Coyne, Colleen (1971–)

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Coyne, Colleen (1971–)

American ice-hockey player. Born Sept 19, 1971; lived in East Falmouth, Massachusetts.

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 (1992, 1994, 1997) and as assistant coach (2000).

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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