# Sam Faber
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{{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](/source/Connecticut_Whale_(PHF)) in 2017
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|05|08}}
| birth_place = [Mount Sinai](/source/Mount_Sinai%2C_New_York), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)), U.S.
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 4
| weight_lb = 130
| position = Forward
| shoots = Right
| team = [Connecticut Whale](/source/Connecticut_Whale_(PHF))
| league = [PHF](/source/Premier_Hockey_Federation)
| former_teams = {{plainlist|
* [Boston Blades](/source/Boston_Blades) ([CWHL](/source/Canadian_Women's_Hockey_League))
* [New Hampshire Wildcats](/source/New_Hampshire_Wildcats_women's_ice_hockey) ([NCAA](/source/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association))
}}
| sex = f
| ntl_team = USA
| career_start = 2005
| career_end =
| website =
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's [ice hockey](/source/ice_hockey)}}
{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [IIHF World Women's Championships](/source/IIHF_World_Women's_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold | [2008 China](/source/2008_IIHF_Women's_World_Championship) | Tournament }}
}}
'''Samantha Faber''' (born May 8, 1987) is an American [ice hockey](/source/ice_hockey) player. Faber competed for the [New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey](/source/New_Hampshire_Wildcats_women's_ice_hockey) program in Hockey East.[[http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=369177 Sam Faber - Eliteprospects.com]] During the 2007–08 season, Faber set an [NCAA](/source/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](/source/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](/source/IIHF_World_Women's_Championships).
==Early life==
Faber was born in [Mount Sinai](/source/Mount_Sinai%2C_New_York), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)),[March/April 2018, Volume 11, No. 6, Issue 126, p. 21.] Her father, Scott Faber, was a hockey letterwinner at [Rochester Institute of Technology](/source/Rochester_Institute_of_Technology), and her brother Matt was a hockey letterwinner at [Johnson & Wales University](/source/Johnson_%26_Wales_University).[[http://unhwildcats.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1896 UNH Wildcats - Sam Faber - 2008-09]] She attended [Northwood School](/source/Northwood_School_(Lake_Placid%2C_New_York)), where she lettered in hockey (recording 75 points with 50 goals and 25 assists in her senior year), soccer, and lacrosse, graduating in 2005.[{{Cite web |url=http://www.nanookhockey.org/coaches/ |title=Coaches – Nanook Hockey |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 }}] In 2005-06, she was No. 3 in the nation in rookie scoring.[{{Cite web |url=http://www.nanookhockey.org/coaches/#sam |title=Coaches – Nanook Hockey |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 }}] During the 2007–08 season, Faber set an [NCAA](/source/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association) record (since tied) for most game-winning goals in one season with 13.[{{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}}] She is the 5th all-time scorer in NHU history, with 189 points in 143 games.[[http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=203202 "Sam Faber"]][{{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 }}]
Faber is also the Youth Hockey Director at SoNo Ice House [South Norwalk](/source/South_Norwalk), Connecticut, for Nanook Hockey.[{{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}}]
===USA Hockey===
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| '''Year'''|| '''Event''' || '''GP''' || '''G''' || '''AST'''|| '''PTS''' || '''PIM'''
|- style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""
| 2007||Under 22 vs. Canada[{{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 }}] || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4
|}
==Awards and honors==
*2009 Hockey East First-Team All-Star[[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"]]
*2008 New Hampshire Wildcats Karyn Bye Award[{{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 }}]
*2008 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Top 10 Finalist[[https://issuu.com/providencefriars/docs/wih_guide_10-11_final 2010-11 Women's Ice Hockey Online Team Guide by Providence College - issuu]]
*2008 Hockey East All-Tournament Team[{{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}}]
*2007 Hockey East First-Team All-Star[[http://www.hockeyeastonline.com/pdf/women/06_07.pdf "2006-2007 SEASON SNAPSHOT"]]
*2007 Hockey East All-Tournament Team