{{short description|American ice hockey player (born 1979)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Jenny Potter at 2010 Winter Olympics US Women's Hockey press event.jpg | image_size = | caption = Potter in 2010 | position = Forward | shoots = Left | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 4 | weight_lb = 145 | played_for = Minnesota Duluth<br />Minnesota Whitecaps<br />Boston Blades | sex = f | ntl_team = USA | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|1|12}} | birth_place = Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. | career_start = 1998 | career_end = 2015 | website = | medaltemplates= {{MedalSport | Women's ice hockey}} {{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold | 1998 Nagano | Team competition}} {{MedalSilver | 2002 Salt Lake City | Team competition}} {{MedalSilver | 2010 Vancouver | Team competition}} {{MedalBronze | 2006 Turin | Team competition}} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships}} {{MedalGold | 2005 Sweden | Team competition}} {{MedalGold | 2008 China | Team competition}} {{MedalGold | 2009 Finland | Team competition}} {{MedalGold | 2011 Switzerland | Team competition}} {{MedalSilver | 1999 Finland | Team competition}} {{MedalSilver | 2000 Canada | Team competition}} {{MedalSilver | 2001 United States | Team competition}} {{MedalSilver | 2004 Canada | Team competition}} {{MedalSilver | 2007 Canada | Team competition}} {{MedalSilver| 2012 United States | Team competition}} {{MedalSport |4 Nations Cup}} {{MedalGold| 2011 Sweden | Team competition}} {{MedalSilver| 2010 Canada | Team competition}} }} '''Jennifer Lynn Schmidgall-Potter''' (born January 12, 1979) is an American former ice hockey player. She was a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics, silver medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics, and a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. After, she played for the Minnesota Whitecaps of the Western Women's Hockey League, where she won the league championship and was named MVP for the 2008–09 season. She was selected to the 2010 US Olympic team and was the only mother on the team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecachockey.com/women/members/harvard/20101002_RuggieroGoldenDenverPost|title=U.S. Hockey's Golden Girls – ECAC Hockey|access-date=2010-02-11|archive-date=2011-10-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004054646/http://www.ecachockey.com/women/members/harvard/20101002_RuggieroGoldenDenverPost|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Playing career==

===NCAA=== Her NCAA career included three years at the University of Minnesota Duluth, and one year at the University of Minnesota. Potter set an NCAA record (since tied) for most goals in one game with 6. This was accomplished on December 18, 2002 versus St. Cloud State.<ref>{{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 |access-date=2011-08-09 |archive-date=2012-05-16 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120516114051/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_icehockey_rb/2011/DI.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Potter is the all-time leading scorer in Bulldogs history and was named to the WCHA All-Decade team in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.umdbulldogs.com/viewmoment.php?height=500&width=700&modal=true&id=181 |title=Memorable Moments |publisher=Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs Athletics |access-date=1 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725165635/http://www.umdbulldogs.com/viewmoment.php?height=500&width=700&modal=true&id=181 |archive-date=25 July 2011 }}</ref> She was a four-time All-American. On January 21, 2011, Potter, along with Bulldog alumni Caroline Ouellette and Maria Rooth, took part in a ceremonial faceoff to mark the first-ever game at Amsoil Arena.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.umdbulldogs.com/news.php?id%3D5511 |title=UMD Bulldogs - News |access-date=2011-02-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717153717/http://www.umdbulldogs.com/news.php?id=5511 |archive-date=2011-07-17 }}</ref>

