U.S. national team captain Kendall Coyne Schofield was hired by the Chicago Blackhawks as its first female player development coach and a youth hockey growth specialist.
She will continue to train with the national team.
Coyne Schofield, a 28-year-old who was on every Olympic and world championship team since 2011, will assist a coaching staff in Rockford, home of the Blackhawks’ AHL affiliate, while also scouting potential prospects. Coyne Schofield, a Chicagoland native, has long been a community liaison for the club.
Coyne Schofield previously did NHL TV work as a San Jose Sharks game analyst and as an inside-the-glass analyst for a St.