| Helen Resor | |
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| Position | Forward |
| Height Weight |
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 154 lb (70 kg) |
| ECAC Team | Yale Bulldogs |
| Born | October 18, 1985, Greenwich, CT, USA |
| Pro Career | 2005 – present |
| Olympic medal record | ||
| Women's ice hockey | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bronze | 2006 Turin | Team competition |
Helen Resor (born October 18, 1985, in Greenwich, Connecticut) is an American ice hockey player. She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. She gradutaed from Yale University in 2010. Resor was the first Yale players to play in women's ice hockey at the Olympics.[1]
Playing career[]
As a youth player she started a bench-clearing brawl in a game in which she was the only female playing. Resor played her high school hockey at Noble & Greenough Prep School in Massachusetts where she was coached by her uncle, Tom Resor. [2] Helen Resor was the first Yale hockey player to compete in women’s ice hockey at the Olympics.[3] Her sister, Jane, also played ice hockey at Yale.
USA Hockey[]
Helen Resor was selected to play for Team USA in the 2006 Olympics.[1] Resor was the first Bulldog to achieve that status, and when she won a bronze medal she became the first Yale hockey player of either gender to earn a medal since five Bulldog men won silver with Team USA in 1932.
May 13, 2006: Olympic women's ice hockey players Jenny Potter, Julie Chu, Helen Resor, Sarah Parsons, and Chanda Gunn, pose with the Stanley Cup at the 13th Annual Revlon Run/Walk For Women.
Awards and honors[]
- 2009 Third Team All-ECAC [2]
- Finalist for the 2009 Patty Kazmaier Award [3]