Kendall Coyne Schofield | |||
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Born | Palos Heights, Illinois U.S. | May 25, 1992||
Height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) | ||
Weight | 125 lb (57 kg; 8 st 13 lb) | ||
Position | Forward | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
PWHL team Former teams | Minnesota Frost Minnesota Whitecaps | ||
National team | United States | ||
Playing career | 2007–present | ||
Medal record |
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. [1] [2] With the national team, she has won six gold medals at the IIHF World Women's Championships and the gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics. In 2016, she was the winner of the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. [3] In January 2017, Coyne was recognized as the recipient of the NCAA Today's Top 10 Award. [4] [5]
She has also been a color commentator for the San Jose Sharks. [6] In 2020, she was hired by the Chicago Blackhawks as a player development coach for their American Hockey League affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs. [7]
Coyne was born in Palos Heights, Illinois to John and Ahlise Coyne. [8] She has two brothers and a sister. Her oldest brother Kevin Coyne played Division III. Her younger brother Jake is a member of the United States Army. Her younger sister, Bailey, is a forward for the Lindenwood Women's Ice Hockey Team [9]
From 2006 to 2010, Coyne attended Sandburg High School [10] and later attended the prep school, the Berkshire School, in Sheffield, Massachusetts for the academic year 2010 to 2011. [11] In December 2015, she graduated from Northeastern University in Boston with a B.A. in communication studies. [1] In 2017, she graduated with an M.S. summa cum laude in corporate and organizational communications at Northeastern University. [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. Coyne participated in three seasons with the Mission and had 254 points in 157 games. [11] In addition, she played in two national championship games with the Mission and won one title. Coyne attended the Berkshire School for the 2010–2011 season, totaling 77 points on 55 goals and 22 assists in 25 games. [11] She was named the New England Prep School Player of the Year.
On April 28, 2011, it was announced that Coyne committed to the Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey program. [12] [13] In her senior year, Coyne was awarded the Patty Kazmaier Award as the top female college ice hockey player in the United States. [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. The festival was the selection camp for the senior national team (that would constitute players for the 2010 Olympic team), and Coyne was one of 41 players that were invited. [15] In the gold medal game of the 2010 Four Nations Cup, Coyne scored for the United States. [16] After the 2010 Four Nations Cup, Coyne had 36 career points (24 goals, 12 assists) in 27 games with the U.S. national team.
On January 28, 2011, it was announced that Coyne was named to the preliminary roster for the U.S. Women's National Team. From April 4 to 12, 2011, she was one of 30 players who took part in a selection/training camp. She was named to the final roster that participated at the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship.
On January 2, 2022, she was named to Team USA's roster to represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics. [17]
In the 2015 NWHL Draft, she was selected third overall by the Boston Pride. [18] In July 2016, Coyne signed with the independent Minnesota Whitecaps. [19] Heading into the 2018–19 Minnesota Whitecaps season, Coyne re-signed with the club in their first season as members of the National Women's Hockey League. [20] Coyne was named to Team Szabados for the 2019 NWHL All-Star Weekend on December 5, 2018. [21]
On July 11, 2018, Coyne became the first woman to play in the Chicago Pro Hockey League at MB Arena, a league that features 80 professional players and 80 amateurs. [22]
On January 25, 2019, Coyne was named a replacement for Colorado Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon at the 2019 NHL All-Star Skills fastest-skater challenge as part of the 2019 NHL All-Star weekend. Although she was originally going to demonstrate the challenges, Coyne became the first woman to compete in an NHL All-Stars skills competition. [23] Coyne had a time of 14.326 seconds, which placed her seventh out of eight skaters, which was comparable to the rest of the eight-person field; [24] Connor McDavid won the competition with a time of 13.378 seconds. [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.
