Angela Ruggiero (born January 3, 1980 in Panorama City, California, USA) is a female ice hockey player. In addition to being a member of the gold medal-winning 1998 United States Olympic Hockey Team and the silver medal-winning 2002 team, Ruggiero made a couple US professional hockey "firsts" January 28, 2005, when she played for the Tulsa Oilers in a Central Hockey League game against the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees. January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Panorama City is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley district of Los Angeles, California. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... Gold Medal is an album by American band The Donnas, released in 2004. ... The American national womens ice hockey team is controlled by USA Hockey. ... A silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests (typically athletics competitions) such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. ... January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tulsa Oilers (current) Tulsa Oilers (1992-1996) Tulsa Oilers (1996-1999) The Tulsa Oilers are a professional ice hockey in the Central Hockey League. ... The Central Hockey League (CHL) is a professional hockey league. ... The Rio Grance Valley Killer Bees are a professional ice hockey team. ...

While still a high-school senior at Choate Rosemary Hall, she played on the Olympics team in Nagano. She was the first woman to actively play in a regular season professional hockey game in a position other than goalie in the US (Erin Whitten skated ceremoniously for 18 seconds with the Flint Generals in 1996, and Manon Rheaume tended goal for the Tampa Bay Lightning in a pre-season game in 1992). In addition, since her brother Bill Ruggiero also played for the Oilers, they were the first brother-sister combination. Choate Rosemary Hall Pond view, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut. ... Categories: Host cities of the Winter Olympic Games | Cities in Nagano Prefecture | Japan geography stubs ... The Flint Generals are a professional ice hockey team. ... Manon Rheaume (born February 24, 1972) is a Canadian goaltender and Olympic silver medallist who was the first and only woman to play in the NHL. Manon Rheaume was born in Lac Beauport, Quebec, Canada to Nicole and Pierre Rheaume, she has one older brother, Martin, and one younger, Pascal. ... The Tampa Bay Lightning are a National Hockey League team based in Tampa, Florida. ...

As a senior at Harvard University, she won the 2004 Patty Kazmaier Award Winner as the top player in US women’s collegiate hockey. Her book Breaking the Ice details her experiences in toppling misconceptions about women's hockey. Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... Patty Kazmaier Award is given to the top woman college ice hockey player in the United States. ...

Ruggiero was also credited with the game winning goal in the shoot out that determined the winner at the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships over the Canadian national women's hockey team, winning the U.S.'s first ever gold at the world championships. The 2005 IIHF World Women Championships was held April 2-9, 2005 in Linköping and Norrkoping, Sweden. ... The Canadian national womens ice hockey team is controlled by Hockey Canada. ...

Position: Defence Defenceman (defenseman in U.S.) is a hockey player position on the ice whose responsibility is primarily defence. ...

External links

• Off the podium
• Angela Ruggiero's U.S. Olympic Team bio ... with notes, quotes, photos