Ben Smith

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Ben Smith is an American ice hockey coach best known for leading the U.S. women’s national team to its first Olympic gold medal in 1998 and for his long, influential career in international women’s hockey.


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instanceOf American
human
ice hockey coach
awardReceived AHCA Women's Ice Hockey Founders Award
USA Hockey Distinguished Achievement Award
induction into the IIHF Hall of Fame
induction into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame
coachedAtEvent 1998 Winter Olympics women's ice hockey tournament
2002 Winter Olympics women's ice hockey tournament
2006 Winter Olympics women's ice hockey tournament
coachedTeam Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey
Dartmouth Big Green men's ice hockey
Northeastern Huskies men's ice hockey
U.S. women's national under-22 ice hockey team
United States men's national ice hockey team
United States women's national ice hockey team
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1941-07-21
educatedAt Harvard University
employer Boston University NERFINISHED
Dartmouth College NERFINISHED
Northeastern University NERFINISHED
USA Hockey
fieldOfWork women's ice hockey
genre international women's ice hockey coaching
influenced growth of international women's ice hockey
languageSpoken English
memberOfSportsTeam Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey
notableFor coaching the United States women's national ice hockey team
long, influential career in international women's hockey
winning the first Olympic gold medal in women's ice hockey for the United States in 1998
notableWork development of the U.S. women's national ice hockey program
occupation ice hockey coach
ice hockey player
participatedIn 1998 Winter Olympics
2002 Winter Olympics
2006 Winter Olympics
placeOfBirth Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States
positionHeld head coach of the United States women's national ice hockey team
residence Massachusetts, United States
sexOrGender male
sport ice hockey
sportDisciplineCoached men's ice hockey
women's ice hockey
teamAchievement Olympic bronze medal in women's ice hockey at Turin 2006
Olympic gold medal in women's ice hockey at Nagano 1998
Olympic silver medal in women's ice hockey at Salt Lake City 2002

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IIHF Hall of Fame 2016
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