{{short description|American ice hockey player|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = SamFaber.jpg | image_size = 230px | alt = | 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) }} | sex = f | ntl_team = USA | career_start = 2005 | career_end = | website = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's ice hockey}} {{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition | IIHF World Women's Championships}} {{MedalGold | 2008 China | Tournament }} }}

'''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.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=369177 Sam Faber - Eliteprospects.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> 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,<ref>March/April 2018, Volume 11, No. 6, Issue 126, p.&nbsp;21.</ref> 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.<ref name=autogenerated4>[http://unhwildcats.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1896 UNH Wildcats - Sam Faber - 2008-09<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> 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.<ref name=autogenerated4 />

==Ice hockey career== Faber majored in women's studies at New Hampshire University.<ref name=autogenerated4 /> 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.<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref name=autogenerated3>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nanookhockey.org/coaches/ |title=Coaches – Nanook Hockey<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=March 14, 2018 |archive-date=November 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130145641/http://www.nanookhockey.org/coaches/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2005-06, she was No. 3 in the nation in rookie scoring.<ref name=autogenerated4 /> In 2006, she was Hockey East Rookie of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nanookhockey.org/coaches/#sam |title=Coaches – Nanook Hockey<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=March 14, 2018 |archive-date=November 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130145641/http://www.nanookhockey.org/coaches/#sam |url-status=dead }}</ref> During the 2007–08 season, Faber set an NCAA record (since tied) for most game-winning goals in one season with 13.<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}}</ref> She is the 5th all-time scorer in NHU history, with 189 points in 143 games.<ref name=autogenerated3 />

Faber was a member of the US Under-22 National Team in 2007 and 2008.<ref name=autogenerated4 /> 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.<ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref name=autogenerated4 />

From 2010-11, Faber played for the Boston Blades of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL).<ref name=autogenerated1 />

From 2015-18, she played for the Connecticut Whale of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) as their forward and captain.<ref name=autogenerated2>[http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=203202 "Sam Faber"]</ref><ref name=autogenerated3 /> In 2018, she was selected to the All Star team.<ref name=autogenerated3 />

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. <ref>{{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 }}</ref>

Faber is also the Youth Hockey Director at SoNo Ice House South Norwalk, Connecticut, for Nanook Hockey.<ref name=autogenerated3 />

==Career stats== ===NCAA=== {| class="wikitable" style="width:80%;" |- 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 |}<ref>{{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}}</ref>

===USA Hockey=== {| class="wikitable" style="width:80%;" |- style="text-align:center; background:#27408b; color:#fff;" | '''Year'''|| '''Event''' || '''GP''' || '''G''' || '''AST'''|| '''PTS''' || '''PIM''' |- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" | 2007||Under 22 vs. Canada<ref>{{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 }}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 |}

==Awards and honors== *2009 Hockey East First-Team All-Star<ref>[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"]</ref> *2008 New Hampshire Wildcats Karyn Bye Award<ref>{{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 }}</ref> *2008 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Top 10 Finalist<ref name=autogenerated4 /> *2008 Hockey East Tournament MVP<ref name=autogenerated5>[https://issuu.com/providencefriars/docs/wih_guide_10-11_final 2010-11 Women's Ice Hockey Online Team Guide by Providence College - issuu<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> *2008 Hockey East All-Tournament Team<ref name=autogenerated5 /> *2008 New England Hockey Writer's Association All-Star Team<ref>{{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}}</ref> *2007 Hockey East First-Team All-Star<ref>[http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/pdf/women/06_07.pdf "2006-2007 SEASON SNAPSHOT"]</ref> *2007 Hockey East All-Tournament Team<ref name=autogenerated5 /> *2007 Hockey East Three Stars Award<ref name=autogenerated4 /> *2007 New England Hockey Writer's Association All-Star Team<ref name=autogenerated4 /> *2006 Hockey East Tournament MVP *2006 Hockey East All-Tournament Team<ref name=autogenerated5 /> *2006 Hockey East Rookie of the Year *2006 Hockey East All-Rookie Team honoree *February 2006 Hockey East Rookie of the Month<ref name=autogenerated4 /> *2006 All-USCHO Rookie Team<ref name=autogenerated4 />

==See also== *List of select Jewish ice hockey players

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

==External links== {{commons}} * {{Ice hockey stats}} * {{Twitter}}

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