Kali Dora Flanagan (born September 19, 1995) is an American professional

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player for the

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of the

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(PWHL) and is a member of the

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. She also serves as an assistant coach for the

Northern Cyclones The Northern Cyclones are a junior ice hockey organization competing in the United States Premier Hockey League. The team plays its home games at the Cyclones Arena, located in Hudson, New Hampshire. The Cyclones organization also fields junio ...

, the first female coach in USPHL history.

Playing career

Flanagan was originally a figure skater before switching to hockey. In high school, she served as captain for the girls hockey team at the

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. Across 157 games in the

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, she put up 72 points. With Boston College, she won Hockey East championships in 2016 and 2017, as well as Beanpot championships in 2016 and 2017. She took a leave for the 2017-18 season so she could train for the US Olympic team. When she returned for her final season with the college, she served as team co-captain and was named a 2018-19 Hockey East Third Team All-Star. She was drafted 5th overall by the

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in the

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. In May 2019, she joined the newly formed

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(PWHPA) and was one of the team captains during the Dream Gap Tour in Hudson, New Hampshire, in autumn. She was one of the PWHPA players who took part in the 2020 ECHL All-Star Game, where she picked up a goal and an assist. Flanagan signed with the

on December 2, 2021, after not making the final roster for the 2022 Olympic Team. Flanagan was drafted in the sixth round by

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in the 2023 PWHL draft.

International play

She participated at the

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and at the

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. During the 2018 Olympics, Flanagan helped

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win their first gold medal since 1998 in a shootout win over Team Canada. She competed for Team Americas at the

2019 Aurora Games The 2019 Aurora Games was a female international multi-sport event that was held between 20 and 25 August 2019 in Albany, New York, United States of America. Planned to be a biennial event, the Times Union Center served as host venue. Al ...

Personal life

Flanagan was born on September 19, 1995, in

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to Bill Flanagan. Bill played ice hockey for

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before turning to coaching while her cousin Baye Flanagan played for

Merrimack College Merrimack College is a Private university, private Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinian university in North Andover, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1947 by the Order of St. Augustine with an initial goal to educate World War II veterans. It en ...

. She is in a relationship with her Toronto Sceptres teammate

Allie Munroe Allie Munroe (born April 20, 1997) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Toronto Sceptres of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She previously played for the Djurgårdens IF of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SD ...

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Flanagan, Kali 1995 births Living people American women's ice hockey defensemen Sportspeople from Burlington, Massachusetts Ice hockey players from Massachusetts Ice hockey people from Middlesex County, Massachusetts Boston College Eagles women's ice hockey players Ice hockey coaches from Massachusetts Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in ice hockey Professional Women's Hockey Players Association players Toronto Sceptres players 21st-century American sportswomen LGBTQ ice hockey players American expatriate ice hockey players in Canada Sportspeople from Middlesex County, Massachusetts