Savannah Harmon
{{short description|American ice hockey player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Savannah Harmon 2024.jpg
| caption = Harmon with PWHL Ottawa in 2024
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|10|27}}
| birth_place = Downers Grove, Illinois, US
| death_date =
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| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 148
| position = Defence
| shoots = Left
| team = Toronto Sceptres
| league = PWHL
| former_teams = Buffalo Beauts
Ottawa Charge
| ntl_team = USA
| career_start = 2014
| career_end =
| sex = f
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Beijing|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2023 Canada|}}
{{MedalGold|2025 Czechia|}}
{{MedalSilver|2021 Canada|}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Denmark|}}
{{MedalSilver|2024 United States|}}
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Savannah Ashley Harmon (born October 27, 1995) is an American professional ice hockey defenceman for the Toronto Sceptres of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She previously played for the Minnesota chapter of the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA).{{Cite web|title=Profile|url=https://pwhpa.com/profile/|website=PWHPA}}{{Dead link|date=March 2021}}
Playing career
Harmon played her college ice hockey career with the Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey program and captained Clarkson to consecutive NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Championship titles in 2017 and 2018.{{Cite web|last=Caldwell|first=Dave|date=March 28, 2017|title=Where Everyone 'Knows Hockey': Tiny Clarkson Stands Tall Again|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/28/sports/hockey/where-everyone-knows-hockey-tiny-clarkson-stands-tall-again.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-31|website=The New York Times|archive-date=February 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204012802/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/28/sports/hockey/where-everyone-knows-hockey-tiny-clarkson-stands-tall-again.html}}{{Cite web|last=Sommerstein|first=David|date=2018-03-20|title=Clarkson women's hockey team returns home back-to-back champs|url=https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/35843/20180320/clarkson-women-s-hockey-team-returns-home-back-to-back-champs|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-31|website=North Country Public Radio|archive-date=February 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204012803/https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/35843/20180320/clarkson-women-s-hockey-team-returns-home-back-to-back-champs}} In 2018, she was a top-10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award and was named an All-USCHO First Team All-Star.{{Cite web|last=McHugh|first=Kathleen|date=November 7, 2019|title=NWHL Athlete Shares Recruiting Insight|url=https://ahaienews.com/2018/02/22/top-10-finalists-named-for-2018-patty-kazmaier-award-includes-illinois-savannah-harmon/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-07|website=AHAIE News|archive-date=February 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204012803/https://ahaienews.com/2018/02/22/top-10-finalists-named-for-2018-patty-kazmaier-award-includes-illinois-savannah-harmon/}}
In 2017, Harmon was drafted in the second round, 6th overall by the Buffalo Beauts.{{Cite web|title=2017-18 Clarkson Women's Hockey Roster: 14 Savannah Harmon|url=https://clarksonathletics.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/savannah-harmon/5533|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-31|website=Clarkson University Athletics|archive-date=February 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204012803/https://clarksonathletics.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/savannah-harmon/5533}}{{Cite web|last=Cap|first=Carey|date=2018-08-11|title=Women's hockey: Ex-Clarkson player Harmon works out at U.S. National Festival at Lake Placid|url=https://www.nny360.com/sports/women-s-hockey-ex-clarkson-player-harmon-works-out-at-u-s-national-festival-at/article_65998e6a-478e-54c4-a2ac-cd025182d3fd.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-31|website=NNY360|archive-date=February 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204012803/https://www.nny360.com/sports/women-s-hockey-ex-clarkson-player-harmon-works-out-at-u-s-national-festival-at/article_65998e6a-478e-54c4-a2ac-cd025182d3fd.html}} She played the 2018–19 NWHL season with the Beauts, before joining the Buffalo chapter of the PWHPA for the 2019–20 season.{{cite web|last=Oliver|first=Nathaniel|date=July 19, 2018|title=One-On-One With Beauts Rookie Savannah Harmon|url=https://thehockeywriters.com/buffalo-beauts-rookie-savannah-harmon/|url-status=live|access-date=2020-07-06|website=The Hockey Writers|archive-date=February 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204012805/https://thehockeywriters.com/buffalo-beauts-rookie-savannah-harmon/}} She relocated to Minnesota for the 2020–21 PWHPA season and participated in the organization’s Dream Gap Tour and other showcases.{{Cite web|last=Ingemi|first=Marisa|date=2021-02-27|title=First stop of PWHPA's 2021 Dream Gap Tour a chance to see Team USA's future|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/article/first-stop-pwhpas-2021-dream-gap-tour-chance-see-team-usas-future/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-31|website=Sportsnet|archive-date=February 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204012806/https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/article/first-stop-pwhpas-2021-dream-gap-tour-chance-see-team-usas-future/}}{{Cite news|date=2021-02-27|title=Dream Gap Tour marks triumphant return for women's hockey showcase|language=en-US|work=CBC Sports|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/dream-gap-tour-new-jersey-saturday-feb-27-1.5931026|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-31|archive-date=February 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204012810/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/dream-gap-tour-new-jersey-saturday-feb-27-1.5931026}}{{Cite web|last=Myers|first=Tracey|date=2021-03-04|title=Harmon eager for 'amazing weekend' playing in Chicago women's games|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/harmon-eager-for-amazing-weekend-playing-in-chicago-womens-games/c-322095842|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-31|website=NHL|language=en-US|archive-date=February 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204012856/https://www.nhl.com/news/harmon-eager-for-amazing-weekend-playing-in-chicago-womens-games/c-322095842}}
On December 30, 2024, she, alongside Hayley Scamurra, was traded to the Toronto Sceptres in exchange for Jocelyne Larocque and Victoria Bach.{{Cite web |date=December 24, 2024 |title=OTTAWA CHARGE AND TORONTO SCEPTRES COMPLETE TRADE |url=https://www.thepwhl.com/en/news/2024/december/30/ottawa-charge-and-toronto-sceptres-complete-trade#:~:text=The%20trade%20sees%20Ottawa%20acquire,Mike%20Hirshfeld%2C%20Charge%20General%20Manager. |access-date=December 24, 2024 |website=thepwhl.com}}
