US EditionBrianna Decker continues transition from playing to coaching in being hired as PWHL Frost assistant
Brianna Decker, a six-time world champion and two-time NWHL MVP, begins coaching Minnesota Frost after a career-ending injury and ahead of her Hockey Hall of Fame induction.
- Brianna Decker, a 34-year-old former U.S. national team forward and six-time world championship gold medalist, is joining the Minnesota Frost coaching staff in 2025.
- Her competitive playing days concluded following a severe injury to her left leg during Team USA’s opening match at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, leading to her retirement the following year; meanwhile, she had already begun her coaching journey in 2019 with the U.S. U-18 team.
- Decker spent a total of three years serving as the associate head coach at Shattuck-St. Mary’s prep school and had four separate coaching opportunities with Team USA’s Under-18 team, working with emerging talents such as Caroline Harvey.
- Decker noted that it didn’t make a difference whether the coach was a casual father figure or a Hall of Fame player; what mattered was the respect given and the lessons learned. She aims to pass on new knowledge to the kids she works with.
- Head coach Ken Klee highlighted Decker’s remarkable record of success and leadership and expects her to be a huge asset in developing younger players for the two-time defending PWHL champions.
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Brianna Decker hired as PWHL Frost assistant
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Brianna Decker continues transition from playing to coaching in being hired as PWHL Frost assistant
Brianna Decker, a former U.S. national team forward, has transitioned from playing to coaching after a career-ending injury at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games.
Brianna Decker continues transition from playing to coaching in being
Difficult as it was for Brianna Decker to accept her hockey playing career being cut short at 30 by a devastating left leg injury at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games , the United States national team forward was comforted in knowing she already had a Plan B in coaching. Following six years as an assistant in the developmental ranks with USA Hockey and at Minnesota’s Shattuck-St. Mary’s prep school, Decker is going pro. The member of the 2025 Hockey…
Brianna Decker Announced as Newest Assistant Coach for the Minnesota Frost
The Minnesota Frost’s coaching staff has been rounded out to close out August, as the team announced the hiring of USA Hockey legend Brianna Decker as its newest assistant coach on Monday. Decker, 34, has most recently served as the associate head coach at the Shattuck-St. Mary’s preparatory school in Minnesota — where she herself played between 2005 and 2008 — after starting there as a coach in 2022. A mainstay on the American senior national t…
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