Dana Antal (born April 19, 1977 in

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) is a women's

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player. She won a gold medal with

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at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Prior to joining the Canadian national team, she played collegiate hockey for

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. In her first season, she was named the

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Rookie of the Year, and was the team's leading scorer. Antal also played for the

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in the

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Playing career

Minor hockey

Growing up in Esterhazy,

, Antal played

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on local boys' teams until bantam (15 & under), as at the time, there were no girls' teams in the area.

College hockey

After completing her minor hockey career, Antal was offered a scholarship to play hockey at

Club hockey

On March 22, 1998, Dana Antal scored at 5:31 of a 10-minute overtime period on a pass from Jennifer Botterill as Team Alberta (represented by the Calgary Oval X-Treme) defeated Team Ontario (represented by the Beatrice Aeros) by a 3-2 mark to win the Esso Nationals. In the tournament, Antal scored two goals and added an assist at the games. She scored a goal in the 2003 Esso Women's National Hockey Championship to help Team Alberta win the

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International play

Antal was a member of the Canadian National Team that won gold at the Women’s World Hockey Championships in 2001. She was selected to the team in 2000 but was unable to play. She was a member of the Canadian Olympic Team that won a gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics in

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Awards and honours

*Most Sportsmanlike, 1998 Esso National championships *Player of the game, 2003 Esso Women's National Hockey Championship

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Antal, Dana 1977 births Living people Calgary Oval X-Treme players Canadian women's ice hockey forwards Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey players Sportspeople from Saskatoon Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Canada Olympic ice hockey players of Canada Olympic medalists in ice hockey Ice hockey people from Saskatchewan People from Esterhazy, Saskatchewan