Brown-Miller, Lisa (1966–)

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Brown-Miller, Lisa (1966–)

American ice-hockey player. Born Elizabeth Brown, Nov 16, 1966, in Union Lake, Michigan; graduate of Providence College, 1988; m. John Miller (engineer), 1995.

Served as head coach of the Princeton University women's ice hockey team (1991–96); named ECAC Player of the Year and American Women's Hockey Coaches' Association Player of the Year; named MVP of the US Women's National Team (1992); won a team gold medal at Nagano (1998), the 1st Olympics to feature women's ice hockey; won a team silver medal at World championships (1990, 1992, 1994, 1997).

See also Mary Turco, Crashing the Net: The U.S. Women's Olympic Ice Hockey Team and the Road to Gold (HarperCollins, 1999); and Women in World History.

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