===Team USA=== Schmidgall-Potter has been on the US women’s team since 1997, competing at three Winter Olympics, and at seven World Championships, winning gold medals in 2005, 2008, and 2009, and four silver medals in 1999, 2001, 2004, and 2007. As a 19-year-old, Schmidgall-Potter was the second youngest player on the 1998 U.S. Olympic Team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hhof.com/html/wmspla04.shtml |title=Profiles of Notable Women in Hockey |access-date=2011-03-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203053342/http://www.hhof.com/html/wmspla04.shtml |archive-date=2010-12-03 }}</ref> In 1999, she led the U.S. in scoring at the IIHF Women’s World Championships with 12 points in five games as the U.S. won the Silver Medal. By winning the silver medal at the 2010 Olympics, Potter became the most decorated Olympic medalist in Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs hockey history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.umdbulldogs.com/teams-womens-hockey.php?page%3D122 |title=BULLDOG 2010 WINTER OLYMPIC UPDATES AND RECAPS - Women's Hockey |access-date=2010-03-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217143133/http://umdbulldogs.com/teams-womens-hockey.php?page=122 |archive-date=2010-02-17 }}</ref>

==Professional hockey==

===Minnesota Whitecaps=== With the Minnesota Whitecaps, Potter was part of the first US-based team to win the Clarkson Cup.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robson |first1=Dan |title=Minnesota Whitecaps capture Clarkson Cup |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/minnesota-whitecaps-capture-clarkson-cup-1.887795 |work=CBC |date=2010-03-28 |access-date=2022-11-06 |archive-date=2022-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106235952/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/minnesota-whitecaps-capture-clarkson-cup-1.887795 |url-status=live }}</ref> With the Clarkson Cup victory, Potter became an unofficial member of the Triple Gold Club (women are not yet recognized by the IIHF), as she became one of only three women to win the Clarkson Cup, a gold medal in ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics, and a gold medal at the IIHF women's world hockey championships.

===Boston Blades=== In the summer of 2014, Potter was selected in the first round of the 2014 CWHL Draft to the Boston Blades. She played less than a full season for the Blades, while juggling coaching duties at Trinity College.

==Coaching career== In the summer of 2013 she was named head coach of the women's hockey team at Trinity College and remained in that position for two seasons.

===NCAA=== In spring 2015, Potter was named the third head coach in the history of the Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey program, replacing Nate Hanrahan. She was released from the program in August 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/4097052-womens-hockey-jenny-potter-out-osu-just-five-days-classes-begin|title=Jenny Potter out at OSU just five days before classes begin|date=August 18, 2016|publisher=Grand Forks Herald|access-date=August 18, 2016|archive-date=October 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029183034/http://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/4097052-womens-hockey-jenny-potter-out-osu-just-five-days-classes-begin|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career stats== {|class="wikitable" width="60%" |- align="center" style="background:#005ac0;color:#FFFFFF;" | '''Event''' || '''Games Played''' || '''Goals''' || '''Assists''' ||'''Points''' || '''+/-''' |- align="center" bgcolor="" |1998 Olympics || 6 || 2||3||5||+2 |- align="center" bgcolor="" |2002 Olympics || 5||1||6||7||+6 |- align="center" bgcolor="" |2006 Olympics ||5 ||2|| 7|| 9||+10 |- align="center" bgcolor="" |2010 Olympics ||3||6||3||9||+7 |- align="center" bgcolor="" |Career |19 |11 |19 |30 |}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/jenny-schmidgall-potter-1.html |title=Jenny Schmidgall-Potter |work=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130004227/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/jenny-schmidgall-potter-1.html |archive-date=2012-01-30 }}</ref>

===WWHL=== {|class="wikitable" width="70%" |- align="center" style="background:#005ac0;color:#FFFFFF;" | '''Season''' || '''GP''' || '''G''' || '''A'''|| '''Pts''' ||'''PIM''' || '''GW'''|| '''PPL'''|| '''SHG''' |- align="center" bgcolor="" |2006–07||1 || 0 ||0 ||0 ||0 || 0 || 0 ||0 |- align="center" bgcolor="" |2007–08||20 || 8 ||26 ||34 ||14 ||1 || 0 ||1 |- align="center" bgcolor="" |2008–09||16 || 16 || 19|| 35||16 || 3 ||2 ||3 |- align="center" bgcolor="" |2010–11||12 || 8 ||13 ||21 || 6|| 0 || 0 ||0 |- align="center" bgcolor="" |Career |49 |32 |58 |90 |36 |4 |2 |4 |}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.westernwomenshockeyleague.com/leagues/rosters_profile.cfm?clientID=1754&leagueID=3639&playerID=239292&teamID=267930&pos=F |title=Potter, Jenny |access-date=2022-11-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719064412/http://www.westernwomenshockeyleague.com/leagues/rosters_profile.cfm?clientID=1754&leagueID=3639&playerID=239292&teamID=267930&pos=F |archive-date=2011-07-19 }}</ref>

