Heather Linstad

Heather Lindstad
Sport(s) Women's Ice hockey
Current position
Title Head Coach
Team Connecticut Whale (NWHL)
Record 0–1–0
Biographical details
Born (1967-02-26) February 26, 1967
Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Playing career
1985–1989 Providence
Position(s) Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992–2000 Northeastern (ECAC)
2000–2013 Connecticut (Hockey East)
2011–2012 United States U-18 team
2016–present Connecticut Whale (NWHL)
Head coaching record
Overall 322–289–81[1]
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1982 Hockey East
Awards
ECAC Player of the Year (1989)[2]
Chelmsford High School Hall of Fame (2009)
Records
300 wins[3]

Heather Linstad is the current head coach of the Connecticut Whale of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL).[4]

Coaching career

Linstad was the women's ice hockey coach at the University of Connecticut, coaching the Connecticut Huskies for thirteen seasons. She previously coached eight seasons at Northeastern. She also was a player at Providence. On February 13, 2010, Linstad obtained her 300th win as a head coach, with a 4–1 over the alma matter Friars.[3]

In June 2011, Linstad was named the head coach of the United States U-18 women's ice hockey team. She held this position through the 2011–12 year.[5] She has also won the ECAC Coach of the Year.

Linstad abruptly resigned from her coaching position on March 13, 2013 after two poor seasons.[6]

On January 29, 2016, Lindstad was named as Head Coach of the Connecticut Whale of the National Women's Hockey League.[4]

Controversy

A lawsuit filed against the University of Connecticut suggests Linstad allegedly dismissed a female hockey player from the team for not being stable enough following an alleged on-campus sexual assault by a male hockey player in 2011.[7][8]

Coaching statistics

Year W L T Postseason
2010–11 13 19 3
2009–10 21 9 7 Lost Hockey East final
2008–09 19 12 4
2007–08 22 8 5
2006–07 17 15 3
2005–06 12 21 1
2004–05 16 12 8
2003–04 9 19 6
2002–03 11 20 4
2001–02 11 21 3
2000–01 3 10 0

[9]

References

  1. "Coaching Records | Year by Year | Heather Linstad - Statistics - USCHO.com - U.S. College Hockey Online". USCHO. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
  2. "Annual Awards/All-League" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Heather Linstad Acknowledged for 300th Win". Retrieved September 24, 2011.
  4. 1 2 "Whale Coach Resigns" (PDF). NWHL. January 29, 2016.
  5. "Linstad Named U.S. Women's". Retrieved September 24, 2011.
  6. "Heather Linstad Resigns As Women's Ice Hockey Coach". Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  7. "Rape Victim Was Kicked Off UConn Hockey Team For Not Being 'Stable Enough': Lawsuit". Huffington Post. December 20, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  8. "Former Hockey Player Joins Federal Sexual Assault Suit Against UConn". Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  9. "Connecticut Huskies Women's Hockey: Year-By-Year". USCHO.com. Retrieved April 20, 2010.
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