Ever since meeting Cammi Granato at a girl's hockey camp after the U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team won the gold medal in 1998, Kendall Coyne Schofield has been walking through the doors her role model helped to open for her. She equaled Granato's achievement in 2018, and in 14.346 seconds at the 2019 NHL All-Star Skills competition at SAP Center, she made sure to pay it forward.
As she approached the red line at center ice as the very first contestant -- and first-ever woman -- in the NHL Fastest Skater competition, instinct took over.