Kendall Coyne Schofield outdoes herself at NWHL All-Star weekend
When women’s hockey star and Minnesota Whitecaps player Kendall Coyne Schofield competed in the NHL’s fastest skater competition and finished with a time of 14.346 seconds, she amazed everyone watching her blaze around the ice at SAP Center.
Despite how impressive that mark was, the Olympic gold medalist managed an even more outstanding result at the National Women’s Hockey League fastest skater event with a time of 13.9 seconds.
With a time of 13.9 seconds — you guessed it! — @KendallCoyne wins fastest skater! pic.twitter.com/MXOivkD83K
— NWHL (@NWHL) February 9, 2019
Here’s how her time stacked up against the other competitors:
NWHL Fastest Skater times:
Picard (MET): 14.84
Pelkey (BOS): 16.38
Bender (BOS): 15.34
Schofield (MIN): 13.91*
Chesson (BUF): 14.93
Curtis (MIN): 14.60
Schipper (MIN): 14.56
Thunstrom (MIN): 14.50*winning time
— Eleni 🤗 (@strongforecheck) February 10, 2019
Without knowing her time to a thousandth of a second, we can’t accurately pinpoint how this time would have stacked up had it been the mark she posted at the NHL All-Star game. However, on top of finishing ahead of Clayton Keller, she would’ve also topped Cam Atkinson, while finishing somewhere very close to Miro Heiskanen and Elias Pettersson.
The massive influence that Coyne Schofield has had on women’s hockey with these performances has been something to see.
“I’ll skate 14 seconds in a circle every single day if it means it’ll impact this many people and grow the sport the way it has.” – really fast skater @KendallCoyne pic.twitter.com/wwzBidymAc
— NWHL (@NWHL) February 10, 2019
The NWHL All-Star game which took place at Bridgestone Arena on Sunday set an attendance record with 6,120 at the game.
Nashville: you did it!
Today’s #NWHLAllStar attendance is 6,120 – a new record for professional women’s hockey in the United States.
👏 fans, players, supporters. pic.twitter.com/uuHpZfg5Kq— NWHL (@NWHL) February 10, 2019
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