Sami Jo Small

Sami Jo Small (born March 25, 1976 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a women's ice hockey player.
==Playing career==
Small was a goaltender for the Mississauga Chiefs of the Canadian Women's Hockey League.
Small competed for Team Manitoba at the 1991 Canada Winter Games.Who's Who in Canadian Sport, Volume 5, p.409, Bob Ferguson, Fitzhenry and Whiteside Ltd., Markham, ON and Allston, MA, ISBN 1-55041-855-6
===Hockey Canada===
Small is a three time Olympian, acting as a third goaltender on the Canadian women's hockey team in Turin and Nagano.
===CWHL===
Small was a goaltender for the Mississauga Chiefs of the Canadian Women's Hockey League and competed in the 2010 Clarkson Cup. During the 2013-14 CWHL season, Small became the first goaltender to reach 60 wins in league history. In that same season, Small would win the 2014 Clarkson Cup.
==Personal==
Sami Jo Small is the current Vice-Chairman and one of the founders of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. Small is a graduate of Collège Jeanne-Sauvé and attended Stanford University on a track and field scholarship to throw the discus and javelin where she also played on the men's club hockey team.http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sm/sami-jo-small-1.html She graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering - Product Design. Small is engaged to Billy Bridges, who played forward on the Canadian sledge hockey team for the 2010 Paralympic Games. 
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/small-stands-tall-with-her-protege/article1668569/
==Awards and honors==
*Brampton Sports Hall of Famehttp://www.bramptonsports.ca/inductee.php?pk=101
*Directorate Award, Best Goalie, 1999 Women's World Hockey ChampionshipsCollins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.542, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
*Directorate Award, Best Goalie, 2000 Women's World Hockey ChampionshipsCollins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p.542, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6
==References==
Category:Female ice hockey players
Category:Canadian women's ice hockey players
Category:Mississauga Chiefs players
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Canada
Category:Olympic ice hockey players of Canada
Category:1998 Olympian
Category:2002 Olympian
Category:2006 Olympian
Category:Canadian ice hockey players
Category:Female ice hockey goaltenders
Category:Born in 1976
Category:Canadian ice hockey players
Category:Manitoba hockey player list
Category:Canadian Women's Hockey League players
Category:Toronto Furies players
Category:Clarkson Cup champions