Courtney Kennedy is an American ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 player. She won a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics

2002 Winter Olympics

The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...

 and a bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics

2006 Winter Olympics

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...

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Courtney played college hockey at Colby College before transferring to the University of Minnesota along with her sister Shannon. In 2008 Kennedy was inducted into University of Minnesota M Club Hall of Fame.

Courtney is assistant director of the Kennedy School of Hockey http://www.kennedyschoolofhockey.com/.

Courtney is the former head coach of Buckingham Browne & Nichols girls' varsity ice hockey team and the current assistant head coach of Boston College's women's ice hockey team.

External links

• Courtney Kennedy's U.S. Olympic Team bio