Kendall Coyne hired by NBC Sports after impressing at NHL All-Star weekend

Awesome news! Let’s go, Kendall!

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Kendall Coyne hired by NBC Sports after impressing at NHL All-Star weekend
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US gold medal Olympian Kendall Coyne Schofield’s memorable performance as the first woman to compete in the NHL All-Star Skills Competition has prompted NBC to hire her as an analyst for tomorrow night’s Wednesday Night Hockey broadcast between Tampa Bay Lightning and Pittsburgh Penguins.

Coyne, a communications major who worked as a reporter while playing for Northeastern in the NCAA, will appear on the pregame show and will go between the benches with NBC reporter Pierre McGuire. 

“I love to be able to talk about the game and when this opportunity presented itself, I was more than ecstatic,” Coyne said earlier today.

This past weekend Coyne posted an incredible lap speed record that fell just shy of Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid in the fastest skater competition at the 2019 NHL All Star Skills Competition. 

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It was Coyne’s showing on Friday evening that earned her a shot with NBC, here’s hoping she puts forward another strong performance, albeit of a different variety, tomorrow evening so that we can continue to hear one of the best young voices in women’s hockey around the NHL with more regularity.

Source: NHL on NBC