Kathy McCormack
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox Ice Hockey Player
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| position = Forward
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| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 9
| weight_lb = 165
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| ntl_team = Canada
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1974|02|16}}
| birth_place = Blackville, New Brunswick, Canada
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| career_start = 1996
| career_end = 2001
| medaltemplates={{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}
{{MedalSport | Women's ice hockey}}
{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}}
{{MedalSilver| 1998 Nagano |Tournament}}
{{MedalCompetition | Three Nations Cup}}
{{MedalSilver| 1997 | }}
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Katheryn McCormack (born February 16, 1974) was a member of the 1998 Canadian Olympic women's team that participated in ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics, winning a silver medal. She played with the Canadian National team from 1997 to 2001.{{cite web |url= http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/5836/la_id/1.htm |title= National Women's Team, All-Time Alphabetical Roster |author= |date= |publisher= Hockey Canada |access-date= 15 June 2010 |archive-date= 23 November 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121123072719/http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/5836/la_id/1.htm |url-status= live }}
Playing career
At the age of eight, McCormack started playing hockey on boys teams. The first time that she played on a team consisting of girls was at the 1991 Canada Winter Games for New Brunswick. She was a Team Canada member at the U.S. Olympic Festival in 1993 in San Antonio, Texas {{cite web|url= http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/5704/la_id/1.htm|title= Winter Olympics (Women)|author= |date= |publisher= Hockey Canada|access-date= 15 June 2010|archive-date= 7 June 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110607140340/http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/5704/la_id/1.htm|url-status= live}}
At the 1995 Canadian championships, McCormack played with the New Brunswick provincial team and won a silver medal. The following year, she would win a bronze medal at the Canadian championships. In 1996, she joined the Maritimes Sports Blades. One of her teammates was future Olympian Stacy Wilson.
In 1999 she moved to Oakville, Ontario to skate with the Oakville Ice of the National Women's Hockey League. On November 27, 2009, McCormack carried the Olympic torch through her hometown of Blackville, New Brunswick in preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.{{cite web|url= http://www.tdsb.on.ca/about_us/media_room/Room.asp?show=allNews&view=detailed&self=22325|title= The Olympic Torch comes to town!|author= |date= |publisher= Toronto District School Board|access-date= 15 June 2010|archive-date= 7 March 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120307155712/http://www.tdsb.on.ca/about_us/media_room/Room.asp?show=allNews&view=detailed&self=22325|url-status= live}} Kathy plays recreational hockey for the Leaside Wildcats.{{cite web|url= http://www.tdsb.on.ca/about_us/media_room/room.asp?show=allNews&view=detailed&self=22386|title= New Brunswick to Nagano to Toronto and back again|author= |date= |publisher= Toronto District School Board|access-date= 15 June 2010|archive-date= 7 March 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120307155740/http://www.tdsb.on.ca/about_us/media_room/room.asp?show=allNews&view=detailed&self=22386|url-status= live}}
Career stats
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| Event | Games played | Goals | Assists | Points | Plus/Minus |
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| 1997 Three Nations Cup | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
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| 1998 Olympics | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 |
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References
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Category:Canadian women's ice hockey forwards
Category:Ice hockey people from New Brunswick
Category:Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Canada
Category:Olympic medalists in ice hockey
Category:Olympic silver medalists for Canada