Bye, Karyn (1971–)
Bye, Karyn (1971–)
American ice-hockey player. Born May 18, 1971, in River Falls, Wisconsin; graduate of University of New Hampshire, 1993, and Concordia University, Montreal.
Captained the IIHF Pacific Women's Hockey championship (1996); won a team gold medal at Nagano (1998), the 1st Olympics to feature women's ice hockey; won a team silver medal at World championships (1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001); won a team silver medal at Salt Lake City Olympics (2002). Named USA Hockey Women's Player of the Year (1995, 1998).
See also Mary Turco, Crashing the Net: The U.S. Women's Olympic Ice Hockey Team and the Road to Gold (HarperCollins, 1999); and Women in World History.
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