International play
Harmon made her debut with the United States women's national ice hockey team in the last three games of the 2019–20 Rivalry Series, a five-game series of international friendlies played between Team USA and the Canadian national team.{{Cite web|last=Tokarski|first=Anne|date=January 17, 2020|title=USA Hockey announces roster for February Rivalry Series|url=https://www.theicegarden.com/2020/1/17/21070515/usa-hockey-announces-roster-for-february-rivalry-series-womens-hockey|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-31|website=The Ice Garden|archive-date=February 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200208042602/https://www.theicegarden.com/2020/1/17/21070515/usa-hockey-announces-roster-for-february-rivalry-series-womens-hockey}}{{Cite web|last=Journalist|first=Har|date=2020-02-04|title=Bach's overtime goal lifts Canada to first Rivalry Series win|url=https://www.theicegarden.com/2020/2/4/21122180/victoria-bach-overtime-goal-lifts-team-canada-to-first-2020-rivalry-series-win-victoria-bc-team-usa|access-date=2021-03-31|website=The Ice Garden|language=en|archive-date=September 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924062330/https://www.theicegarden.com/2020/2/4/21122180/victoria-bach-overtime-goal-lifts-team-canada-to-first-2020-rivalry-series-win-victoria-bc-team-usa|url-status=live}}
She was officially named to the US roster for the 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship before the tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web|last=Scifo|first=Dan|date=2020-05-14|title=Next World Championship Opportunity will Have to Wait for Savannah Harmon|url=https://teamusa.usahockey.com/news_article/show/1104438-next-world-championship-opportunity-will-have-to-wait-for-savannah-harmon|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-31|website=USA Hockey|language=en-us|archive-date=February 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204012811/https://teamusa.usahockey.com/news_article/show/1104438-next-world-championship-opportunity-will-have-to-wait-for-savannah-harmon}} Undeterred, she re-earned a spot on the roster for the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship.{{Cite web|last=Ayala|first=Erica|date=2021-02-03|title=Projecting the 2022 United States women's Olympic hockey roster|url=https://theathletic.com/2362117/2021/02/03/projecting-the-2022-united-states-womens-olympic-hockey-roster/|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-01|website=The Athletic|archive-date=February 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204012811/https://theathletic.com/2362117/2021/02/03/projecting-the-2022-united-states-womens-olympic-hockey-roster/}}
On January 2, 2022, Harmon was named to Team USA's roster to represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/olympic-w/news/31457/u_s_women_with_13_returnees |title=U.S. women with 13 returnees |date=January 2, 2022 |access-date=January 2, 2022 |publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation |archive-date=January 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117044818/https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/olympic-w/news/31457/u_s_women_with_13_returnees |url-status=live }}
Personal life
Harmon has a degree in business innovation and entrepreneurship from Clarkson University and intends to pursue a Juris Doctor after her hockey career has ended.{{Cite web|title=Profile – Savannah Harmon|url=https://teamusa.usahockey.com/page/show/5185897-savannah-harmon|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-31|website=USA Hockey|archive-date=August 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820114542/https://teamusa.usahockey.com/page/show/5185897-savannah-harmon}}
Career statistics
= Regular season and playoffs =
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="97" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="97" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||||||
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!Team !League !GP !G !A !Pts !PIM !GP !G !A !Pts !PIM | ||||||||||||
| 2012–13
| JWHL | 30 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 14
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| 2013–14 | Boston Shamrocks | JWHL | 31 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 6
| — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2014–15
| ECAC | 28 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 10
| — | — | — | — | — | ||||
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| 2015–16 | Clarkson University | ECAC | 40 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 16
| — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2016–17
| Clarkson University | ECAC | 41 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 8
| — | — | — | — | — | ||||
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| 2017–18 | Clarkson University | ECAC | 41 | 8 | 26 | 34 | 18
| — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2018–19
| NWHL | 16 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
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| 2019–20 | Buffalo | PWHPA | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2022–23
| Team Harvey's | PWHPA | 20 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8
| — | — | — | — | — | ||||
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| 2023–24 | PWHL Ottawa | PWHL | 24 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
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! colspan="3" |NCAA totals ! 160 !! 30 !! 83 !! 113 !! 52 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — | ||||||||||||
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! colspan="3" |PWHL totals ! 24 !! 3 !! 9 !! 12 !! 8 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |
=International=
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! Result ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM | ||||
| 2021
| WC | {{silver2}} | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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| 2022 | United States | OG | {{silver2}} | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| 2022
| United States | WC | {{silver2}} | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2023 | United States | WC | {{gold1}} | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024
| United States | WC | {{silver2}} | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2025 | United States | WC | {{gold1}} | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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! colspan="4" | Senior totals ! 40 !! 4 !! 15 !! 19 !! 8 |
References
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Category:American women's ice hockey defensemen
Category:Buffalo Beauts players
Category:Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey players
Category:Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in ice hockey
Category:Ice hockey players from Illinois
Category:Olympic ice hockey players for the United States
Category:Sportspeople from Downers Grove, Illinois
Category:Professional Women's Hockey Players Association players
Category:Ottawa Charge players