Rachel Llanes
{{redirects|林尼|a Genshin Impact character|List of Genshin Impact characters#Lyney}}
{{short description|American ice hockey player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Rachel Llanes
| image = RachelLlanes.jpg
| caption = Llanes playing for the Boston Pride in the 2016–17 NWHL season
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|04|29}}{{Cite web|url=http://gonu.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2190|title=Rachel Llanes - Women's Ice Hockey|access-date=February 18, 2016|archive-date=March 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302082311/http://gonu.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2190|url-status=live}}
| birth_place = San Jose, California, U.S.
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 121
| position = Forward
| shoots = Right
| league = Current
| team = Free agent
| former_teams = KRS Vanke Rays (ZhHL/CWHL)
Kunlun Red Star (CWHL)
Boston Pride (NWHL)
Boston Blades (CWHL)
Northeastern Huskies (NCAA)
| league_coach =
| team_coach = San Jose Barracuda
| coached_for = BB&N girls' ice hockey
| ntl_team = CHN
| sex = f
| career_start = 2009
| career_end =
| career_start_coach = 2014
| career_end_coach =
}}
{{infobox Chinese|title=Lin Ni|headercolor=#F8F9FA|t=林尼|s=林尼|p=Lín Ní|w=Lin Ni}}
Rachel Llanes (born April 29, 1991), also known by the Chinese name Lin Ni ({{Lang-zh|s=林尼}}),{{Cite web|title=Beijing 2022 – Athletes: Ni LIN|url=https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/ice-hockey/athlete-profile-n1154489-ni-lin.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131202459/https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/ice-hockey/athlete-profile-n1154489-ni-lin.htm|archive-date=2022-01-31|access-date=2022-01-31|website=Olympics.com}} is an American ice hockey player and coach. She has served as strength and conditioning coach of the San Jose Barracuda since the 2022–23 AHL season.{{cite web |title=San Jose Barracuda Announce Staff Hires |url=https://www.sjbarracuda.com/news/detail/san-jose-barracuda-announce-staff-hires |website=San Jose Barracuda |access-date=14 June 2024 |language=en |date=14 October 2022 |type=Press release}}
As a member of the Chinese national ice hockey team, she participated in the 2022 Winter Olympics and two IIHF Women's World Championship Divisiom I tournaments.
Llanes previously played with the Boston Blades and Kunlun Red Star WIH of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL), the Boston Pride of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL; renamed PHF in 2021), and the KRS Vanke Rays of the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL).{{Cite web|title=CWHL 2015/2016 - Boston Blades Team Roster|url=http://cwhlboston.stats.pointstreak.com/teamroster.html?teamid=277085|access-date=2020-09-29|website=cwhlboston.stats.pointstreak.com|archive-date=August 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827164437/http://cwhlboston.stats.pointstreak.com/teamroster.html?teamid=277085|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Potts|first=Andy|date=2022-01-28|title=Chinese women target QF|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/olympic-w/news/31638/chinese_women_target_qf|access-date=2022-02-09|website=International Ice Hockey Federation|language=en|archive-date=February 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203144945/https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/olympic-w/news/31638/chinese_women_target_qf|url-status=live}} She is the only player to have won a championship in the CWHL, the NWHL, and the ZhHL.{{Cite web|last=Murphy|first=Mike|date=2020-02-23|title=Rachel Llanes' journey from role player to star|url=https://www.theicegarden.com/2020/2/23/21148431/rachel-llanes-journey-from-role-player-to-star-shenzhen-krs-vanke-rays|access-date=2020-09-29|website=The Ice Garden|language=en|archive-date=April 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422144428/https://www.theicegarden.com/2020/2/23/21148431/rachel-llanes-journey-from-role-player-to-star-shenzhen-krs-vanke-rays|url-status=live}}
Playing career
Llanes began playing hockey in her early teen years and played with the San Jose Jr. Sharks girls' travel team.{{cite web|author=Cimini|first=Kaitlin|date=2015-08-20|title=Rachel Llanes Expects A Lot From NWHL|url=http://www.todaysslapshot.com/nwhl/rachel-llanes-expects-a-lot-from-nwhl/|access-date=2016-02-17|website=Today's Slapshot|archive-date=February 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225064835/http://www.todaysslapshot.com/nwhl/rachel-llanes-expects-a-lot-from-nwhl/|url-status=live}}
She played NCAA Division I ice hockey with the Northeastern Huskies of Hockey East from 2009 through 2013.{{Cite web|last=Staffieri|first=Mark|date=2016-01-28|title=Women's Winter Classic Provides Proud Memories for Rachel Llanes|url=https://womenshockeylife.com/womens-winter-classic-provides-proud-memories-for-rachel-llanes/|access-date=2020-09-29|website=Women's Hockey Life|language=en-US|archive-date=September 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928130206/https://womenshockeylife.com/womens-winter-classic-provides-proud-memories-for-rachel-llanes/|url-status=live}}
=CWHL=
