Carla MacLeod (born on June 16, 1982, in Spruce Grove, Alberta

Spruce Grove, Alberta

Spruce Grove is a city in the vicinity of Edmonton, Alberta. Like nearby Stony Plain it is surrounded by Parkland County.With a population of 24,646, Spruce Grove is the 11th largest city in Alberta. The Horizon Stage Performing Arts Centre is the local theatre, and its TransAlta Tri Leisure Centre...

) is a retired member of the Canadian national women's hockey team

Canadian national women's hockey team

The Canadian women's national ice hockey team is controlled by Hockey Canada. Canada has been by far one of the two most dominant teams in international competition. They have won the majority of major ice hockey tournaments, while their losses have only been against the United States and Sweden...

. MacLeod is related to former Montreal Canadiens legend Maurice Richard

Maurice Richard

Joseph Henri Maurice "the Rocket" Richard, Sr., was a French-Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League from 1942 to 1960. The "Rocket" was the most prolific goal-scorer of his era, the first to achieve the feat of 50 goals in 50...

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Playing career

For high school, she attended Bishop Carroll High School in Calgary, Alberta

Calgary

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Carla MacLeod represented Team Alberta at the National Championships in 1999 and 2001. On both occasions, MacLeod would win the Abby Hoffman Cup.

Wisconsin Badgers

She played with the Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey

Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey

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 program in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association

Western Collegiate Hockey Association

The Western Collegiate Hockey Association is a college athletic conference which operates over a wide area of the Midwestern and Western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as an ice hockey-only conference....

 for four years, serving as captain for the 03-04 and 04-05 seasons. She played for United States women’s Olympic team coach Mark Johnson at Wisconsin, where he likened her leadership to that of a second coach.

While at Wisconsin, MacLeod was bestowed with the University of Wisconsin Big Ten Medal of Honor (in recognition of athletic and academic achievement). In her senior year at Wisconsin, Macleod served as one of two undergraduate assistant coaches. The other undergrad coach was Olympian Molly Engstrom

Molly Engstrom

Molly Engstrom is an American ice hockey player of Swedish descent. She is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics and a silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics...

. Macleod and Engstrom assisted coach Mark Johnson with analysis of game footage.

Hockey Canada

Her career as a defenseman for the national team began in 2003 with a silver win in the Four Nations Cup. In 2004, she played to a gold medal in the Four Nations Cup. In 2005, MacLeod made her world championship debut in 2005. She had been cut from the world championship team for two consecutive years before that. MacLeod would win silver at the 2005 IIHF Women's World Hockey Championship. In 2006, she played in the Winter Olympics in Turin, where she was named as a tournament all-star, and in the 2006 Four Nations Cup, where Canada won gold. In 2007, she played in the IIHF Women's World Hockey Championship, where Canada won its ninth world's gold medal. Prior to joining the national women's team, MacLeod was on the National Under-22 team from 1999-2003.

Coaching career

In the fall of 2010, she became an asssistant coach with Mount Royal University.
During the 2011–12 Canada women's national ice hockey team

2011–12 Canada women's national ice hockey team

The 2011–12 women's national hockey team will represent Canada in various tournaments during the season. The team will attempt to win the gold medal at the Women's World Championships...

 season, MacLeod was an assistant coach for the National Under 18 team that participated in a three game series vs. the USA in August 2011.

Retirement

On September 14, 2010, Hockey Canada

Hockey Canada

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 announced that MacLeod, along with three other players retired from international hockey. After her retirement, she took a public relations job with the Royal Bank of Canada

Royal Bank of Canada

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Career stats

Event	Games Played	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM
2005 World Championships	5	1	2	3	0
2006 Olympics	5	2	2	4	2
2007 World Championships	5	0	1	1	2
2008 World Championships	5	1	3	4	2
2009 World Championships	5	2	6	8	4
2010 Olympics