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Katie King BC womens coach, 3 time Olympian
WOMEN’S COACH AND FORMER
OLYMPIAN KATIE KING BIO
Katie King enters her third season as the Boston College women’s ice hockey head coach. In her second season as Head Coach King guided the team to a 22-9-5 overall record, a Beanpot Championship, the Hockey East Championship game and a berth in the NCAA Tournament. Under her direction two players earned the program’s first All-American honors, goaltender Molly Schaus became BC’s first ever Patty Kazmaier top-10 finalist, three players were named to the New England Hockey Writers All-Star First Team, five players earned spots on All Hockey East team (three first team, one second and one rookie), two Eagles played on the U.S. National and Select Teams and Kelli Stack was named Hockey East Player of the Year for the second time. The Eagles record helped earn them their second ever NCAA berth in the quarterfinals where they faced Minnesota for a chance to play in the Frozen Four. King was also involved with USA Hockey as an assistant coach for the U-18 team that won the gold medal at the World Championships in January. In the 2007-08 season, she guided the Eagles to a 14-13-7 record in her first season at the helm. The team finished one point shy of making the Hockey East tournament for the fourth consecutive year. King coached two Hockey East All-Stars and three Eagles played for the U.S. National Team throughout the season.
Before taking over the head coaching position, King was an assistant coach at BC for four years. She helped lead the team from a sub-.500 team to one of the premier programs in Hockey East. In 2006-07, the Eagles played in their first NCAA Tournament, going all the way to the Frozen Four before losing to Minnesota-Duluth in double overtime.
King’s playing days include many U.S. victories and medals. She was a member of the 2005-06 Women's National Ice Hockey Team and skated in her third Olympic Games in Torino, Italy where Team USA won the bronze medal. She registered her second Olympic hat trick against Finland in the bronze-medal game. After the 2006 Winter Olympics, King retired from playing hockey with 265 points in 210 international games. She is the all-time leading scorer for Team USA in Olympic contests, and second-highest scorer for the U.S. in all international play.
King was a member of the Women's National Team that won its first-ever gold medal at the 2005 International Ice Hockey Federation Women's World Championship. As a standing member of the U.S. National Team from 1997 to 2006, she also competed in the Four Nations Cup, World Championship Tournaments and the first three Winter Olympics when women’s ice hockey was an official event. King won a gold medal in the 1998 Olympics and a silver medal in the 2002 Games. She took home nine consecutive silver medals in the World Championships (1993-2001) and a gold medal in 2005 with Team USA.
King has worked with two national teams, as well. This past summer she served as an assistant coach for the Under-18 Select Team and National Team and in 2006, she worked with the Under-22 Select Team. She has also worked at as a lecturer, coach and instructor at numerous hockey camps throughout New England and she is currently involved as an instructor at the Eagle Hockey School. King formerly assisted the Salem (N.H.) High School softball team from 1998 to 2000. She holds a spot on the Executive Board at USA Hockey as an Athlete Director.
While a student at Brown, King earned ECAC's Ice Hockey Player of the Year in 1997 and Ivy League Player of the Year three times. She is the Bears’ all-time leading scorer with 206 points, racking up 123 goals and 83 assists in 100 career games. King served as team captain as a junior and senior.
King also lettered in softball while at Brown and served as a three-time team captain. She garnered Ivy League Player of the Year in 1996 and the Ivy League Pitcher of the Year in 1997. She is a Hall of Fame inductee for both hockey and softball at Brown.
The Salem, N.H., native graduated from Brown in 1997 with a B.A. in Organizational Behavior and Management.
AIRPORT SERVICES
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Pick-ups: Sunday July 25 and August 1 (12-2pm) Drop-offs: Friday July 30 and August 6 (4-8pm)
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