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Sami Jo Small

Ice Hockey

Sami Jo is a 3 time Olympian as a goaltender in the sport of Ice Hockey. (2gold, 1 silver) as well as a 5 time World Champion.  A Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) and a graduate of Stanford University in Mechanical Engineering, Sami Jo has travelled the world as a professional speaker for more than 25 years.  Sami Jo is a published author of her best-selling memoir, The Role I Played – Canada’s Greatest Olympic Hockey Team (Published 2020), works in television as a sports analyst,  owns a hockey school that has run for more that 25 years, and was recently the President of a women’s professional hockey team in Toronto leading them to Championship.  Sami Jo has been a supporter of Right to play since 1999 travelling to than a dozen First Nations Communities with Right to Play.