Cheryl Pounder


Cheryl Pounder is a Canadian former ice hockey player who played for the Toronto Aeros and Mississauga Chiefs. She was a five-time Abby Hoffman Cup national champion, four times with the Aeros and once with the Chiefs. She won two gold medals with Canada women's national [ice hockey team|Canada] at the Olympic Games. After her playing career, she has worked as a broadcaster.
Pounder attended high school at St. Martin Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario. She was also the captain of the ice hockey team at Wilfrid Laurier University. Although born in Montreal, she lives in Mississauga, Ontario and calls that city her hometown.

Playing career

Pounder was still a teenager when she joined the Toronto Aeros in the Central Ontario Women's Hockey League. She won her first 1993 [Abby Hoffman Cup|Abby Hoffman Cup] as a national champion in 1993.
She won her second Canadian title with the Aeros in 2000. She then won back-to-back titles with Aeros in 2004 and 2005.
She then joined the Mississauga Chiefs in the newly established Canadian Women's [Hockey League] in 2007. She won her fifth Abby Hoffman Cup in 2008. She was named a CWHL First All-Star Team defender in her final season.

International career

Pounder was part of the team that won the Under-18 Canadian National women's ice hockey championship. She was also a member of the 1992 Women's World Roller Hockey championship team.
Pounder competed in the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics.

Post-playing career

Pounder was a colour commentator for the CBC coverage of the women's hockey tournament at the 2014, 2018, and 2022 Winter Olympics. She also served as a colour commentator for the TSN's coverage of IIHF World Women's Championship hockey tournaments and succeeded Ray Ferraro as NHL 24 color commentator.
Pounder was the Master of Ceremonies at the 2010 CWHL Draft.

Personal life

Pounder is married to Mike O'Toole, a former player drafted by the St. Louis Blues. Together, they welcomed their first child, a girl named Jamie, on January 25, 2008, with a second daughter, Lauren, was born in 2010.
Her niece Rhyen McGill won the NCAA national championship in 2017 with Clarkson University, and played in Team Canada's junior system.

Career statistics

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Career highlights