Kali Flanagan

Kali Dora Flanagan (born September 19, 1995) is an American ice hockey player for the American national team and the Boston Pride of the PHF. She also serves as an assistant coach for the Northern Cyclones, the first female coach in USPHL history.[1][2]

Kali Flanagan
Kali Flanagan playing for Team USA in 2017
Born (1995-09-19) September 19, 1995
Burlington, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight 141 lb (64 kg; 10 st 1 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
PHF team Boston Pride
Played for Boston College
National team  United States
Playing career 2014–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2018 PyeongchangTeam
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 United States

Career

Flanagan was originally a figure skater before switching to hockey.[3] In high school, she served as captain for the girls hockey team at the National Sports Academy (Lake Placid, New York).

Across 157 games in the NCAA, she put up 72 points. With Boston College, she won Hockey East championships in 2016 and 2017, as well as Beanpot championships in 2016 and 2017.[4] She took a leave for the 2017-18 season so she could train for the US Olympic team. When she returned for her final season with the college, she served as team co-captain and was named a 2018-19 Hockey East Third Team All-Star.

Flanagan with the Boston Pride in 2022

She was drafted 5th overall by the Boston Pride in the 2018 NWHL Draft.[5] In May 2019, she joined the newly formed Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) and was one of the team captains during the Dream Gap Tour in Hudson, New Hampshire, in autumn.[6] She was one of the PWHPA players who took part in the 2020 ECHL All-Star Game, where she picked up a goal and an assist.[7] Flanagan signed with the Boston Pride on December 2, 2021, after not making the final roster for the 2022 Olympic Team.[8]

International

She participated at the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship[9][10] and at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[11][12] During the 2018 Olympics, Flanagan helped Team USA win their first gold medal since 1998 in a shootout win over Team Canada.[13] She competed for Team Americas at the 2019 Aurora Games.

Personal life

She was raised in Burlington, Massachusetts. Her father, Bill Flanagan, had played ice hockey for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and her cousin Baye Flanagan played for Merrimack College.

References
  1. "Meet the Players: Kali Flanagan". Archived from the original on 2021-02-28. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  2. "Gold on the Bench: Olympic Champion Flanagan coaching NCDC Cyclones". 16 September 2019. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  3. "Around the World and Back: Kali Flanagan's Olympic Path - the Heights". 16 October 2018. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  4. "Boston College Women's Hockey's Kali Flanagan Wins BCI's Female Fan Favorite Award". 22 June 2017. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  5. "Women's Hockey Notebook: Pride get Flanagan in draft". 21 December 2018. Archived from the original on 22 December 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  6. "Dream Gap Tour aims to close gap between what girls can dream, what women can do". 29 August 2019. Archived from the original on 10 January 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  7. "PWHPA shines at 2020 ECHL All-Star Classic". 23 January 2020. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
  8. "Women's hockey notebook: Kali Flanagan's jump to the PHF was no surprise". 2 December 2021. Archived from the original on 6 March 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  9. "2017 World Championship roster" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  10. "Kali Flanagan Bio". teamusa.usahockey.com. Team USA Hockey. Archived from the original on 10 October 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  11. "Athlete Profile - Kali FLANAGAN". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on April 21, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  12. "2017-18 U.S. WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM". teamusa.usahockey.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  13. Futterman, Matthew (February 22, 2018). "U.S. Beats Canada for First Women's Hockey Gold Since 1998". The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 27, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2018.


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