Carla MacLeod
| Carla MacLeod | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) MacLeod with the Calgary Oval X-Treme in 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
June 16, 1982 Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 133 lb (60 kg; 9 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shot | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Played for |
Wisconsin Badgers Calgary Oval X-Treme | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current PWHL coach National team coach |
Ottawa Charge Czechia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached for | Calgary Dinos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2003–2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 2006–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
.svg){kind=link}
.svg){kind=link}
.svg){kind=link}
Carla Rae MacLeod (born June 16, 1982) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and retired member of the Canadian national women's hockey team. She is the current head coach of the Czech national ice hockey team and Ottawa Charge in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).
Playing career
[edit | edit source]MacLeod was born in Spruce Grove, Alberta. MacLeod attended Bishop Carroll High School in Calgary, Alberta.[1]
Carla MacLeod represented Team Alberta at the National Championships in 1999 and 2001.[2] On both occasions, MacLeod would win the Abby Hoffman Cup.
Wisconsin Badgers
[edit | edit source]She played with the Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey program in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association for four years, serving as captain for the 03-04 and 04-05 seasons. She played for United States women's Olympic team coach Mark Johnson at Wisconsin, where he likened her leadership to that of a second coach.[3]
While at Wisconsin, MacLeod was bestowed with the University of Wisconsin Big Ten Medal of Honor (in recognition of athletic and academic achievement).[4] In her senior year at Wisconsin, Macleod served as one of two undergraduate assistant coaches. The other undergrad coach was Olympian Molly Engstrom. Macleod and Engstrom assisted coach Mark Johnson with analysis of game footage.[5]
Hockey Canada
[edit | edit source]Her career as a defenceman for the national team began in 2003 with a silver win in the Four Nations Cup. In 2004, she played to a gold medal in the Four Nations Cup. In 2005, MacLeod made her world championship debut. She had been cut from the world championship team for two consecutive years before that. MacLeod would win silver at the 2005 IIHF Women's World Hockey Championship. In 2006, she played in the Winter Olympics in Turin,[6] where she was named as a tournament all-star, and in the 2006 Four Nations Cup, where Canada won gold. In 2007, she played in the IIHF Women's World Hockey Championship, where Canada won its ninth world's gold medal. Prior to joining the national women's team, MacLeod was on the National Under-22 team from 1999-2003.
Retirement
[edit | edit source]On September 14, 2010, Hockey Canada announced that MacLeod, along with three other players retired from international hockey.[7] After her retirement, she took a public relations job with the Royal Bank of Canada.
Coaching career
[edit | edit source]In the fall of 2010, she became an assistant coach with Mount Royal University.[8] During the 2011–12 Canada women's national ice hockey team season, MacLeod was an assistant coach for the National Under 18 team that participated in a three-game series vs. the USA in August 2011.[9] Since February, 2012 she has been serving as an assistant coach for the Japanese national team. In February, 2013 the Japanese national women's hockey team qualified for the first time for the 2014 winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Japanese media praise her coaching skills, her likable personality as well as her tactical understanding of the game which has been much needed for this team. They say she has given the players a hockey mentality and a style of play which puts pressure on opposing teams.
In April 2022 she became head coach of Czech Republic women's ice hockey team. During the subsequent 2022 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships, the Czechs won their first bronze medal.[10] She returned as the head coach for Czech team for the 2025 IIHF Women's World Championship.[11]
In September 2023, MacLeod was named as head coach for PWHL Ottawa team.[12]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]She comes from a family of four children.[13] Through her paternal grandmother, MacLeod is related to former Montreal Canadiens legend Maurice Richard.[14]
MacLeod announced she has been diagnosed with breast cancer in November 2025.[15]
Career stats
[edit | edit source]| Event | Games Played | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM |
| 2005 World Championships | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2006 Olympics | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 2007 World Championships | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 World Championships | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 2009 World Championships | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
| 2010 Olympics |
Awards and honours
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ https://www.ahhf.ca/ahhf-gala/
- Athlete profile Carla Macleod Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit | edit source]- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database, or ThePWHL.com
- Carla MacLeod at Team CanadaLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Carla MacLeod at Olympics.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Carla MacLeod at OlympediaLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Calgary Oval X-Treme players
- Canadian women's ice hockey defencemen
- Ice hockey people from Alberta
- Sportswomen from Alberta
- Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Canada
- Olympic ice hockey players for Canada
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- People from Spruce Grove
- Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Ottawa Charge coaches
- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen