Karyn Bye
| Karyn Bye-Dietz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
May 18, 1971 River Falls, WI, USA |
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| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ECAC team | New Hampshire Wildcats (1989-1993) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 United States
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| Playing career | 1989–2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Karyn Lynn Bye-Dietz (born May 18, 1971) is a retired ice hockey player. She was the alternate captain of the 1998 Winter Olympics gold-medal winning United States Women's Hockey Team.
In 1998, she was featured on a Wheaties box. She entered the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2011.
Born May 18, 1971 in River Falls, Wisconsin, Karen Bye played for the River Falls Wildcats Boys High School Hockey team under the name of K.L. Bye as she did while growing up. The 1987-88 season she was the second leading scorer on the team with 7 goals and 11 assists.
Bye played for the New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey program. She scored 164 points in 87 games for the Wildcats.
Karyn Bye led the '98 Olympic team in Nagano with five goals in six games. She tied Cammi Granato and two others for the scoring lead with eight points. On December 16, 2010, she was selected to the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame Class of 2011.
She has worked for the Minnesota Wild in its grassroots program. Bye teaches fitness classes at her local YMCA. Currently, she is also a color commentator for the Minnesota Girls State High School Hockey Tournament.
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