Erin Whitten is a hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 goaltender

Goaltender

In ice hockey, the goaltender is the player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering his team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring...

 who has played professionally with various men's teams. She has played with the Dallas Freeze

Dallas Freeze

The Dallas Freeze were a minor professional team that played in Dallas, Texas. They played in the Central Hockey League from 1992 to 1995 at the Fair Park Coliseum....

 of the CHL, the Toledo Storm

Toledo Storm

The Toledo Storm was a minor league professional ice hockey team in the ECHL from 1991 to 2007. The Storm played their home games at the venerable Toledo Sports Arena along the southern banks of the Maumee River in Toledo, Ohio. The team colors were red and white, similar to the Detroit Red Wings,...

 of the ECHL, the Utica Blizzard

Utica Blizzard

The Utica Blizzard were a professional ice hockey team from Utica, New York, and member of the Colonial Hockey League 1994-1997. The Blizzard were formerly the Utica Bulldogs from 1993-1994. Prior to playing in Utica, the franchise was known as the Flint Bulldogs.-External links:* ...

, Muskegon Fury

Muskegon Fury

The Muskegon Fury was a International Hockey League ice hockey team located in Muskegon, Michigan.The Fury were established in 1992 after the original Muskegon Lumberjacks of the International Hockey League's previous incarnation relocated to Cleveland, Ohio...

, and the Flint Generals

Flint Generals

The Flint Generals were a professional ice hockey team based in Flint, Michigan.They were a member of the International Hockey League and played their home games at Perani Arena and Event Center in Flint, Michigan....

 of the Colonial Hockey League. Whitten has also participated in roller hockey

Roller hockey

Roller Hockey is a form of hockey played on a dry surface using skates with wheels. The term "Roller Hockey" is often used interchangeably to refer to two variant forms chiefly differentiated by the type of skate used. There is traditional "Roller Hockey," played with quad roller skates, and...

 with the Pittsburgh Phantoms and the Oakland Skates

Oakland Skates

The Oakland Skates were a professional roller hockey team and were a member team in Roller Hockey International from 1993 through 1996. In 1993 the Skates were a finalist for the RHI league championship, named the Murphy Cup, for one of the league founders, Dennis Murphy, losing to the Anaheim...

. Whitten graduated from the University of New Hampshire

University of New Hampshire

The University of New Hampshire is a public university in the University System of New Hampshire , United States. The main campus is in Durham, New Hampshire. An additional campus is located in Manchester. With over 15,000 students, UNH is the largest university in New Hampshire. The university is...

 in 1993. Now, she is an Associate Head Coach for the UNH Wildcats

New Hampshire Wildcats

The New Hampshire Wildcats, or Cats, are the athletic teams of the University of New Hampshire. The wildcat is the school's official mascot, the colors are UNH Blue and white...

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USA Hockey

• Member of the U.S. Women’s National Ice Hockey Team from 1992–97, then rejoined the team in both 1999 and 2001
• Was the starting goalie at the World Championships (1992–97)
• 1994 USA Hockey Women's Player of the Year
• Starting goalie for '94 World Championships
• Outstanding Goaltender in '94 World Championships
• Starting goalie for '92 World Championships

Collegiate

At the time of her graduation from the University of New Hampshire, Whitten held the record for saves in a game (46), season (511) and career (1,556). She shut out Dartmouth College in her collegiate debut and led the New Hampshire Wildcats to two ECAC titles (1990, 1991).

• 4-time ECAC Goalie of the year 1992/93
• Univ. of NH women's Team Athlete of the Year
• 2-time ECAC player of the week

Coaching career

As a coach at the University of New Hampshire, she helped goaltender Jen Huggon earn All-America honors. She was part of the coaching staff that led the Wildcats to the Frozen Four in 2006 and 2008. Whitten was an assistant coach for Team USA at the 2006 Four Nations Cup.

On September 17, 2010, the CWHL

Canadian Women's Hockey League

The Canadian Women's Hockey League is one of two major women's ice hockey leagues in Canada. The league was founded in 2007. The league currently has six ice hockey teams: three in Ontario, one in Quebec, one in Alberta and one in Boston, Massachusetts....

expansion franchise in Boston announced the appointment of Erin Hamlen as the team’s first head coach.

Awards and honors

• First woman to participate in AHL game
• First woman to participate in ECHL game
• First woman to participate in CHL game
• First woman to participate in COHL game
• USA Hockey Women’s Player of the Year (1994)
• University of New Hampshire's Department of Women’s Athletics Athlete of the Year (1993)
• ECAC Goaltender of the Year (1992)
• ECAC First Team (1992 and 1993)
• ECAC All-Star Selection (equivalent to First Team status) in 1990 and 1991
• Directorate Award, Best Goaltender, 1994 IIHF women's world hockey championships