Ellen Weinberg-Hughes

Ellen Weinberg-Hughes (born Ellen Weinberg, 8 July 1969, in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American former ice hockey player. Raised in Dallas, she started on boys teams because no girls teams existed there, and she went on to play ice hockey, soccer and lacrosse at the University of New Hampshire, where she captained the hockey team, won three ECAC championships and was inducted into the athletic hall of fame in 2012. She played in all five games of the 1992 Women's World Championship in Tampere for the United States, which took silver behind Canada, and was named to the tournament all-star team. A knee injury in 1996 ended her playing career. She later advised the Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation, worked for ESPN, and became a player development consultant for the US women's national team in 2023. She was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2024, and her three sons were all first round NHL draft picks.