Sarah Potomak

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Sarah Potomak
Born (1997-12-19) December 19, 1997 (age 25)
Aldergrove, British Columbia
Height 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight 141 lb (64 kg; 10 st 1 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
team
Former teams		 PWHPA
Minnesota Golden Gophers
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Playing career 2015–present
Medal record
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Denmark
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 United States
World U18 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Hungary
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 United States

Sarah Potomak (born December 19, 1997) is a Canadian ice hockey player who competed with the Under-18 Canadian national women's hockey team. She made her debut with the Canada women's national ice hockey team at the 2015 4 Nations Cup, held in November 2015 in Sundsvall, Sweden. [1] Along with her sister Amy Potomak, they are the first sister duo named to the roster of Canada's national women's ice hockey team. [2] The two played together in a two-game series against the United States national women's ice hockey team in December 2016.

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Playing career

Along with fellow British Columbia resident Micah Zandee-Hart, Potomak was invited to participate in the IIHF’s 2013 Women’s High Performance Camp in Sheffield, England. [3] Potomak and Hart were also members of Team BC that competed at the 2012 and 2013 Canadian Women’s U18 National Hockey Championships.

She was a member of Team BC’s women’s ice hockey team, playing alongside her sister Amy Potomak, at the 2015 Canada Winter Games. [4] Team BC finished the event in sixth place.

Team Canada

Potomak won a gold medal at the 2014 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship in Budapest, Hungary where she collected 8 points. She won silver at the 2015 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship in Buffalo, New York where she collected 9 points. She played for the national team at the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship. She won a silver medal and collected 1 assist. She was named to Canada's National Women's Team for the 2018 Four Nations Cup but was unable to pay due to an injury.

NCAA

Potomak made her debut for the Minnesota Golden Gophers in a September 25, 2015 exhibition match against the Minnesota Whitecaps logging two assists on goals scored by Hannah Brandt as the squad prevailed by a 5-4 tally. [5]

Her regular season debut took place on October 1, 2015 in a 2-0 win against Penn State. Potomak scored an empty net goal, for the first goal of her NCAA career. [6] In a two-game sweep of St. Cloud State on October 9–10, 2015, Potomak accumulated two goals and four assists. In the second game against St. Cloud, she logged the first multi-goal game of her NCAA career. [7]

An 11-1 win against the MSU-Mankato Mavericks in November 2015 saw Potomak tie the program record for most points in one game. She registered seven points, consisting two goals and five assists. [8] Potomak was featured in Sports Illustrated’s Faces in the Crowd segment for the week of December 14, 2015. [9] She scored her 100th career point in the series sweep against North Dakota on February 10–11, 2017.

During the 2017–18 season, she redshirted the season to centralize with Canada’s National Women’s Team in preparation for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. She was released from the team in December 2017.

She finished her collegiate career with 179 points.

Coaching

Potomak joined the Trinity Western University women's hockey team as an assistant coach prior to the 2020-21 season. [10] While coaching, she also studied to earn her master's degree in leadership and education. Her sister Amy joined the team for the 2022-23 season as a grad transfer. [11]

Statistics

NCAA

  
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM
2015-16 Minnesota Golden Gophers NCAA 381539546
2016-17Minnesota Golden GophersNCAA382033532
2018-19Minnesota Golden GophersNCAA331115262
2019-20Minnesota Golden GophersNCAA361927466
NCAA Totals1456511417916

Statistics source [12]

Awards and honours

Hockey Canada

NCAA

Personal

Her brother, Brandon Potomak is a member of the Moose Jaw Warriors. He captured a gold medal in ice hockey at the 2011 Canada Winter Games. Younger sister Amy played with her at the University of Minnesota for the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons.

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