On September 6, 2023, Coyne was one of the first players to sign a contract in the new Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL), signing with Minnesota. [27] Ahead of the start of the league's inaugural season, she was named Minnesota's captain. [28] On May 29, 2024, Coyne captained Minnesota to win the first-ever Walter Cup Finals, defeating Boston 3–0 in the decisive game 5, scoring the final empty-net goal. [29] [30]
Coyne has competed in seven IIHF World Women's Championships, winning gold medals in 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2019, and a silver medal in 2012. Coyne competed in three IIHF U18 World Women's Championships, winning gold medals in 2008 and 2009 and silver in 2010. Coyne is the all-time leading scorer in tournament history with 33 points (22g 11a) in 15 games
Coyne represented the U.S. at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, where she won a silver medal, and at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, where she won a gold medal. In Sochi 2014, Team USA lost to Canada in the gold medal game. Coyne was the leading scorer for Team USA, with 6 points on 2 goals and 4 assists. [31]
Coyne is married to NFL player Michael Schofield of the Detroit Lions. [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. [34] [35] They wed in July 2018. [36] Coyne gave birth to their first child, a son named Drew, on July 1, 2023. [37]
On March 1, 2021, the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women's Soccer League announced that Coyne and her spouse Michael Schofield had joined the women's soccer team's ownership group. [38] [39] [40]
In addition to her playing career, Coyne has served in various leadership roles in women's hockey. She served on the board of directors for the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) non-profit organization. After the founding of the PWHL in 2023, she was named to the executive committee of the league's labour union, the PWHL Players Association. [41]
Coyne Schofield her husband operate the Kendall and Michael Schofield Family Foundation. [42]
In 2023, the foundation sponsored renovation of Schussler Park in Orland Park. The park was renamed to the "Michael Schofield III Sports Complex" in recognition of the foundation's funding. [42] [43]
The foundation had partnered with the activist Andrew Holmes's titular Andrew Holmes Foundation to organize winter holiday events for Chicago families who had been impacted by gun violence. [44] [45] Additionally, in 2022 and 2023 the Schofields joined Holmes in distributing gun safety locks to help prevent household gun incidents involving children. The Schofields provided 500 locks themselves. [46] [47]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2024 | Inside Out 2 | Hockey announcer | [48] |
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2007–08 | Chicago Mission | T1EHL | 18 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2008–09 | Chicago Mission | T1EHL | 12 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2009–10 | Chicago Mission | T1EHL | 19 | 25 | 14 | 39 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2010–11 | Berkshire School | MAHS | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2011–12 | Northeastern Huskies | Hockey East | 31 | 26 | 19 | 45 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2012–13 | Northeastern Huskies | Hockey East | 34 | 37 | 31 | 68 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2014–15 | Northeastern Huskies | Hockey East | 31 | 28 | 24 | 52 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2015–16 | Northeastern Huskies | Hockey East | 37 | 50 | 34 | 84 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2018–19 | Minnesota Whitecaps | NWHL | 13 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
2019–20 | Minnesota | PWHPA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2020–21 | Minnesota | PWHPA | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2022–23 | Team Adidas | PWHPA | 9 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2023–24 | PWHL Minnesota | PWHL | 24 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
NWHL totals | 13 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
PWHPA totals | 15 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
PWHL totals | 24 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2008 | United States | U18 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||
2009 | United States | U18 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 2 | ||
2010 | United States | U18 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 2 | ||
2011 | United States | WC | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
2012 | United States | WC | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | ||
2013 | United States | WC | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
2014 | United States | OG | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
2015 | United States | WC | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
2016 | United States | WC | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
2017 | United States | WC | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | ||
2018 | United States | OG | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
2019 | United States | WC | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | ||
2021 | United States | WC | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
2022 | United States | OG | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||
2022 | United States | WC | 7 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 2 | ||
2024 | United States | WC | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | ||
Junior totals | 15 | 22 | 11 | 33 | 8 | ||||
Senior totals | 75 | 36 | 55 | 91 | 16 |
Sources: [50]
Coyne wrote an autobiography, As Fast As Her: Dream Big, Break Barriers, Achieve Success, co-written with Estelle Laure, published in January 2022. [51]
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Julie Chu and Kendall Coyne scored for the U.S.... The U.S. jumped ahead 2–1 midway through the second period when Chu and Coyne scored in a 1:17 span.