Haley Skarupa

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Haley Rae Skarupa
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Haley Skarupa playing for the Boston Pride in 2017
Born (1994-01-03) January 3, 1994 (age 28)[1]
Rockville, Maryland, U.S.
Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight 141 lb (64 kg; 10 st 1 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
PWHPA team
Former teams		 Independent
Boston Pride
Connecticut Whale
Boston College
National team  United States
Playing career 2012–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Sweden
Gold medal – first place 2016 Canada
Gold medal – first place 2017 United States

Haley Rae Skarupa (born January 3, 1994) is an American ice hockey player with the PWHPA and the American national team.

Playing career[]

After graduating from high school, Skarupa joined Boston College, where both her parents had studied.[2][3] Across four seasons in the NCAA, she scored 244 points in 144 games, the second highest scorer in Boston College history, for both men and women.[4] She was a finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award in both 2015 and 2016.[5]

In the 2015 NWHL Draft, she was selected by the New York Riveters of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL).On April 26, 2016, Skarupa's draft rights were traded to the Connecticut Whale by the Riveters for Michelle Picard.[6]

Across three seasons in the NWHL, Skarupa would put up 45 points in 34 games, being named to the 2017 NWHL All-Star Game.[7]

In May 2019, Skarupa joined the PWHPA boycott of the 2019-20 season. A few months later, she was hired as a hockey ambassador with the Washington Capitals of the NHL.[8]

International[]

She participated at the 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship, as well as the 2016 and 2017 World Championships, winning gold each time.[1][9]

Skarupa played forward for the United States' women's ice hockey team at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[10][11]

Personal life[]

Skarupa was raised in Rockville, Maryland, and she graduated from Wootton High School.[12][13]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Team Roster". 2015 IIHF World Championship. May 29, 2015.
  2. ^ "BC hockey's Haley Skarupa high on any list - The Boston Globe".
  3. ^ "Owen Canfield: Torrington has special reason to cheer on U.S. women's hockey team in Skarupa".
  4. ^ "Women's Hockey Top 25 Under 25 | Number 8 - Haley Skarupa - The Ice Garden".
  5. ^ "Haley Skarupa - Women's Hockey - Boston College Athletics".
  6. ^ "Riveters, Whale Trade Rights to Skarupa and Picard". National Women's Hockey League. Archived from the original on May 14, 2016.
  7. ^ "Why nobody is having a better 2018 than Haley Skarupa - The Ice Garden".
  8. ^ "Capitals hire former Olympian Haley Skarupa as hockey ambassador | RSN".
  9. ^ "Haley Skarupa".
  10. ^ Woodfork, Rob (February 8, 2018). "Haley Skarupa: From thin ice to center ice". WTOP.
  11. ^ "After gut check, Rockville's Haley Skarupa finds her way to U.S. women's hockey team - Baltimore Sun".
  12. ^ "Haley Skarupa got a second chance and made the U.S. Olympic women's hockey team - The Washington Post". Archived from the original on 2018-01-20.
  13. ^ "18 Under 18: Haley Skarupa".

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