Colleen Coyne
Born (1971-09-19) September 19, 1971
Falmouth, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height 5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Weight 130 lb (59 kg; 9 st 4 lb)
Position Defense
Shot Left
Hockey East team New Hampshire
National team  United States
Playing career 1990–1998
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Championship 0 3 0
Total 1 3 0
Women's Ice hockey
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1998 NaganoTeam
World Championship
Silver medal – second place1992 FinlandTeam
Silver medal – second place1994 United StatesTeam
Silver medal – second place1997 CanadaTeam

Colleen M. Coyne (born September 19, 1971) is an American ice hockey player. She won a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics.[1]

Playing career

Coyne attended Tabor Academy in Marion, Massachusetts for high school.[2] She was a standout and all-league defensemen for the University of New Hampshire Wildcats. She anchored the American defense on four U.S. Women's National Teams as well as two U.S. Women's Select Teams. Statistically, she earned a plus-7 rating at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games. In 1994, Coyne was featured on a hockey card (1994 Classic Women of Hockey #W26 )[3]

Hockey administration

In 2005, Coyne was elected to the USA Hockey Board of Directors as an athlete representative. In 2008, she was elected to serve on the executive committee. She currently serves on the board of directors for Celebrities For Charities.[4] For the 2010–11 Canadian Women's Hockey League season, she was named to the league Board of Directors.[5]

In 2021, she was named the president of the Boston Pride in the National Women's Hockey League.[6]

Personal

In October 2007, she was announced as a contributor to USCHO.com and their online Game of the Week broadcasts.[7] Coyne is employed in the field of social media. She has been employed by companies such as Groove Networks, Microsoft, and HubSpot in 2006.[8]

Volunteer work

References

  1. ↑ Colleen Coyne Olympic medals and stats Archived 2007-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Olympedia – Colleen Coyne". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
  3. ↑ "1994-95 Classic - Women of Hockey #W26 - Colleen Coyne".
  4. ↑ "George Nagobads, Mike Ilitch's Pizza & Colleen Coyne of the 1998 U.S. Women's Olympic Team | USA Hockey Magazine".
  5. ↑ "Pointstreak Sites | Canadian Women's Hockey League | Home Page". Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  6. ↑ "GOLD MEDALIST COLLEEN COYNE JOINS THE NWHL'S BOSTON PRIDE AS PRESIDENT". National Women's Hockey League. April 19, 2021.
  7. ↑ "USCHO Announces 2007-08 Women's Game of the Week Broadcast Schedule :: USCHO.com :: U.S. College Hockey Online". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
  8. ↑ "Colleen Coyne". Archived from the original on 2012-06-13. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
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