Gretchen Ulion

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Gretchen Ulion
Born (1972-05-04) May 4, 1972 (age 52)
Marlborough, Connecticut, U.S.
Height 5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
Weight 130 lb (59 kg; 9 st 4 lb)
Position Forward
ECAC team Dartmouth
National teamFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Playing career 1990–1998
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Nagano Team competition
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 United States Team competition
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1997 Canada Team competition

Gretchen A. Ulion Silverman (born May 4, 1972) [1] is an American ice hockey player. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics. At Dartmouth College, she was and is still today the Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey program's all-time leading scorer with 189 goals and 312 points, [2] served as the captain of the Dartmouth Big Green during the 1993–94 season, [3] and was twice the Ivy League Player of the Year. [4]

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In the gold medal game at the 1998 Winter Olympics, Ulion scored the first goal of the game. [5] It was also the first ever goal scored in an Olympic women's ice hockey gold medal game. Ulion was featured on the Wheaties box in 1998. [6]

Along with the rest of the 1998 gold medal-winning team, Ulion was admitted to the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 2009. [7] She also received a Gold Key from the Connecticut Sports Writers’ Alliance on April 29, 2018. [8]

In addition to serving as a U18 instructor and motivational speaker for USA Hockey, [9] [10] Ulion is the head coach of the women's ice hockey team at Post University. [11]

Personal life

In 1990, Ulion graduated from The Loomis Chaffee School, where she played hockey under long-time coach Chuck Vernon.

Ulion married Steven Silverman on July 11, 1998. [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Gretchen Ulion Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Archived from the original on February 17, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2011.
  2. ↑ "All-Time - DartmouthSports.com—Official Web Site of Dartmouth Varsity Athletics". dartmouthsports.com. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Women's Hockey Team Captains - DartmouthSports.com—Official Web Site of Dartmouth Varsity Athletics". www.dartmouthsports.com. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Women's hockey pioneer Ulion-Silverman to be honored with a Gold Key – The Collinsville Press" . Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  5. ↑ IIHF Top 100 Hockey Stories of All Time, p.52, Szymon Szenberg and Andrew Podnieks, 2008, Fenn Publishing Company Ltd, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ISBN   978-1-55168-358-4
  6. ↑ "Document Title". www.jwen.com. Archived from the original on May 20, 2000.
  7. ↑ "1998 U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team". www.ushockeyhalloffame.com. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Women's hockey pioneer Ulion-Silverman to be honored with a Gold Key – The Collinsville Press" . Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Profile - Taft School". www.taftschool.org. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  10. ↑ USAHockey.com (August 11, 2016). "Ulion-Silverman Continues to Impact Women's Hockey in U.S." Team USA Hockey. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Gretchen Silverman". posteagles.com. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  12. ↑ "When Jet Lag Ends, Stories Begin". tribunedigital-thecourant. Retrieved May 2, 2018.


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