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Katie King enters her second season as the Boston College women's ice hockey head coach. Last year, 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. |
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