Hockey community mourns tragic loss of USA Women's Hockey star
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It is with a heavy heart that we announce the tragic passing of Lisa Brown-Miller, a former Gold Medalist with the USA Women's hockey team at the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan.
The hockey world lost a true legend, to say the least.
Lisa Brown-Miller was part of the first ever USA Women's National team to ever win a Gold Medal at the Winter Olympics and carved a path for young women to purse their dreams as hockey players.
Remembering Lisa Brown-Miller
According to USA Olympics, Lisa Brown-Miller played college hockey at Providence College, graduating in 1988 with a humanities degree, and also playing for one year on the softball team. In her sernior year she was Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Player of the Year and American Women's Hockey Coaches player of the year. Brown-Miller joined the US National Team in 1990 and played at four World Championships - 1990, 1992, 1994, and 1997, in addition to numerous other appearances during her nine years with the US team.
While playing, Brown-Miller served as head coach at Princeton, leaving them to the Ivy League championship in 1991-92, when she was named ECAC coach of the year. After marrying she settled in Michigan where she is a stay-at-home mom.
Here is a text from her official obituary:
Lisa's passing is an enormous loss to her family, friends, teammates, and all whose lives she touched. She will be remembered for her fierce love, grit, and her gift for making everyone feel seen and valued. Lisa moved through life with determination and adventure, but always with an open hand, heart, and mind. She walked beside us, being our kickstand when we needed one, and making each journey the best it could be. May we all strive to walk through life with the same kindness and grace as she did.
She is survived by her wife, Peggy; her children, Alex (Haley), Morgan (Chase), and Sonja (Miles); her father, Robert "Bob" Brown; her siblings, Carlenne (Eric), Darren (Annette), Kathryn, Emily (Tyler), and Lindsay (John); her nieces and nephews, Courtney, Becca, Kierra (Anders), Allysa, Chris, Rylee, Zoey, Jaxson, Estella, Anthony, Maisie, and Theodore; as well as many aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, colleagues, and teammates. She is preceded in death by her mother, Kathryn (Gary) Jean Peters (Weckerly), step-mom Carolyn (Bob) Brown, and nephew Anders (Kierra) Elmblad.
Our thoughts go to everyone impacted by this terrible loss.
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