Zoe Hickel

Founder of ZoPro

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Zoe is a two-time World Champion with the US Women’s National Hockey Team and a former NCAA DI and Professional hockey player, with two pro championships. She's a former Assistant Coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes and 2022 National Champion. Zoe's a current National Female Rep for USA Hockey Player Development Committee.

With a passion and background in coaching and player development, Zoe enjoys building confidence and progress in kids to adults from on-ice skill development to functional and sports performance training through many sports and professions.

HOCKEY CAREER:

TEAM USA:

  • 2019 Rivalry Series

  • 2X World Champion with the US Women's National Team (2015 & 2016)

  • 4 Nations Cup Champion 2015

PROFESSIONAL:

  • 2019-2020 Linköping HC, SDHL

  • 2018-2019- Calgary Inferno: CWHL Champions

  • 2017-2018 Kunlun Red Star Athlete and Sports Ambassador of Canadian Women's Hockey League

  • National Women's Hockey League Isobel Cup Champion - Boston Pride 2016

  • 2016 & 2017 NWHL All-Star

  • 2016-2017 Boston Pride and CT Whale NWHL

  • 2015-2016 Boston Pride NWHL

COLLEGE:

  • 2011-2015 University of Minnesota Duluth DI Hockey Team- 2 year captain

  • NCAA Humanitarian Award Finalist

 

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE :

Current Hockey Programming Manager for Coachella Valley Firebirds youth hockey community. After her last year playing in Sweden in the SDHL, she spent 2 years at the Ohio State University as an Assistant Coach, finishing her time there with a National Championship in 2022. As a University of Minnesota Duluth grad majoring in Communications and Minoring in Coaching Zoe has worked in Sports and Conditioning, participating in a summer internship with Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning, continuing to work at MBSC and became certified as a CFSC. Over the last 6 years Zoe continued worked with athletes and adult clients at MBSC in Boston as well as her self run training programs at Elite Sports Performance in Alaska for female high school and college athletes looking to make some major gains over the summer between their respective seasons, whether it be hockey, soccer, skiing, volleyball etc. Over the course of the last 10 years Zoe has coached for youth hockey teams with the Alaska All-Stars and has volunteered for many organizations, including over 10 years of coaching, volunteering for Sports Programs for Youth Development Education and Recreation (SPYDER soccer), 2011-2014 community service and volunteer with various youth programs while at Duluth, MN (both on and off ice) and USA Hockey development camp team leader for 2 years (2012-2013).

  • CFSC Certified

  • Certified Personal Trainer NASM

  • Nutrition Coach: PN1 certified

  • CPR and First Aid Certified

  • USA Hockey Level 4

 

 
 
 
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