Sarah Shantz-Smiley
| Sarah Shantz-Smiley | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
24 August 1982 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb) | ||
| Position | Right wing | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| IWHL team Former teams |
Skautafélag Akureyrar Windsor Lancers | ||
| National team |
 Iceland | ||
| Playing career | 2005–present | ||
Sarah Shantz-Smiley (born 24 August 1982) is a Canadian-born Icelandic ice hockey player and coach.[1] She has been a member of the Iceland women's national team since 2011,[2] the same year she was named the Icelandic Women's Ice Hockey Player of the Year.[3]
Playing career
Having played for the University of Windsor in Canadian Interuniversity Sport (now U Sports), Shantz-Smiley graduated in 2005. Following university, she competed with the now-defunct Montreal Axion in the original National Women's Hockey League. During the 2005–06 NWHL season, Smiley appeared in 35 games, logging 4 goals (of which three were game-winning goals)[4] and 4 assists for 8 points.[5]
In 2006, she signed on to play in the Icelandic Women's Hockey League.[4]
In 2008, Shantz-Smiley would play for a club team in Australia. Smiley has also played for the Iceland national women's team competing in Group B at the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II in Seoul, South Korea. During Iceland's first game of the event, Shantz-Smiley earned an assist on a goal scored by Birna Baldursdóttir.[6]
Coaching career
In December 2006, Shantz-Smiley was hired as the head coach of the Iceland women's national team.[7] In 2008, she became the first woman to be the head coach of a men's Ice Hockey team in Iceland when she was hired as the head coach of Skautafélag Akureyrar men's team.[8] Shantz-Smiley also spent team coaching a youth team in the community of Akureyri in 2010.[9][10]
In 2011, Iceland was ranked 29th in the world,
Personal
Shantz-Smiley received an Icelandic citizenship in 2011.[12]
References
- ^ Albert Örn Eyþórsson (5 April 2008). "Stoltar skauta stelpurnar". 24 Stundir (in Icelandic). p. 54. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ Jóhann Ingi Hafþórsson (22 February 2020). "Okkur líður vel heima hjá okkur". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. B2.
- ^ "Björn og Sarah íshokkífólk ársins". RÚV (in Icelandic). 20 December 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ a b Mark Staffieri (26 October 2015). "Sarah Smiley A Hockey Hero in Her Second Home of Iceland". Women's Hockey Life. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "Sarah Smiley - National Womens Hockey League - player page". pointstreak.com. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "ISL - BEL 2 - 1" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "Shantz-Smiley ráðinn þjálfari kvennalandsliðs". ihi.is (in Icelandic). 4 December 2006. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ Þröstur Ernir Viðarsson (27 September 2008). "Fyrsta konan til að þjálfa karlalið í íshokkí á Íslandi". Vikudagur (in Icelandic). Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ Arndís Bergsdóttir (17 October 2013). "Börnin okkar læri að elska sjálf sig". Akureyri (in Icelandic). p. 20. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ Martin Merk (22 August 2010). "Iceland's late love for hockey". IIHF. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ John Garinger (15 March 2012). "For the love of the game: – The Pro & the Amateur". Essex Free Press. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ Kristján Jónsson (3 March 2012). "Smiley með landsliði Íslands á HM". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 1. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com