Gina Kingsbury's highly successful hockey resume is about to become even more impressive.

The University of Minnesota Duluth women's hockey team announced Thursday that Kingsbury will join head coach Shannon Miller and assistant coach Laura Schuler as an assistant coach for the Bulldogs effective immediately.  Kingsbury, a two-time Olympic gold medalist with Canada and native of Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec will bring her decade of international hockey experience to UMD after a four-year assistant coaching position at the Okanagan Hockey Academy in Penticton, British Columbia.

"We are extremely proud to be announcing Gina Kingsbury as the new addition to our coaching staff," said MIller.  "Gina has successfully competed in NCAA Division I women's hockey and on the International stage which will assist her greatly in being an impact coach immediately. Gina's strengths as a coach are skating and skill development, recruiting and sport psychology. With so much experience playing at the highest level of competition in the world, Gina commands respect the second she skates onto the ice. This is a strong and exciting addition to our team."

Prior to her bench presence at Okanagan, Kingsbury was a stalwart of Canada hockey, winning gold medals in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, Italy. The forward helped Canada capture three IIHF World Championship gold medals in 2007, 2004 and 2001, and in all, Kingsbury owns six IIHF World Championship medals (three gold, three silver).  

In addition to her Olympic and World Championship hardware, Kingsbury won gold with Canada in the Four Nations Cup six times (2009, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2002).  In 116 games with the Canadian national team, Kingsbury amassed  35 goals and 40 assists for 75 points.  

No stranger to UMD women's hockey success, Kingsbury played four years at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York.  As a freshmen, she was part of the Saints squad that lost to the Bulldogs in the NCAA's inaugural Frozen Four by a score of 4-2 in Minneapolis, Minn.  Kingsbury helped guide St. Lawrence to a total of two NCAA Frozen Fours and was named an All-American as a senior in 2004 after netting 26 goals and 31 assists for 57 points in 33 games — ranking her seventh in scoring in the NCAA that season.  Kingsbury, also a two-time All-ECAC performer, left the Saints with 152 career points and 74 goals, and a decade later, still ranks in the top-five in scoring at St. Lawrence.  

After retiring from the international hockey scene in 2010, Kingsbury became a member of the IIHF Athlete Ambassador program and helped develop programs for French Federation.

Kingsbury graduated from St. Lawrence with a Bachelor's degree in psychology in 2004.