Barbara Ann Williams

Barbara Williams was the first female skating coach in the National Hockey League. She was the official skating coach to the NHL N.Y. Islanders, as well as the NHL N.J. Devils. She was also the only woman to coach a men's team on a national level. She was inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame on Long Island. She has had her own hockey school for over 25 years. She is also the author of 2 ice hockey skating books: More Power to Your Skating and Positive Power. She has also written a children’s book called the Brooklyn Rink Rats and a screenplay entitled Maggs 52.