From Air Mattresses to Sold-Out Arenas: Kendall Coyne Schofield

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🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Olympic champion and women’s hockey force Kendall Coyne Schofield joins the party in full flight, still one of the fastest players on the planet, a mom to two-year-old Drew, and a key architect behind the rise of the PWHL. Kendall takes us inside the real grind that used to define “pro” women’s hockey (think air mattresses, tiny paychecks, and constant “ifs”), and how a single phone call helped spark a league built to last for generations. She also relives her iconic NHL All-Star “fastest skater” moment, what it meant to carry an entire sport on her shoulders, and why the conversation it sparked mattered even more than the time on the clock. Plus: the Canada–USA rivalry, the mindset shift after silver in 2022, and why “pressure is a privilege” hits different when you’re chasing gold with your kid watching...this time, on the road to Milano Cortina. Follow @welcometothepartyshow on: YouTube — @welcometothepartyshow Instagram — @welcometothepartyshow TikTok — @welcometothepartyshow Email — partypeoplequestions@gmail.com Keep the Party Going: Watch Abby’s Oscar Nominated Film “Come See Me in the Good Light”: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/come-see-me-in-the-good-light/umc.cmc.27uh51l7oh3ghql2gxb6xvb1s Kendall’s Book “As Fast as Her”: https://bit.ly/49ugklt Kendall in NHL All Star Competition: Kendall Coyne Schofield makes history in Fastest Skater How the PWHL was formed: https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/news/professional-womens-hockey-league-how-pwhl-was-formed-and-why-top-players-have-high-hopes-for-new-league/ Thank you to our sponsors: -Explore the new Peloton Cross Training Tread+ at https://www.onepeloton.com/ -Get an annual membership to http://shipt.com/ and order groceries delivered to your door with zero fees for orders over $35+. Download the app today. -Get 20% off your order at http://cozyearth.com/em-cgi/btag/ with code WTTP. -Get your business data all in one place using Intuit Quickbooks. Visit https://quickbooks.intuit.com/ to learn more. Check out the limited-edition Team USA collection at FIGS and get 15% off your first order at WearFigs.com with code FIXRX. Chapters: 00:00 — Begin 01:24 — “Come See Me in the Good Light” — Abby’s Oscar Nomination 08:32 — Kendall Coyne Schofield 13:49 — “It was never about playing in the league…it was about building it.” 14:08 — Sponsors + legitimacy: how the league gets real 16:54 — Post-Olympics doesn’t go silent anymore 18:20 — Motherhood + the “new beginning” mindset 43:22 — Party Poppers: Blind Ranking

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0:00.0	It was never about playing in the league. It was always about building it.
0:03.0	These young girls would come up to me and say, I want to be like you. I want to do what you do. I want to do this. And I'm like, no, you don't. You don't want to sleep on your teammates' air mattress. It's not going to change if we just sit by and be thankful and be happy with the crumbs. I thought you were doing a Brandy Chastain moment. Well, I would. pressure is a privilege.
0:21.0	That is what you're going to be
0:24.0	experiencing. I thought you were doing a Brandy Chastain moment. Well, I was. Pressure is a privilege.
0:21.6	Yes.
0:22.6	That is, that's what you're going to be experiencing soon.
0:25.6	Attention.
0:27.6	The party is about to commence.
0:31.6	Oh, welcome to the party.
0:42.3	What's up, party people?
0:43.9	I'm Julie Fowardy.
0:44.9	I'm Abby Wambach.
0:46.2	And I'm Billy Jean King.
0:48.6	Kinger.
0:50.0	Hi.
0:50.3	Yeah, baby.
0:51.4	So, I don't know if you've heard this, but Abigail has some huge news.
0:57.8	We found out this, we're recording this in advance of, um, the Olympics with, um, a badass woman
1:06.7	athlete, but we found out that, um, come see Me in the Good Light has been nominated for an
1:12.6	Oscar.
1:13.6	I am going to the Academy Awards.
1:15.6	A thing, a sentence I never thought I would ever be able to say out loud with this mouth.
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