Alana Blahoski

Alana Blahoski
Date of birth	April 29, 1974
place of birth	Saint Paul , Minnesota , USA
size	170 cm
Weight	57 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1988-1992	Johnson High School
1992-1996	Providence College
1996-2001	USA hockey

Alana Olga Blahoski (born April 29, 1974 in Saint Paul , Minnesota ) is a former American ice hockey player and coach . Blahoski was from 1996 to 2001 a member of the women's national ice hockey team of the United States and was with this Olympic champion at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano . In addition, she worked as the team's assistant coach between 2004 and 2006, and after winning four silver medals at world championships as a player, she won the gold medal at the 2005 World Championships .

Career

Blahoski spent her high school years at Johnson High School in her hometown of Saint Paul until 1992 and moved from there to Providence College . During her four years at the university, in addition to her sociology studies , she played both ice hockey and softball for the university team in ECAC Hockey . For the ice hockey team, the striker had scored 83 points , including 35 goals, within four years .

After graduating from college, Blahoski moved to the US hockey association USA Hockey , which she represented for the next five years with the women's national ice hockey team in the United States in almost every major international tournament. After winning the silver medal at the 1997 World Cup , the attacker took part in the women's ice hockey tournament, which was held for the first time as part of the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan . There she crowned her career by winning the gold medal. Blahoski then played the 1999 , 2000 and 2001 World Championships , all of which ended with further silver medal wins. In summer 2001 she ended her active career.

Blahoski then aspired to work as a trainer and from 2003 worked as an assistant trainer for the US women's national team. By 2006, she completed two world championships behind the gang, including the 2005 world championship , where the US girls won the world championship for the first time. She also took part in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin as an assistant trainer, where the Americans took third place and thus bronze. In 2004 she had already become the head coach of the association's female U22 squad, which she subsequently looked after over a longer period of time.

Achievements and Awards

1997 silver medal at the world championship 1998 gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games 1999 silver medal at the world championship 2000 silver medal at the world championship

2001 silver medal at the world championship 2004 silver medal at the world championship (as assistant coach) 2005 gold medal at the world championship (as assistant coach) 2006 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games (as assistant trainer)

Web links

• Alana Blahoski at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Alana Blahoski in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )