PyeongChang2018 – Laura Schuler, Head Coach of Canada Women’s Ice-Hockey Team

Laura Schuler is the Head Coach of the Women’s Ice-Hockey Team and aims to take the team to their 5th straight Gold.

With an Olympic silver medal to her name and 3 Gold World Championships as a player, Laura has a long history in the sport working alongside some of the best players and coaches in the game.  She is the first former Canadian player to serve as Head coach.

In 2004, she became the head coach for the program at Northeastern University. From 1998 to 2000, she had coached the Stouffville Midget AA teams in Stouffville, Ontario from 1998 through 2000. In 2007–08, Schuler’s Northeastern Huskies team had two members on the Hockey East All-Rookie team: Kristi Kehoe (led the team in scoring), and goaltender Leah Sulyma. In the summer of 2010, Schuler participated in the evaluation camp for the 2010–11 Canadian national women’s team She was a coach for Canada Red (the camp was divided into four teams, Red, White, Yellow, Blue). Schuler assisted head coach Ryan Walter for Team Canada at the 2010 Four Nations Cup.

Laura was an assistant coach for the Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs women’s ice hockey program from 2008 until 2016 alongside Coaching legend Shannon Miller. On April 22, 2016, Schuler was named head coach of the Dartmouth College women’s ice hockey team

Laura is still Head coach at Dartmouth Big Green women’s and is taking a leave of absence to oversee the Olympic team.

Laura and wife Jessica Flink bought their house near Dartmouth just a few months ago. Jessica will remain there with their two dogs while Laura shepherds the Canadian women towards Pyeongchang.

“I wouldn’t be able to do something like this without her support,” Schuler said. “She’s been tremendous through this entire journey and always been that person by my side.”