Gretchen Ulion Explained

Position:Forward
Height Ft:5
Height In:2
Weight Lb:130
Team:Dartmouth
League:ECAC
Sex:f
Ntl Team:USA
Birth Date:4 May 1972
Birth Place:Marlborough, Connecticut, U.S.
Career Start:1990
Career End:1998

Gretchen A. Ulion Silverman (born May 4, 1972) [1] is an American ice hockey player. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics. At Dartmouth College, she was and is still today the Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey program's all-time leading scorer with 189 goals and 312 points,[2] served as the captain of the Dartmouth Big Green during the 1993–94 season,[3] and was twice the Ivy League Player of the Year.[4]

In the gold medal game at the 1998 Winter Olympics, Ulion scored the first goal of the game.[5] It was also the first ever goal scored in an Olympic women's ice hockey gold medal game. Ulion was featured on the Wheaties box in 1998.[6]

Along with the rest of the 1998 gold medal-winning team, Ulion was admitted to the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 2009.[7] She also received a Gold Key from the Connecticut Sports Writers’ Alliance on April 29, 2018.[8]

In addition to serving as a U18 instructor and motivational speaker for USA Hockey,[9] [10] Ulion is the head coach of the women's ice hockey team at Post University.[11]

Personal life

In 1990, Ulion graduated from The Loomis Chaffee School, where she played hockey under long-time coach Chuck Vernon.

Ulion married Steven Silverman on July 11, 1998.[12]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gretchen Ulion Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . 2011-01-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100217042806/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ul/gretchen-ulion-1.html . 2010-02-17 .
  2. Web site: All-Time - DartmouthSports.com—Official Web Site of Dartmouth Varsity Athletics . dartmouthsports.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724231604/http://dartmouthsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11600&ATCLID=645017 . 2011-07-24.
  3. Web site: Women's Hockey Team Captains - DartmouthSports.com—Official Web Site of Dartmouth Varsity Athletics . www.dartmouthsports.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111002061819/http://www.dartmouthsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=11600&ATCLID=204919644&SPID=4726&SPSID=48905 . 2011-10-02.
  4. News: Women's hockey pioneer Ulion-Silverman to be honored with a Gold Key – The Collinsville Press. 2018-05-01. en-US.
  5. IIHF Top 100 Hockey Stories of All Time, p.52, Szymon Szenberg and Andrew Podnieks, 2008, Fenn Publishing Company Ltd, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
  6. Web site: Document Title . www.jwen.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20000520201418/http://www.jwen.com/hock/whock/whockmain.html . 2000-05-20.
  7. Web site: 1998 U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team. www.ushockeyhalloffame.com. en-us. 2018-05-01.
  8. News: Women's hockey pioneer Ulion-Silverman to be honored with a Gold Key – The Collinsville Press. 2018-05-01. en-US.
  9. Web site: Profile - Taft School. www.taftschool.org. en-US. 2018-05-01.
  10. News: Ulion-Silverman Continues to Impact Women's Hockey in U.S.. USAHockey.com. 2016-08-11. Team USA Hockey. 2018-05-01. en-us.
  11. Web site: Gretchen Silverman . posteagles.com . 2024-01-28.
  12. News: When Jet Lag Ends, Stories Begin. tribunedigital-thecourant. 2018-05-02. en.

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