KENDALL’S STORY
Kendall Coyne’s route to becoming an Olympian began in an outdoor ice rink in a southwest suburb of Chicago called Orland Park, Illinois. Today, that rink is indoors, and is known as the Championship Rink inside of the Arctic Ice Arena. Over 20 years ago when Kendall first donned a pair of hockey skates, the city of Chicago wasn’t crazy about hockey like they are today. Many of Kendall’s friends in school didn’t know what hockey was, or thought it was weird that she was a girl playing hockey. While she never let any of that bother her, Kendall was a multi-sport athlete as a kid. She played baseball, basketball, softball, track, and hockey. She was just as passionate about other sports as she was hockey.
From a young age, Kendall’s speed always stood out among her peers. She loved to do everything fast like skating, stealing bases, running around the neighborhood, playing at the park and riding her bike. She loves to go fast.
Throughout Kendall’s career, there weren’t many other girls playing hockey so the majority of Kendall’s teams were all boys and her. As her love for hockey continued to grow, she asked her parents to try out for AA travel hockey. Kendall’s parents agreed because they saw how much she loved the game. Kendall did not make the team, and returned to house league. The following season Kendall was determined to make a travel hockey team. Not only did Kendall make a travel hockey team that year, she made a AAA boys team, playing against players a year older than her. By getting cut the year before, Kendall used that as motivation to become a stronger player.
Kendall’s youth hockey career continued to soar. She had to stop playing hockey games with the boys at bantam minors because the boys became a lot bigger than Kendall. However, she would practice with the boy’s teams and play girls’ hockey. She did this all the way until she went to college.
At 15 years old, Kendall got her first call from USA Hockey. She was asked to join Team USA’s U-18 team. As the youngest member of the team, she was ecstatic to wear the red, white, and blue for the first time. In 2009, at 18-years old, Kendall got invited to tryout for the 2009-2010 U.S. Olympic Team. After being cut, Kendall returned to Carl Sandburg High School in Orland Park, Illinois for her senior year. In 2011, Kendall made her Senior National Team debut, playing in her first World Championship. Kendall also went on to play her college hockey at Northeastern University where she received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees, both summa cum laude.
Since then, Kendall has become an Olympic Champion a World Champion and so much more. Currently she is the president and co-founder with husband Michael Schofield, of the Schofield Family Foundation. In 2020, the couple joined a new ownership group of the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL). In the work to create a sustainable and viable professional women’s hockey league, Kendall is a board member for the Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association (PWHPA). She is the founder of the Kendall Coyne Hockey camp which just completed its seventh year.
For her many achievements, on and off the ice, Kendall has received the honor of being named to the prestigious 2022 Forbes 30 Under 30 List. In January 2022, Kendall’s highly anticipated book, As Fast As Her, was published by HarperCollins. The true, inspirational story of how Kendall broke down barriers to achieve her dreams, As Fast As Her reached #1 on the Amazon best seller lists in three selected young adult categories.
Without love, passion, sacrifice, hard work, commitment, and the support from so many including her family, Kendall would not be where she is at today.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
OLYMPIC GAMES
2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, China – Silver Medalist
- Served as team captain. Finished with six points in seven games (3g 3a)
2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea – Gold Medalist
- Led the tournament with 21 shots; Finished with three points in five games (2g 1a)
2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia – Silver Medalist
- Tied for Team USA point leader; Finished with six points in five games (2g 4a)
US Women’s National Team
IIHF Women’s World Championship
6-time World Champion
- 2022: Herning, Denmark: Silver Medalist. Served as Team Captain. Finished the tournament with eleven points (1g 10a). Became the All-time Assists leader in Team USA World Championship History (41a)
- 2021: Calgary, Alberta: Silver Medalist. Served as team captain. Finished the tournament five points (2g 3a) and a plus-5 rating
- 2020: Halifax, Nova Scotia – Named to her 8th Women’s World Championship team; tournament was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic
- 2019: Espoo, Finland: Gold Medalist. Served as team captain. Finished with nine points (5g 4a) in five games and a plus-11 rating. Named to the Media All-Star Team along with teammates Hilary Knight and Cayla Barnes. Won the Directorate Award as top forward in the tournament. Named the Bob Allen Women’s Player of the Year