==Awards and honors== *Directorate Award, Best Forward, 1999 IIHF Women's World Hockey Championships<ref>Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 2009–10, p.542, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, {{ISBN|978-1-55468-621-6}}</ref> *Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) Player of the Year, 2000<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.umdbulldogs.com/viewmoment.php?height=500&width=700&modal=true&id=26 |title=UMD Bulldogs - View Memorable Moments |access-date=2010-02-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725165235/http://www.umdbulldogs.com/viewmoment.php?height=500&width=700&modal=true&id=26 |archive-date=2011-07-25 }}</ref> *All-WCHA First Team, 2000 *Led NCAA in scoring, 2000, (41 goals, 52 assists, 93 points) <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.umdbulldogs.com/viewmoment.php?height=500&width=700&modal=true&id=28 |title=UMD Bulldogs - View Memorable Moments |access-date=2010-02-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725165244/http://www.umdbulldogs.com/viewmoment.php?height=500&width=700&modal=true&id=28 |archive-date=2011-07-25 }}</ref> *WCHA Team of the Decade (2000’s) <ref>{{Cite web |title=WCHA Top 10 Players First 10 Years |url=https://wcha.com/pdf/history15w/Honors%20and%20Awards/Honors%20and%20Awards/3-WCHA%27s%20Top%2010%20Players%20in%2010%20Years.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701190803/http://www.wcha.com/pdf/history15w/Honors%20and%20Awards/Honors%20and%20Awards/3-WCHA%27s%20Top%2010%20Players%20in%2010%20Years.pdf |archive-date=July 1, 2017 |access-date=February 12, 2023 }}</ref> *Vancouver 2010 Olympics, Media All-Star Team<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iihf.com/nc/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/meghan-agosta-named-mvp.html |title=Meghan Agosta named MVP |access-date=2010-07-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604122327/http://www.iihf.com/nc/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/meghan-agosta-named-mvp.html |archive-date=2011-06-04 }}</ref> *Triple Gold Club (unofficial) *2010 Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year Award<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.usahockey.com/Template_Usahockey.aspx?NAV=AU_13&id=288084 |title= Annual award winners named |date= June 3, 2010 |publisher= USA Hockey |access-date= 24 June 2010 |archive-date= 19 June 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100619063849/http://www.usahockey.com/Template_Usahockey.aspx?NAV=AU_13&ID=288084 |url-status= live }}</ref>

== Personal life == Schmidgall-Potter graduated from Edina High School in Minnesota. She was married in 2001 and is now a mother of 2. She took the 2000–2001 season off to give birth to her first child, daughter Madison. She delivered her second child, son Cullen in 2007. With her husband, Rob Potter, she runs a summer training camp called Potter’s Pure Hockey. Cullen plays college ice hockey at Arizona State, and was drafted 32nd overall by the Calgary Flames in the 2025 NHL entry draft.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehockeywriters.com/calgary-flames-draft-cullen-potter-32nd-overall/|title=Calgary Flames Draft Cullen Potter 32nd Overall - The Hockey Writers NHL Entry Draft Latest News, Analysis & More|first=Justin|last=Giampietro|date=June 28, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://gophnx.com/family-affair-hockey-was-preordained-for-cullen-potter/ |title=Family affair: Hockey was preordained For new Sun Devils center Cullen Potter |website=gophnx.com |date=July 20, 2024 |access-date=April 16, 2025}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20091208035940/http://hockey.teamusa.org/athletes/jenny-potter U.S. Olympic Team bio]

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