Heather F. Linstad
CHS Class of 1985
CHS ’85 Student Representative (4), Soccer (1,2,3,4-Co-Captain), Basketball (2,3,4- Co-Captain), Softball (2,3,4-Co-Captain) Earned 10 Varsity Letters, Co-Female Athlete of the Year (4)
Providence College BS Business Administration ’89 Soccer (1,2,3), Softball (3), Ice Hockey (1,2-Assistant Captain,3-Assistant Captain,4-Captain)—Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) All-Star (2,3,4), ECAC Player of the Year (4); Big Brother/Big Sister
Career
Am-Can Transportation Sales Representative, Regional Sales Manager; Coaching Career: Lawrence Academy (Women’s Ice Hockey Head Coach), Northeastern University (Women’s Ice Hockey Head Coach)-Divison I National Champions (1996- 97), All four year players on her teams graduated; ECAC Women’s Ice Hockey of the Year—Only person to ever be ECAC Player of the Year and Coach of the Year; Australia Established & coached the 1st National Women’s Ice Hockey Team; USA Hockey Festival Team (Head Coach); Assisted in selection of U.S. Women’s Olympic Ice Hockey Team that won the Gold Medal (Nagano, Japan, 1998)
Community
Organized “Puppy Pound” Hockey program for inner-city & suburban girls developing hockey skills at Northeastern, Fenway Community Service Program-Boston, Speaker at Career Days at Area High Schools; Northeastern University Alumni Association, American Women’s Hockey Coach’s Association (President), USA Hockey, CHSAA