Karen Nystrom (born June 17, 1969) was a member of the 1998 Canadian National women's team that participated in
ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Playing career
Prior to joining the Canadian National women's team for the 1992 Women's World ice hockey championships, Nystrom participated in the
Central Ontario Women's Hockey League
The Central Ontario Women's Hockey League (COWHL) is a defunct hockey league in Ontario, Canada. During the 1998-99 season, the COWHL was renamed the National Women's Hockey League as the teams from the former league began to compete against teams ...
. Nystrom competed for the Scarborough Firefighters (1985 to 1991) and the Toronto Redwings. Prior to the 1998 Olympics, Nystrom also played hockey for the
Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey program. She would play with the
Brampton Thunder from 1997 to 2003. During the
2000–01 NWHL season, Nystrom played with the Brampton Thunder and finished fourth in league scoring with 48 points.
Other
Karen Nystrom was also a soccer player who competed for Scarborough United. In 2006, Nystrom was hired as an assistant coach at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in
Oshawa
Oshawa ( , also ; 2021 population 175,383; CMA 415,311) is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the Lake Ontario shoreline. It lies in Southern Ontario, approximately east of Downtown Toronto. It is commonly viewed as the eastern anchor of the G ...
,
Ontario. Prior to accepting the job, she had worked for over 10 years as a customer service manager for
Nike Canada. In March 2009, she would become the head coach.
Career stats
Awards and honours
*Won COWHL scoring title in 1991-92 (runner-up in 1990–91, 1992–93 and
1996–97)
* COWHL All-Star Team every year from 1989 to 1997
* OWHA champion with Scarborough Firefighters, 1991
References
External links
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1969 births
Living people
Brampton Thunder players
Canadian women's ice hockey forwards
Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey players
Olympic ice hockey players of Canada
Olympic medalists in ice hockey
Olympic silver medalists for Canada
Sportspeople from Scarborough, Toronto
Ice hockey people from Toronto