| Jenny Schmidgall-Potter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1979-01-12)January 12, 1979 (age 46) Saint Paul,Minnesota, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 145 lb (66 kg; 10 st 5 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shot | Left | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Played for | Minnesota Duluth Minnesota Whitecaps Boston Blades | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1998–2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jennifer Lynn Schmidgall-Potter (born January 12, 1979) is anAmerican formerice hockey player. She was a member of theUnited States women's national ice hockey team. She won agold medal at the1998 Winter Olympics,silver medals at the2002 Winter Olympics and2010 Winter Olympics, and abronze medal at the2006 Winter Olympics. After, she played for theMinnesota Whitecaps of theWestern Women's Hockey League, where she won the league championship and was named MVP for the 2008–09 season. She was selected to the 2010 US Olympic team and was the only mother on the team.[1]
Her NCAA career included three years at theUniversity of Minnesota Duluth, and one year at theUniversity of Minnesota. Potter set an NCAA record (since tied) for most goals in one game with 6. This was accomplished on December 18, 2002 versus St. Cloud State.[2] Potter is the all-time leading scorer in Bulldogs history and was named to the WCHA All-Decade team in 2009.[3] She was a four-time All-American. On January 21, 2011, Potter, along with Bulldog alumni Caroline Ouellette and Maria Rooth, took part in a ceremonial faceoff to mark the first-ever game at Amsoil Arena.[4]
Schmidgall-Potter has been on the US women’s team since 1997, competing at three Winter Olympics, and at seven World Championships, winning gold medals in 2005, 2008, and 2009, and four silver medals in 1999, 2001, 2004, and 2007. As a 19-year-old, Schmidgall-Potter was the second youngest player on the 1998 U.S. Olympic Team.[5] In 1999, she led the U.S. in scoring at the IIHF Women’s World Championships with 12 points in five games as the U.S. won the Silver Medal. By winning the silver medal at the 2010 Olympics, Potter became the most decorated Olympic medalist in Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs hockey history.[6]
With theMinnesota Whitecaps, Potter was part of the first US-based team to win theClarkson Cup.[7] With the Clarkson Cup victory, Potter became an unofficial member of the Triple Gold Club (women are not yet recognized by the IIHF), as she became one of only three women to win the Clarkson Cup, a gold medal inice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and a gold medal at the IIHF women's world hockey championships.
In the summer of 2014, Potter was selected in the first round of the2014 CWHL Draft to the Boston Blades. She played less than a full season for the Blades, while juggling coaching duties at Trinity College.
In the summer of 2013 she was named head coach of the women's hockey team at Trinity College and remained in that position for two seasons.
In spring 2015, Potter was named the third head coach in the history of theOhio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey program, replacing Nate Hanrahan. She was released from the program in August 2016.[8]
| Event | Games Played | Goals | Assists | Points | +/- |
| 1998 Olympics | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +2 |
| 2002 Olympics | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +6 |
| 2006 Olympics | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 | +10 |
| 2010 Olympics | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | +7 |
| Career | 19 | 11 | 19 | 30 |
| Season | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GW | PPL | SHG |
| 2006–07 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007–08 | 20 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008–09 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010–11 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 49 | 32 | 58 | 90 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
Schmidgall-Potter graduated from Edina High School in Minnesota. She was married in 2001 and is now a mother of 2. She took the 2000–2001 season off to give birth to her first child, daughter Madison. She delivered her second child, son Cullen in 2007. With her husband, Rob Potter, she runs a summer training camp called Potter’s Pure Hockey.Cullen playscollege ice hockey atArizona State, and was drafted 32nd overall by theCalgary Flames in the2025 NHL entry draft.[17][18]
