Kendall Coyne Schofield

Kendall Coyne Schofield (born May 25, 1992) is an American professional ice hockey player and captain for the Minnesota Frost and the United States national team.

[6] In 2020, she was hired by the Chicago Blackhawks as a player development coach for their American Hockey League affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs.

[5] During the 2009–10 season, Coyne scored 53 goals and registered 34 assists in 46 games with the Chicago Mission Under 19 girls' team.

On April 28, 2011, it was announced that Coyne committed to the Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey program.

[3] On January 10, 2009, in Fussen, Germany, Coyne scored the game-winning goal in overtime for the US in the gold medal game of the 2009 IIHF Under 19 championships.

[14] In August 2009, Coyne was the youngest player (at 17 years old) at the USA Hockey women's national festival in Blaine, Minnesota.

On January 2, 2022, she was named to Team USA's roster to represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Although she was originally going to demonstrate the challenges, Coyne became the first woman to compete in an NHL All-Stars skills competition.

[25] She then served as a broadcasting analyst during the Pittsburgh Penguins and Tampa Bay Lightning game on Wednesday Night Hockey.

[26] On January 15, 2020, Coyne was one of ten players named to the US roster for the Elite Women's 3 on 3 at the 2020 NHL All-Star Weekend in St. Louis.

[32][33] They attended the same high school in Orland Park, but did not start to date until they were both college-age and met at a local gym.

She served on the board of directors for the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) non-profit organization.

The park was renamed to the "Michael Schofield III Sports Complex" in recognition of the foundation's funding.

Coyne playing for Team USA in 2017
Kendall Coyne Schofield during the Whitecaps 2018–19 season