Llanes played for the Boston Blades in the CWHL, winning the Clarkson Cup with the team in 2015.{{cite news|last1=Berkman|first1=Seth|date=2016-11-25|title=Two Black Women Embrace Their Chance to Be Hockey Role Models|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/25/sports/hockey/princeton-wisconsin-black-women-koelzer-nurse.html|access-date=2017-10-06|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108130401/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/25/sports/hockey/princeton-wisconsin-black-women-koelzer-nurse.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|date=2013-08-30|title=Boston Blades Select Llanes and Pickett in CWHL Draft|url=http://gonu.com/news/2013/8/30/WHKY_0830135139.aspx|access-date=2016-02-17|website=Northeastern Huskies|archive-date=October 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006062253/http://gonu.com/news/2013/8/30/WHKY_0830135139.aspx|url-status=live}}
=NWHL=
In 2015, Llanes joined the Boston Pride for the inaugural NWHL season, winning the Isobel Cup with the team.{{cite news|last1=Nelson|first1=Dustin|date=2015-08-15|title=Rachel Llanes, Hayley Williams & Paige Harrington Sign in NWHL|work=The Hockey Writers|url=https://thehockeywriters.com/rachel-llanes-hayley-williams-paige-harrington-sign-in-nwhl/|access-date=2017-10-06|archive-date=October 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006062240/https://thehockeywriters.com/rachel-llanes-hayley-williams-paige-harrington-sign-in-nwhl/|url-status=live}} In July 2016, it was announced that Llanes would continue with the team for the 2016–17 season, with a pay increase for a one-year $12,000 contract.{{cite news|last1=Linehan|first1=Meg|date=2016-08-30|title=Emily Field, Rachel Llanes return to Boston Pride for NWHL's second season|work=Excelle Sports|url=http://www.excellesports.com/news/emily-field-rachel-llanes-return-nwhl/|access-date=2017-10-06|archive-date=October 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006062351/http://www.excellesports.com/news/emily-field-rachel-llanes-return-nwhl/|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last1=Share-Cohen|first1=Brandon|date=2016-07-30|title=Boston Pride Re-Sign Rachel Llanes|work=The Hockey Writers|url=https://thehockeywriters.com/boston-pride-re-sign-rachel-llanes/|access-date=2017-10-06|archive-date=October 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006064043/https://thehockeywriters.com/boston-pride-re-sign-rachel-llanes/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Berkman|first1=Seth|date=2016-11-22|title=Pay Cuts Jolt Women's Pro League and Leave Its Future Uncertain|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/sports/hockey/nwhl-pay-cut-salary.html|access-date=2017-10-06|archive-date=October 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006111915/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/sports/hockey/nwhl-pay-cut-salary.html|url-status=live}}
=Return to CWHL & ZhHL=
In 2017, Llanes returned to the CWHL to sign with Kunlun Red Star (KRS) in China. She also served as the strength and conditioning coach for both KRS and the Chinese national team.{{Cite web|last=Whelan|first=Kirsten|date=2020-03-02|title=In Russia's Women's Hockey League, KRS Remains a Standard-Bearer|url=https://victorypress.org/2020/03/02/russian-womens-hockey-league-krs-remains-standard-bearer/|access-date=2020-09-29|website=The Victory Press|language=en|archive-date=August 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805190947/https://victorypress.org/2020/03/02/russian-womens-hockey-league-krs-remains-standard-bearer/|url-status=live}} She remained with the team through several significant changes, first when it merged with the Vanke Rays to become the Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays for the 2018–19 CWHL season, and again when the team joined the ZhHL for the 2019–20 season, after the CWHL folded.{{Cite web|last=Kaplan|first=Emily|date=2020-01-29|title=What the NHL can learn from the KHL's support of women's hockey|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/28585761/what-nhl-learn-khl-support-women-hockey|access-date=2020-09-29|website=ESPN|language=en|archive-date=February 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225065253/https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/28585761/what-nhl-learn-khl-support-women-hockey|url-status=live}} In their first season as part of the ZhHL, the KRS Vanke Rays became the first non-Russian team to win the ZhHL championship and Llanes earned distinction as the first player in the history of women's ice hockey to win championships in the CWHL, the NWHL, and the ZhHL.
Personal life
Llanes was born on April 29, 1991, in San Jose, California. She is of Filipino heritage.{{Cite web|last=Hsieh|first=Ren|date=2016-03-31|title=Asian Players Helping to Make History in Women's Pro Hockey|url=https://datwinning.com/2016/03/31/asian-players-helping-to-make-history-in-womens-pro-hockey/|access-date=2020-09-29|website=Dat Winning|language=en|archive-date=October 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006162518/https://datwinning.com/2016/03/31/asian-players-helping-to-make-history-in-womens-pro-hockey/|url-status=live}}
Llanes holds a degree in criminal justice and psychology from Northeastern University.
From 2014 to 2016, Llanes served as assistant coach to the Lady Knights ice hockey team of the Buckingham Browne & Nichols School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{icehockeystats}}
- {{Olympedia|name=Lin Ni}}
- {{Olympics.com|ni-lin|Lin Ni}}
{{Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey navbox}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Llanes, Rachel}}
Category:American Hockey League coaches
Category:American ice hockey coaches
Category:American sportspeople of Filipino descent
Category:American women's ice hockey forwards
Category:Boston Blades players
Category:Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey players
Category:Northeastern University alumni
Category:Olympic ice hockey players for China