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Cheryl Pounder
Canadian ice hockey player

Cheryl Pounder

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Canadian ice hockey player
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Work field
Gender
Female
Place of birth
Montreal, Canada
Age
48 years
Stats
Weight:
145 lbs
Education
Wilfrid Laurier University
Sports Teams
Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks women's ice hockey
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Biography

Cheryl Pounder (born June 21, 1976 in Montreal, Quebec) is a women's ice hockey player.She plays defense for the Canadian Women's Hockey League's Mississauga Chiefs, and competed in the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics.

Pounder attended high school at St. Martin Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario. She was also the captain of the ice hockey team at Wilfrid Laurier University. Although born in Montreal, she lives in Mississauga, Ontario and calls that city her hometown. Pounder was part of the team that won the Under-18 Canadian National women's ice hockey championship. She was also a member of the 1992 Women's World Roller Hockey championship team.

Pounder was a color commentator for the CBC coverage of the women's hockey tournament at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics.

CWHL

With the Beatrice Aeros, Pounder competed in three Women's Canadian National hockey championships from 1999 to 2001. The Aeros won bronze in 1999 and 2001, and won the gold in 2000. Pounder was the Master of Ceremonies at the 2010 CWHL Draft.

Personal

Pounder is married and welcomed her first child, a girl, on January 25, 2008.

Her niece Rhyen McGill has won a national championship in 2017 with Clarkson University, and has played in Team Canada's junior system.

Career highlights

  • Two Olympic gold medals (2002, 2006)
  • Five World Championship gold medals (1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004) and one silver (2005)
  • Seven Nations Cup gold medals (1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005) and one silver (2003)
  • All-Star selection, 2005 IIHF women's world hockey championships

Awards and honors

  • CWHL First All-Star Team, 2008–09
  • Top Defender, Pool A, 2007 Esso Canadian Women's Nationals
  • Top Defender at the 2002 Esso Canadian National Championship
  • NWHL West First All-Star Team, 1999-00
  • COWHL Second All-Star Team, 1996–97

CIS honors

  • 1995-96 OUA Second Team All-Star
  • 1996-97 OUA Second Team All-Star
  • 1997-98 OUA First Team All-Star
  • 1998 Wilfrid Laurier athletics President's Award
  • 2005 Inductee, Laurier Golden Hawk Hall of Fame
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