Sam Faber

{{Infobox ice hockey player

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| caption = Sam Faber playing for the Connecticut Whale in 2017

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|05|08}}

| birth_place = Mount Sinai, New York, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 130

| position = Forward

| shoots = Right

| team = Connecticut Whale

| league = PHF

| former_teams = {{plainlist|

Boston Blades (CWHL)
New Hampshire Wildcats (NCAA)

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| sex = f

| ntl_team = USA

| career_start = 2005

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Samantha Faber (born May 8, 1987) is an American ice hockey player. Faber competed for the New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey program in Hockey East.[http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=369177 Sam Faber - Eliteprospects.com] During the 2007–08 season, Faber set an NCAA record (since tied) for most game-winning goals in one season with 13. She is a former member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She was part of the gold medal winning roster at the 2008 IIHF World Women's Championships.

Early life

Faber was born in Mount Sinai, New York,March/April 2018, Volume 11, No. 6, Issue 126, p. 21. Her father, Scott Faber, was a hockey letterwinner at Rochester Institute of Technology, and her brother Matt was a hockey letterwinner at Johnson & Wales University.[http://unhwildcats.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1896 UNH Wildcats - Sam Faber - 2008-09] She attended Northwood School, where she lettered in hockey (recording 75 points with 50 goals and 25 assists in her senior year), soccer, and lacrosse, graduating in 2005.

Ice hockey career

Faber majored in women's studies at New Hampshire University. She competed for the New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey program in Hockey East from 2005–09, playing 133 games and scoring 189 total points, and was named a Hockey East First Team All Star each of her last three seasons.[http://www.nanookhockey.org/coaches/ Coaches – Nanook Hockey] In 2005-06, she was No. 3 in the nation in rookie scoring. In 2006, she was Hockey East Rookie of the Year.[http://www.nanookhockey.org/coaches/#sam Coaches – Nanook Hockey] During the 2007–08 season, Faber set an NCAA record (since tied) for most game-winning goals in one season with 13.{{cite web |title=2010 NCAA Ice Hockey Division I Women's Records |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_icehockey_rb/2011/DI.pdf |publisher=NCAA}} She is the 5th all-time scorer in NHU history, with 189 points in 143 games.

Faber was a member of the US Under-22 National Team in 2007 and 2008. She is also a former member of the United States women's national ice hockey team, and was part of the gold medal winning team at the 2008 IIHF World Women's Championships.

From 2010-11, Faber played for the Boston Blades of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL).

From 2015-18, she played for the Connecticut Whale of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) as their forward and captain.[http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=203202 "Sam Faber"] In 2018, she was selected to the All Star team.

On June 21, 2021, Faber was named assistant coach of the University of New Hampshire women's ice hockey team for the 2021-22 season. {{cite web | url=https://unhwildcats.com/news/2021/6/21/womens-ice-hockey-sam-faber-09-returning-to-program-as-assistant-coach.aspx | title=Sam Faber '09 Returning to Program as Assistant Coach | date=June 21, 2021 }}

Faber is also the Youth Hockey Director at SoNo Ice House South Norwalk, Connecticut, for Nanook Hockey.

Career stats

=NCAA=

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style="text-align:center; background:#27408b; color:#fff;" \| Year	GP	G	AST	PTS	PPG	SHG	GWG
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \|2005–06	38	25	24	49	5	2	4
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2006–07	33	17	29	46	4	0	3
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2007–08	37	22	29	51	3	3	13
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2008–09	35	13	30	43	3	3	3
Career \|143 \|77 \|112 \|189 \|15 \|8 \|23

{{cite web|url=http://www.uscho.com/stats/player/wid,4717/sam-faber/ |title=Player Sam Faber: Statistics: U.S. College Hockey Online |publisher=USCHO.com |date= |accessdate=2012-10-14}}

=USA Hockey=

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| 2007

Under 22 vs. Canada{{cite web|url=http://www.canadianhockey.info/index.php?ci_id=11737&la_id=1&player_id=10537 |title=Player Profile |publisher=Canadianhockey.info |date=1987-05-08 |accessdate=2012-10-14}}

Awards and honors

2009 Hockey East First-Team All-Star[http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/women/presarch/200903/was030609.pdf "FIVE TEAMS REPRESENTED ON ‘09 WHEA ALL-STAR SQUADS; Boston College and New Hampshire earn four All-Star selections"]
2008 New Hampshire Wildcats Karyn Bye Award{{cite web |url=http://www.tnhonline.com/sports/women-s-hockey-faber-named-wildcats-mvp-at-women-s-hockey-annual-banquet-1.390396 |title=Women's Hockey: Faber named Wildcats' MVP at women's hockey annual banquet – Sports – The New Hampshire – The University of New Hampshire's Student Newspaper |publisher=Tnhonline.com |date= |access-date=2012-10-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415043919/http://www.tnhonline.com/sports/women-s-hockey-faber-named-wildcats-mvp-at-women-s-hockey-annual-banquet-1.390396 |archive-date=2012-04-15 }}
2008 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Top 10 Finalist
2008 Hockey East Tournament MVP[https://issuu.com/providencefriars/docs/wih_guide_10-11_final 2010-11 Women's Ice Hockey Online Team Guide by Providence College - issuu]
2008 Hockey East All-Tournament Team
2008 New England Hockey Writer's Association All-Star Team{{cite web|url=http://www.unhwildcats.com/sports/wice/2007-08/releases/archivepage.cfm-pid=15D73D91-CE0E-98FC-71565DD6D902C7B5.htm |title=New Hampshire: Official Site of UNH Athletics - WOMEN'S HOCKEY QUARTET NAMED TO NEW ENGLAND ALL-STAR TEAM |publisher=Unhwildcats.com |date= |accessdate=2012-10-14}}
2007 Hockey East First-Team All-Star[http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/pdf/women/06_07.pdf "2006-2007 SEASON SNAPSHOT"]
2007 Hockey East All-Tournament Team
2007 Hockey East Three Stars Award
2007 New England Hockey Writer's Association All-Star Team
2006 Hockey East Tournament MVP
2006 Hockey East All-Tournament Team
2006 Hockey East Rookie of the Year
2006 Hockey East All-Rookie Team honoree
February 2006 Hockey East Rookie of the Month
2006 All-USCHO Rookie Team