- 2017: Plymouth, Michigan: Gold Medalist. Tied for tournament lead with 12 points and five goals. Named U.S. Player of the Game in a preliminary-round matchup against Russia and the semifinals versus Germany. Also named one of the Top Three U.S. Players of the Tournament
- 2016: Kamloops, British Columbia: Gold Medalist. Finished with four points (1g 3a) in five games and a plus-6 rating
- 2015: Malmo, Sweden: Gold Medalist. Finished with three goals and four assists in five games; Tied for tournament lead with plus-8 rating
- 2013: Ottawa, Ontario: Gold Medalist. Finished with five points (1g 4a) in five games; Tied for sixth overall with four assists
- 2012: Burlington, Vermont: Silver Medalist. Finished with nine points (4g 5a) in five games; Named U.S. Player of the Game in the gold-medal game (April 14); was second overall in the tournament with a plus-10 rating
- 2011: Zurich, Switzerland: Gold Medalist. Finished with six points (4g 2a) in five games; Tied for second on the team in goals scored with four and was third on the team with a plus-9 rating
Four Nations Cup
6x Gold medalist
- 2018: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (1st); Finished with 5 points in four games (1g 4a)
- 2017: Wesley Chapel and Tampa, Florida (1st)
- Was the U.S.’s top point-getter with seven (4-3) and leading goal scorer
- Honored as U.S. Player of the Game in 5-0 win over Sweden and 4-2 win over Canada in the preliminary round
- 2016: Vierumaki, Finland (1st); Tallied four points in four games (2g 2a)
- 2015: Sundsvall, Sweden (1st); Finished with 3 points in four games (2g 1a)
- 2014: Kamloops, British Columbia (2nd); Finished with one point in four games (1a)
- 2013: Lake Placid, New York (3rd); Finished with three points (1g 3a)
- 2012: Vantaa, Finland (1st)
- Scored the game-winning goal on Nov. 10 to clinch first place over Canada and was named the U.S Player of the Game
- Finished with 2 points (1g 1a)
- 2011: Nykoping, Sweden (1st); Finished with six points in four games (3g 3a)
- Named U.S. Player of the Game in 10-1 win over Finland (Nov. 12)
- 2010: St. Johns, Newfoundland (2nd)
- Named U.S. Player of the Game in 10-1 win over Finland (Nov. 12)
- Finished with two pints in four games (1g 1a)
IIHF Twelve Nations Invitational Tournament Series
2011 – Team member
U-22 Women’s National Team
2008, 2010, 2012 Team Member
U-18 IIHF Women’s World Championships
2x World Champion
- All-time leading scorer in tournament history with 33 points (22g 11a) in 15 games
- 2010: Woodridge,Illinois. Silver Medalist. Finished with 12 points (10g 2a) in five games; Earned the directorate award for the tournament’s top forward after recording 10 goals and 2 assists and a +10 rating in 5 games; Selected one of Team USA’s three best players by the coaches; Assistant Captain
- 2009: Fussen, Germany. Gold Medalist. Finished with 15 points in five games (8g 7a); Selected one of Team USA’s three best players for the tournament
- 2008: Calgary, Alberta.Gold Medalist. Finished with six points in five games (4g 2a); Named one of the team’s top three players for the tournament
COLLEGE HOCKEY – NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
Senior Year (2015-2016)
- 2016 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award recipient as the top player in women’s college hockey
- Set Northeastern Career Records in points (249), goals (141), single-season points (84)
- Named Hockey East Player of the Year and a First Team All American
- Led the NCAA in goals, goals per game, points per game, shorthanded goals and hat tricks
- Became Hockey East all-time leader in career points and career goals
- Led the Huskies to their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance as captain
- Hockey East Scoring Champion award winner
- NCAA Today’s Top 10 Award Winner Recipient
- NCAA Top 30 Woman of the Year Honoree
- Named to the Hockey East All-Academic Team
- WHEA Distinguished Scholar (All-Academic Team all four years)
- WHEA Top Scholar Athlete (4.0 GPA for the season)
- All-New England Player of the Year
Junior Year (2014-2015)
- Named WHEA First-Team All Star
- Second Team All-American
- Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Top Ten Finalist
- Named to the Hockey East All-Academic Team
- 2x Warrior Player of the Week in Hockey East
- All-USCHO Second Team
Sophomore Year (2012-2013)
- Named CCM Hockey All-American Second Team, Army ROTC Three Stars Award winner, team MVP
- Seven-time Athletic Republic Player of the Week honoree
- Became the 22nd player in program history to record 100 career points, and only the third to accomplish the feat in less than two seasons
- Set the league record for conference points in a season
- Named to the Hockey East All-Academic Team
- Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Top Ten Finalist
- Beanpot Most Valuable Player
- 2x Athletic Republic Player of the Month
- WHEA All-Tournament Team
Freshman Year (2011-2012)
- Named to the Hockey East All-Academic Team
- Unanimous choice as Hockey East Rookie of the Year
- Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Top 30 Finalist
- Hockey East First Team All-Star
- USCHO.com Rookie of the Year
- All-New England Division I All-Star
