Kali Flanagan

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Kali Flanagan
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Kali Flanagan playing for Team USA in 2017
Born (1995-09-19) September 19, 1995 (age 28)
Burlington, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight 141 lb (64 kg; 10 st 1 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
PWHL team PWHL Toronto
Played for
National teamFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Playing career 2014–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Pyeongchang Team
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 United States

Kali Dora Flanagan (born September 19, 1995) is an American ice hockey player for the American national team and PWHL Toronto of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She also serves as an assistant coach for the Northern Cyclones, the first female coach in USPHL history. [1] [2]

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Playing career

Flanagan was originally a figure skater before switching to hockey. [3] In high school, she served as captain for the girls hockey team at the National Sports Academy (Lake Placid, New York).

Across 157 games in the NCAA, she put up 72 points. With Boston College, she won Hockey East championships in 2016 and 2017, as well as Beanpot championships in 2016 and 2017. [4] She took a leave for the 2017-18 season so she could train for the US Olympic team. When she returned for her final season with the college, she served as team co-captain and was named a 2018-19 Hockey East Third Team All-Star.

Flanagan with the Boston Pride in 2022 Kali Flanagan.jpg
Flanagan with the Boston Pride in 2022

She was drafted 5th overall by the Boston Pride in the 2018 NWHL Draft. [5] In May 2019, she joined the newly formed Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) and was one of the team captains during the Dream Gap Tour in Hudson, New Hampshire, in autumn. [6] She was one of the PWHPA players who took part in the 2020 ECHL All-Star Game, where she picked up a goal and an assist. [7] Flanagan signed with the Boston Pride on December 2, 2021, after not making the final roster for the 2022 Olympic Team. [8]

Flanagan was drafted in the sixth round by Toronto in the 2023 PWHL Draft. [9]

International play

She participated at the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship [10] [11] and at the 2018 Winter Olympics. [12] [13] During the 2018 Olympics, Flanagan helped Team USA win their first gold medal since 1998 in a shootout win over Team Canada. [14] She competed for Team Americas at the 2019 Aurora Games.

Personal life

Flanagan was born on September 19, 1995, in Burlington, Massachusetts [15] to Bill Flanagan. [8] Bill played ice hockey for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute before turning to coaching [16] while her cousin Baye Flanagan played for Merrimack College. [17]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2014–15 Boston College HE 393692–––––
2015–16 Boston CollegeHE416182412–––––
2016–17 Boston CollegeHE39514194–––––
2018–19 Boston CollegeHE38515204–––––
2020–21 Team WSF PWHPA 60114–––––
2021–22 Boston Pride PHF 14044632352
2022–23 Boston PridePHF2131316620002
PHF totals35317201252354

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
2017 United States WC Gold medal icon.svg50000
2018 United States OG Gold medal icon.svg50000
Senior totals100000


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