice recording 23 saves in one period. In addition, she finished the season ranked first nationally in save percentage, with a .940 mark, and tenth in the nation with a 1.94 goals-against average. [2] During the season, she was recognized twice as Hockey East Player of the Month. She ranked first in the conference in save percentage (.937) and third in goals-against average with a 2.01 GAA. During her career, Gunn was a finalists for College Hockey's Humanitarian Award, presented annually to college hockey's finest citizen, in 2003 and 2004.
In 2004, Gunn was awarded the Honda Inspiration Award which is given to a collegiate athlete "who has overcome hardship and was able to return to play at the collegiate level". [3] She overcame epilepsy, and rebounded to become an All-American hockey goalie. [4] [5]
Since the 2007–2008 season, Gunn is an assistant coach at Northeastern University under head coach Laura Schuler. The two-time All-America goaltender is coaching while continuing to pursue her international hockey career. [6]
Gunn has epilepsy and is in therapy with Keppra. She is a spokesperson for Epilepsy Therapy Project. [7]
She was chosen from a group of three finalists that also included senior goaltender Chanda Gunn (Huntington Beach, Calif.) from Northeastern University.
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