Kendall Coyne-Schofield: Finding Victory On and Off the Ice

Kendall Coyne-Schofield has been one of the best women’s hockey players, stacking awards and medals, but her greatest accomplishment has come off the ice, becoming a mom. 

In the lead up to the Olympics Coyne-Schofield was asked about being a mom, she said “it’s changed me for the better. I think I’m a better hockey player than I was before becoming a mom.” And, the record doesn’t lie, since becoming a mom she has won two medals at the IIHF Women’s Worlds (1G, 1S), a Rivalry Series and back-to-back Walter Cups. 

Her professional accomplishments go back all the way back to the Women's U-18 Tournament, where she won 3 medals with the U.S., two gold and one silver between 2008 and 2010. She then played for the National Team in the first of her ten appearances at the IIHF Women’s World Championships, where she now has six gold medals and four silver. 

She then headed to Northeastern, where she holds the record for career points with 249 and goals with 141. She was recognized in 2016 with the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, after being nominated two times prior (2013 and 2015). 

Being the all-time scoring leader wasn’t all she turned up in college, also making her Olympic debut, in 2014, bringing home a silver medal from Sochi. She made her second Olympic appearance at the 2018 PyeongChang Games, where she co-led the U.S. to the gold medal. In her most recent Olympic appearance, Coyne-Schofield was three months pregnant with her son, Drew, when the U.S. brought home silver from Beijing. She is thrilled to be making her fourth Olympic appearance for the U.S., and even more excited to do it as a mom. 

Known as the fastest woman in hockey she was invited to compete in the NHL All-Star Competition in 2019, where she made history as the first woman to take part in the competition, finishing less than a second after the fastest player in the NHL, Connor McDavid. 

With the formation of the PWHL, Kendall Coyne-Schofield signed as one of the inaugural three players for the Minnesota Frost in 2023 alongside Lee Stecklein and Kelly Pannek, where she has only furthered her game. She was named as the inaugural captain of PWHL Minnesota. In the inaugural season she led the team to the first-ever Walter Cup, before going back-to-back in 2025. This season, she is leading the league in points and goals, now with 10. She’s also now on a 5 game point streak and averaging over a point a game. 

Kendall-Coyne Schofield will be a part of the U.S. leadership group for the 2026 Milano-Cortina Games, as she looks to continue her winning ways, and bring home her second Olympic gold medal, this time with her son, Drew. Be sure to tune in as her game is far from over and only continues to grow.