Karyn Bye-Dietz



Karyn L. Bye (born May 18, 1971 in River Falls, Wisconsin) is an ice hockey player. She was the alternate captain of the 1998 Winter Olympics gold-medal winning United StatesWomen's Hockey Team. She has been a member of the US National Team since 1992. In 1998, she was featured on a Wheaties box.



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[hide]  *1 Playing career  ==Playing career[edit] == ===Early years[edit] === Karyn played for the River Falls Wildcats Boys High School Hockey team under the name of K.L. Bye as she did while growing up. The 1987-88 season she was the second leading scorer on the team with 7 goals and 11 assists. ===NCAA[edit] === Bye played for the New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey program. She scored 164 points in 87 games for the Wildcats. ===USA Hockey[edit] === Karyn Bye led the '98 Olympic team in Nagano with five goals in six games. She tied Cammi Granato and two others for the scoring lead with eight points.[1]  On December 16, 2010, she was selected to the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame Class of 2011.[2] ==Personal[edit] == She has worked for the Minnesota Wild in its grassroots program. Bye teaches fitness classes at her local YMCA. Currently, she is also a color commentator for the Minnesota Girls State High School Hockey Tournament. ==Awards and honors[edit] ==
 * 1.1 Early years
 * 1.2 NCAA
 * 1.3 USA Hockey
 * 2 Personal
 * 3 Awards and honors
 * 4 See also
 * 5 References
 * 6 External links
 * 1995 Concordia University Fittest Female Athlete [3]
 * 1995 and 1998 USA Hockey Women 's Player of the Year Award (also known as the Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year award) <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[4]
 * She was inducted into the University of New Hampshire Hall of Fame in 1998