Samantha Cogan

Samantha "Sam" Cogan (born July 7, 1997) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the Minnesota Frost of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She previously played for SDE HF of the 26 Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). She played college ice hockey at Wisconsin and won a national title with the team in 2019.

Playing career Cogan first started playing hockey at six years old. Her father was initially apprehensive about her playing hockey but her mother and friends convinced him to let her play the sport.

Junior Cogan began her junior career in the Provincial Women's Hockey League (PWHL or Provincial WHL; renamed Ontario Women's Hockey League in 2023) playing for the Nepean Wildcats in her home city of Ottawa, Ontario. She spent four seasons with the team, from 2011 to 2015, and in her final season was named alternate captain and helped lead the team to their first regular season championship. and was a top-three point and goal scorer during her other three seasons.

Professional Cogan joined the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) in 2020 and played for Calgary-based Team Scotiabank until 2022, at which time she switched teams and spent the 2022–23 season with Toronto-based Team Sonnet. In her first season with Team Scotiabank, Cogan was selected as a PWHPA All-Star, and her second season with the team was victorious, making Team Scotiabank PWHPA Champions.

In 2023, the Professional Women's Hockey League announced its inaugural season. Cogan was noted as a player to watch ahead of the 2023 PWHL Draft but, to her own surprise, was not selected during the draft. She was invited to PWHL Toronto's preseason training camp and signed with the team as a free agent.

On March 2, 2024, she scored her first PWHL goal against her hometown team in a 5–2 PWHL Toronto win over PWHL Ottawa. Cogan was released from her reserve contract on February 11, 2025, becoming a free agent.

Cogan began the 2025–26 with SDE Hockey of the SDHL where she recorded 39 points in 33 regular season games. On March 26, 2026, she signed a reserve player contract with the Minnesota Frost. On June 20, 2026, she signed a two-year contract extension with the Frost.

International play As a junior player with the Canadian national under-18 ice hockey team, Cogan participated in the IIHF U18 Women's World Championships in 2014 and 2015, winning gold and silver medals, respectively. Her performance in the 2014 championship awarded her an opportunity to be a part of the Canadian National Team Fall Festival.

Personal life Cogan was born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to Don and Heather Cogan, and is Jewish.

Cogan resided in Calgary during 2020 to 2023.