Hockey player Jenny Potter is competing in the Winter Olympics 2010 in Vancouver.
Forward Jenny Potter, a former star at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, is a three-time Olympic medalist (gold in Nagano, silver in Salt Lake, bronze in Torino). In Torino, Potter led the U.S. team in scoring, and was sixth overall, with nine points. At the Salt Lake Olympics, she ranked seventh in the tournament and fourth on the U.S. team with seven points (one goal, six assists). At the Nagano Games, she scored two goals and had three assists in six games. At 19, she was the second-youngest member of that team. Potter also has seven world championship medals, including three gold (2005, 2008, 2009) and four silvers.
As a member of the U.S. Women's Select Team, Potter participates in the USA Hockey program set up in Blaine, Minnesota, after Torino. The program provides a place for women to live and play post-college, though Potter commutes from nearby Edina, where she lives with her family. Potter also played two seasons for the Minnesota Whitecaps of the Western Women's Hockey League. She was league MVP in the 2008-09 season, leading the Whitecaps to the league championship.
Potter is a mother of two: daughter Madison Taylor, born in 2001, and son Cullen, born in 2007. The former Jenny Schmidgall married Rob Potter in 2001. (Her nickname, "Schmiggy," stuck.) Rob, a high school hockey coach, and Jenny run Potter's Pure Hockey, which offers summer training camps to players of all ages and abilities. Several of Jenny's teammates, including Natalie Darwitz and Caitlin Cahow, have attended the camps.
Three months after she had Cullen, Potter competed at the 2007 World Championships. Though she admits it was a struggle, and says she was 20 pounds overweight, she helped lead the U.S. team to a silver medal. While she is away competing, Rob gets help from nearby family members, and she uses the online video phone service Skype to keep in touch. Potter brought Madison to the 2002 and 2006 Olympics, and she sometimes travels with Potter to Whitecaps games.
Potter began skating at age 2, when her father would take her to the outdoor rink at a park near their home in Eagan, Minnesota, Her father played in recreational men's leagues and she would tag along, occasionally taking turns on the ice with some of the players. "That's really where I got my game," Potter says. " I've always been a rink rat." To buy her own equipment, she had an early-morning paper route. Potter continued to play recreational hockey until eighth grade but never entered an organized league. "My dad wouldn't let me go out for a league until I was a good enough skater," she says.
Her first organized sport was football, not hockey. She played defensive end and running back. She says the physicality of football made her want to play hockey even more, and by eighth grade she had honed her skills enough that her father let her join a boys team. She played with boys for one year and then joined the Minnesota Thoroughbreds, an elite-level girls hockey program for players 19 and under. She later played for Eagan High School's junior varsity boys' team, but she returned to the Thoroughbreds for her junior and senior seasons. Potter was invited to try out for Team USA in 1995, at age 16. She didn't make it, but U.S. coach Ben Smith was impressed with her composure and talent—so much so that he later named her to the 1998 Olympic team. Potter graduated from Eagan in 1997 and put off college for one year because of the Olympics.
As a senior at the University of Minnesota-Duluth in 2003-04, she was a top-three finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, presented annually to the nation's top intercollegiate varsity women's hockey player. She was second in the nation in scoring during the regular season, with 72 points (35 goals, 37 assists), and was the nation's co-leader in game-winning goals with nine. She returned to collegiate hockey for her junior season in 2002-03 after taking time off to play with the 2002 Olympic team. As a junior in 2002-03, she ranked third in the nation with 88 points (31 goals, 57 assists) en route to the NCAA national championship.
Forward Jenny Potter, a former star at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, is a three-time Olympic medalist (gold in Nagano, silver in Salt Lake, bronze in Torino). In Torino, Potter led the U.S. team in scoring, and was sixth overall, with nine points. At the Salt Lake Olympics, she ranked seventh in the tournament and fourth on the U.S. team with seven points (one goal, six assists). At the Nagano Games, she scored two goals and had three assists in six games. At 19, she was the second-youngest member of that team. Potter also has seven world championship medals, including three gold (2005, 2008, 2009) and four silvers.
As a member of the U.S. Women's Select Team, Potter participates in the USA Hockey program set up in Blaine, Minnesota, after Torino. The program provides a place for women to live and play post-college, though Potter commutes from nearby Edina, where she lives with her family. Potter also played two seasons for the Minnesota Whitecaps of the Western Women's Hockey League. She was league MVP in the 2008-09 season, leading the Whitecaps to the league championship.
Potter is a mother of two: daughter Madison Taylor, born in 2001, and son Cullen, born in 2007. The former Jenny Schmidgall married Rob Potter in 2001. (Her nickname, "Schmiggy," stuck.) Rob, a high school hockey coach, and Jenny run Potter's Pure Hockey, which offers summer training camps to players of all ages and abilities. Several of Jenny's teammates, including Natalie Darwitz and Caitlin Cahow, have attended the camps.
Three months after she had Cullen, Potter competed at the 2007 World Championships. Though she admits it was a struggle, and says she was 20 pounds overweight, she helped lead the U.S. team to a silver medal. While she is away competing, Rob gets help from nearby family members, and she uses the online video phone service Skype to keep in touch. Potter brought Madison to the 2002 and 2006 Olympics, and she sometimes travels with Potter to Whitecaps games.
Potter began skating at age 2, when her father would take her to the outdoor rink at a park near their home in Eagan, Minnesota, Her father played in recreational men's leagues and she would tag along, occasionally taking turns on the ice with some of the players. "That's really where I got my game," Potter says. " I've always been a rink rat." To buy her own equipment, she had an early-morning paper route. Potter continued to play recreational hockey until eighth grade but never entered an organized league. "My dad wouldn't let me go out for a league until I was a good enough skater," she says.
Her first organized sport was football, not hockey. She played defensive end and running back. She says the physicality of football made her want to play hockey even more, and by eighth grade she had honed her skills enough that her father let her join a boys team. She played with boys for one year and then joined the Minnesota Thoroughbreds, an elite-level girls hockey program for players 19 and under. She later played for Eagan High School's junior varsity boys' team, but she returned to the Thoroughbreds for her junior and senior seasons. Potter was invited to try out for Team USA in 1995, at age 16. She didn't make it, but U.S. coach Ben Smith was impressed with her composure and talent—so much so that he later named her to the 1998 Olympic team. Potter graduated from Eagan in 1997 and put off college for one year because of the Olympics.
As a senior at the University of Minnesota-Duluth in 2003-04, she was a top-three finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, presented annually to the nation's top intercollegiate varsity women's hockey player. She was second in the nation in scoring during the regular season, with 72 points (35 goals, 37 assists), and was the nation's co-leader in game-winning goals with nine. She returned to collegiate hockey for her junior season in 2002-03 after taking time off to play with the 2002 Olympic team. As a junior in 2002-03, she ranked third in the nation with 88 points (31 goals, 57 assists) en route to the NCAA national championship.
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