Heather Linstad

Heather Lindstad
Sport(s) Women's Ice hockey
Current position
Title Former Head Coach
Team Connecticut
Record 154–166–44
Biographical details
Born Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Playing career
1986–1999 Providence
Position(s) center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988–1998
2000–present
2011–present		 Northeastern
Connecticut
United States U-18 team
Head coaching record
Overall 315–237–71[1]
Accomplishments and honors

Championships

1982 Hockey East

Awards

ECAC Player of the Year (1989)
Chelmsford High School Hall of Fame (2009)

Records

300 wins

Heather Linstad was the women's ice hockey coach at the University of Connecticut, coaching the Connecticut Huskies. She previously coached at Northeastern. Actively, she is in her 12th season as the Huskies head coach, after coaching the other Huskies for nine.[2] 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 will hold this position at least through the 2011–12 year.[4] She has also won the ECAC Coach of the Year.

Linstad abruptly resigned from her coaching position on March 13, 2013. [5] 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.[6] [7]

Year by year

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

[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Quick Facts 2011–12 Connecticut Hockey". http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/conn/sports/w-hockey/auto_pdf/2011-12/quick_facts/quick_facts.pdf''. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "Heather Linstad – Connecticut Huskies". Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "Heather Linstad Acknowledged for 300th Win". Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  4. ↑ "Linstad Named U.S. Women's". Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  5. ↑ "Heather Linstad Resigns As Women's Ice Hockey Coach". Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "Rape Victim Was Kicked Off UConn Hockey Team For Not Being 'Stable Enough': Lawsuit". Huffington Post. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  7. ↑ "Former Hockey Player Joins Federal Sexual Assault Suit Against UConn". Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "Connecticut Huskies Women's Hockey: Year-By-Year". USCHO.com. Retrieved 20 April 2010.