She was the alternate captain of the 1998 Winter Olympics gold-medal winning United States Women's Hockey Team.

She played for the Concordia Stingers women's ice hockey team while earning a graduate degree in sports administration.

She led the team with five goals in six games and tied Cammi Granato and two others for the scoring lead with eight points.

[citation needed] She teaches fitness classes at her local YMCA and previously coached her son's Mite Level 1 hockey team.

As of 2010[update], she is also a color commentator for the Minnesota Girls State High School Hockey Tournament.