Colleen Coyne
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| Born |
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]Coyne attended Tabor Academy in Marion, Massachusetts for high school.[2][3] 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 )[4]
Hockey administration
[edit]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.[5] For the 2010–11 Canadian Women's Hockey League season, she was named to the league Board of Directors.[6]
In 2021, she was named the president of the Boston Pride in the National Women's Hockey League.[7]
Personal
[edit]In October 2007, she was announced as a contributor to USCHO.com and their online Game of the Week broadcasts.[8] Coyne is employed in the field of social media. She has been employed by companies such as Groove Networks, Microsoft, and HubSpot in 2006.[9]
Volunteer work
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Colleen Coyne Olympic medals and stats Archived February 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Colleen Coyne". Olympedia. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Colleen Coyne". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
- ^ "1994-95 Classic - Women of Hockey #W26 - Colleen Coyne".
- ^ "George Nagobads, Mike Ilitch's Pizza & Colleen Coyne of the 1998 U.S. Women's Olympic Team | USA Hockey Magazine".
- ^ "Pointstreak Sites | Canadian Women's Hockey League | Home Page". Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
- ^ "GOLD MEDALIST COLLEEN COYNE JOINS THE NWHL'S BOSTON PRIDE AS PRESIDENT". National Women's Hockey League. April 19, 2021.
- ^ "USCHO Announces 2007-08 Women's Game of the Week Broadcast Schedule :: USCHO.com :: U.S. College Hockey Online". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
- ^ "Colleen Coyne". Archived from the original on June 13, 2012. Retrieved June 12, 2012.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
- Colleen Coyne at Olympics.com
- Colleen Coyne at Olympedia
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- 1971 births
- American women's ice hockey defensemen
- Ice hockey players from Massachusetts
- Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Living people
- Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey players
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in ice hockey
- People from Falmouth, Massachusetts
- Sportspeople from Barnstable County, Massachusetts
- American ice hockey biography stubs