Denisa Křížová
| Denisa Křížová | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
3 November 1994 Horní Cerekev, Czech Republic | ||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb; 9 st 11 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| SDHL team Former teams |
Brynäs IF Boston Pride Northeastern Huskies HC Slavia Praha | ||
| National team |
 Czech Republic | ||
| Playing career | 2011–present | ||
Denisa Křížová (born 3 November 1994) is a Czech ice hockey player and member of the Czech national ice hockey team, currently playing with Brynäs IF Dam of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL).[1]
Playing career[]
Across four years with Northeastern, Krizova put up 169 points in 143 games, the sixth highest scorer in the university's history.[2]
Krizova became the first player born in the Czech Republic to be selected in the NWHL Draft, taken by the Connecticut Whale with the 13th pick overall in the 2017 NWHL Draft.[3] She would sign her first professional contract with the Boston Pride on 2 August 2018.[4][5]
After only one year with the Pride, she returned to Europe to play with Brynäs IF in the SDHL.[6] She scored 47 points in 34 games in her first season with the team, good for 7th in league scoring.
International[]
Having skated for the Czech Republic women's national under-18 ice hockey team, she appeared in both, the 2011 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship and 2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships. Additionally, she has played with the Senior Team, appearing in the IIHF Women’s Championships, Division 1 and Division 1A. She participated at the 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship.[7][8]
Regular season and playoffs[]
Bold indicates led league
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2014-15 | Northeastern Huskies | WHEA | 33 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015-16 | Northeastern Huskies | WHEA | 37 | 20 | 39 | 59 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018-19 | Boston Pride | NWHL | 16 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019-20 | Brynas IF | SDHL | 34 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2020-21 | Brynas IF | SDHL | 36 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 | ||
Awards and honors[]
- 2017 Ball Hockey World Championship Best Forward[9]
- 2019 Ball Hockey World Championship Scoring Champion
- 2019 Ball Hockey World Championship Tournament All-Star Team
References[]
- ^ "2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster" (PDF). IIHF.
- ^ Barbito, Joe (5 September 2007). "Women's Hockey Top 25 Under 25 - Number 25 - Denisa Krizova".
- ^ "Three Huskies selected in 2017 NWHL Draft". NWHL. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ Press Release (2 August 2018). "Czech National Team, Northeastern Star Joins Pride for NWHL Season 4". NWHL. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ Oliver, Nathaniel (3 August 2018). "Pride Sign Czech Scoring Machine Křížová". The Hockey Writers.
- ^ "En tjeckisk snajper - som ger Brynäs guldhopp" (in Swedish). 26 February 2020.
- ^ 2016 World Championship roster[permanent dead link]
- ^ Oliver, Nathaniel (24 August 2017). "First Czech of the NWHL – Denisa Krizova". The Hockey Writers.
- ^ Kratochvíl, Marek (10 June 2017). "All-stars and individual awards of the 2017 World Championship". ISBHF – International Street and Ball Hockey Federation. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
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- 1994 births
- Living people
- People from Horní Cerekev
- Boston Pride players
- Czech women's ice hockey forwards
- Czech expatriate ice hockey people
- Czech expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey players
- Brynäs IF Dam players
- Czech ice hockey player stubs