Ronda Curtin Engelhardt

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Ronda Curtin Engelhardt
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Curtin in 2022
Born (1980-11-02) November 2, 1980 (age 43)
Roseville, Minnesota
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 145 lb (66 kg; 10 st 5 lb)
Position Forward
WCHA team Minnesota Golden Gophers
Playing career 1999–2003

Ronda Curtin Engelhardt (born November 2, 1980, in Roseville, Minnesota) is an American ice hockey player and coach. She currently serves as head coach of the Minnesota Whitecaps, leading the team to an Isobel Cup victory in 2019. During her playing career with the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers ice hockey team, she was a finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award, and was selected to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association women's team of the decade in the 2000s.

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Career

Prior to playing for Minnesota, Curtin was a member of the United States Select Team roster that competed at the 1999 Christmas Cup tournament in Fussen, Germany, on December 27–30, 1999. [1] Some of her teammates included future Olympians Julie Chu, Natalie Darwitz, Jenny Schmidgall and Krissy Wendell.

Curtin played both defense and forward as the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers won the 2001–02 Western Collegiate Hockey Association regular-season title for the second consecutive season. Curtin's season included 45 points (11 goals, 34 assists) in 34 games, making her the first defender in WCHA history to lead the conference in regular-season scoring. She led the WCHA in assists (34) and power-play points (21). During the season, Curtin garnered WCHA Player of the Week honors three times and became the first women's ice hockey player in Minnesota to win the award three times in a single season. For her efforts, she was named the 2002 WCHA Player of the Year, the WCHA Defensive Player of the year, a WCHA First Team selection and the WCHA Tournament Most Valuable Player. For the 2002–03 season, she was named team captain.

After finishing her college playing career, she joined the University of St. Thomas hockey staff as an assistant coach for four seasons and earned her Master's degree. [2] [3] She later coached the girls' team at Breck School.

In 2018, she was hired as a co-coach of the professional Minnesota Whitecaps in the National Women's Hockey League for their inaugural 2018–19 season in the league. [4]

Personal

In addition to her athletic achievements, she also participates in various community service projects. Her younger sister, Renee, was a forward at Minnesota. [5] She married professional hockey player Brett Engelhardt and has three children. [6]

Career stats

SeasonGoalsAssistsPointsPower Play GoalsShort Handed Goals
1999–200000000
2000–01341217290
2001–02381334471
2002–0338928370
Career11034791131

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Awards and honors

High school

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Golden Gopher awards

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References

  1. ↑ "1999 U.S. Women's Select Team".
  2. ↑ "Robin Curtin Elite Prospects". EliteProspects.com. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Alumni Spotlight: Ronda Curtin". GopherSports.com. October 5, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Whitecaps pick former Gophers star Ronda (Curtin) Engelhardt as co-coach with Jack Brodt". Star Tribune. July 12, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Ivy League Sports". Archived from the original on 2010-01-03. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
  6. ↑ "WHERE ARE THEY NOW? RONDA (CURTIN) ENGELHARDT". StateOfHockey.com. April 5, 2016.
  7. ↑ http://mobile.uscho.com/stats/player.php?pid=279&gender=w%5B%5D
  8. ↑ "Ronda Curtin". Archived from the original on 2010-02-05. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
  9. ↑ http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/w_icehockey_rb/2009/2008%20Awards.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  10. ↑ http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/wcha/sports/w-hockey/auto_pdf/wchaw-2010Ybk-49-56.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  11. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-14. Retrieved 2010-02-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ↑ http://www.wcha.com/about/wcha-about.html%5B%5D
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