Colleen Coyne Explained

Position:Defense
Shoots:Left
Height Ft:5
Height In:3
Weight Lb:130
League:Hockey East
Sex:f
Ntl Team:USA
Birth Date:19 September 1971
Birth Place:Falmouth, Massachusetts, U.S.
Career Start:1990
Career End:1998

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] [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

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

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

Notes and References

  1. http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=COYNECOL01 Colleen Coyne Olympic medals and stats
  2. Web site: Colleen Coyne . February 3, 2023 . Olympedia.
  3. mdy-all.
  4. Web site: 1994-95 Classic - Women of Hockey #W26 - Colleen Coyne.
  5. Web site: George Nagobads, Mike Ilitch's Pizza & Colleen Coyne of the 1998 U.S. Women's Olympic Team | USA Hockey Magazine.
  6. Web site: Pointstreak Sites | Canadian Women's Hockey League | Home Page . June 12, 2012 . https://archive.today/20130115074703/http://cwhl.ca/index.php?pg=cwhl&id=67 . January 15, 2013 . dead.
  7. Web site: GOLD MEDALIST COLLEEN COYNE JOINS THE NWHL'S BOSTON PRIDE AS PRESIDENT . . April 19, 2021.
  8. Web site: USCHO Announces 2007-08 Women's Game of the Week Broadcast Schedule :: USCHO.com :: U.S. College Hockey Online. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230047/http://www.uscho.com/2007/10/17/uscho-announces-200708-womens-game-of-the-week-broadcast-schedule/ . March 3, 2016 .
  9. Web site: Colleen Coyne . June 12, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120613235059/http://www.hubspot.com/services/colleen-coyne . June 13, 2012 . dead.