Tina Cardinale-Beauchemin ( Beauchemin, previously Cardinale; born October 20, 1966) is an American retired ice hockey forward who was the captain of the first-ever United States women's national hockey team during the

1990 IIHF Women's World Championship The 1990 IIHF Women's World Championships was an international women's ice hockey competition held at Civic Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (now renamed TD Place Arena) from March 19 to 25, in 1990. This was the first IIHF-sanctioned interna ...

and a member of the American national team at the

1992 IIHF Women's World Championship The 1992 IIHF Women's World Championships was held April 20–26, 1992, in Tampere in Finland. Team Canada won their second gold medal at the World Championships, defeating the United States. Qualification The tournament was held between eight ...

Early life

Born in

Hudson, Massachusetts Hudson is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, with a total population of 20,092 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Before its incorporation as a town in 1866, Hudson was a ne ...

, Cardinale-Beauchemin played soccer, basketball, and softball at Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School. Girls ice hockey was not offered at the school, so she played in neighborhood youth leagues.

Career

During her first season as a member of the

Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey The Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey team represents Northeastern University. The Huskies play in the Hockey East conference. History The women's varsity hockey program started in 1980 under Don MacLeod, who was named the coach the follo ...

team, Cardinale scored 19 goals with 13 assists for 32 points. In her sophomore season she scored 15 goals and 20 assists for 35 points. Her junior season she was named an ECAC All-Star she scored 18 goals and 30 assists for 48 points. Cardinale saved her best effort for her senior season where Northeastern went 26-0-1 and she scored 18 goals and 41 assists for 59 points. Cardinale was named an

Eastern College Athletic Conference The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) is a college athletic conference comprising schools that compete in 15 sports (13 men's and 13 women's). It has 220 member institutions in NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, ranging in location from ...

(ECAC) All-Star for the second time. Cardinale-Beauchemin is a member of the

Northeastern University Northeastern University (NU or NEU) is a private university, private research university with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded by the Boston Young Men's Christian Association in 1898 as an all-male instit ...

athletics Hall of Fame.

References

External links

GoNU.com Hall of Fame Profile
1966 births Living people American women's ice hockey forwards Ice hockey players from Massachusetts Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey players People from Hudson, Massachusetts Ice hockey people from Middlesex County, Massachusetts 20th-century American sportswomen {{US-icehockey-player-stub