Jessica Wong

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Jessica Wong
Born (1991-03-29) March 29, 1991 (age 30)
Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 142 lb (64 kg; 10 st 2 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
ZhHL team
Former teams		 KRS Vanke Rays
Calgary Inferno
Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs
Playing career 2009–present

Jessica Wong (born March 29, 1991) is a Canadian ice hockey player, currently playing with the KRS Vanke Rays of the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL). She was drafted first overall in the 2013 CWHL Draft by the Calgary Inferno and played four seasons in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) – two seasons with the Inferno and two seasons with the Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays (previously Kunlun Red Star WIH). She is one of three players, along with Rachel Llanes and , from the inaugural Kunlun Red Star WIH season still playing with the KRS Vanke Rays organization.

She represented Canada with the national under-18 ice hockey team at the 2009 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship, winning a silver medal, and with the Canadian national under-22 team at the MLP Nations Cups in 2010 and 2011, winning gold at both tournaments.

Playing career[]

Wong captained the Warner Warriors in 2006–07, leading the team in scoring and was awarded MVP honors. She played for Nova Scotia at the 2006 Esso Women's Nationals in Sydney, Nova Scotia with a fifth-place finish. Wong also played for Team Atlantic at the 2007 Canadian National Women's Under-18 Championship; the team finished in fourth place. In 2007, she represented Nova Scotia at the 2007 Canada Winter Games where the team finished in sixth. Wong was also part of three Atlantic Challenge Cups for Nova Scotia, where she won two gold medals (2005, 2007) and one silver (2006).

In addition, Wong played for Team Atlantic at the 2008 National Women's Under-18 Championship with an eighth-place finish. In the same year, Wong played with Stoney Creek in Ontario. She won a gold medal with Stoney Creek at the Ontario Women's Hockey Association (OWHA) provincials and at the Provincial Women's Hockey League (PWHL) championship in 2008. In 2009, she won a silver medal with Stoney Creek at the OWHA provincials while ranking fourth on the team in scoring.

NCAA[]

Wong joined the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs in 2009. She scored the game-winning goal in triple overtime of the championship final of the 2010 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament and was named to the All-Tournament Team.[1] Wong finished fourth among Minnesota Duluth rookies in scoring for the 2009–10 season.

During the 2010–11 season Wong converted from forward to an offensive-defenseman. She finished second in the NCAA among all blueliners with 38 points (15g+23a), averaging a blistering 1.15 points per game. She also led all WCHA defensemen with 31 points in conference play (10g, 21a) and ranked No. 7 in the WCHA with 12 power-play points, as well as 12th for points among all conference players. Wong was named to the 2010–11 All-WCHA Second Team. She finished as the second-leading point scorer among all Bulldog players, netting her first collegiate hat-trick against Connecticut on October 23, 2010.

Hockey Canada[]

Women’s ice hockey
Representing  Canada
World U18 Championship
Silver medal – second place 2009 Germany
MLP Nations Cup
Gold medal – first place 2011 Switzerland
Gold medal – first place 2010 Germany

She was a member of the Canadian national women's under-18 team for a three-game series against the United States in August 2007. The following year, she played with the U18 team in another series against the United States, which was held in Lake Placid, New York. Wong won a silver medal with national U18 team at the 2009 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship.

She graduated to the Canadian national under-22 team (also called the national development team) as part of a three-game series in Calgary in August 2009. Wong won a gold medal with the national under-22 team at the 2010 MLP Nations Cup in Ravensburg, Germany. In August 2010, she suited up for the national under-22 team once more as part of a three-game series versus the United States in Toronto during August 2010. At the 2011 MLP Cup, Wong was part of another gold medal winning squad.

CWHL[]

Wong was selected first overall in the 2013 CWHL Draft. On February 2, 2014, Wong logged a goal, with Danielle Stone earning an assist (Stone would break two scoring records in Inferno franchise history during that game), providing her with seven points in the first five games of her CWHL career, a new franchise record for the Inferno.[2] Of note, she was selected to participate in the 2014 CWHL All-Star Game, the first in league history. She retired after two seasons to a position with Hockey Canada in Calgary. In 2017 she came out of retirement to play for the expansion team Kunlun Red Star.[3]

Awards and honours[]

Career statistics[]

Hockey Canada[]

Year Event GP G A Pts PIM
2007 Exhibition vs. USA Under 18 2 0 0 0 0
2008 Exhibition vs. USA Under 18 3 0 1 1 0
2009 IIHF Under 18 Worlds 5 4 8 12 0
2009 Under 22 Selection Camp 2 0 1 1 0
2010 2010 MLP Cup 4 2 0 2 0
2010 Exhibition vs. USA Under 22 3 1 0 1 2

Minnesota Duluth[]

Year GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
2009–10 41 15 16 31 30 1 0 3
2010–11 33 15 23 38 37 3 0 1
2011–12 36 11 19 30 32 2 1 2
2012–13 33 7 16 23 22 1 0 2
Total[7] 143 48 74 122 121 7 1 8

CWHL[]

Year Team Games Played Goals Assists Points +/- PIM PPG SHG GWG
2013–14 Calgary Inferno[8] 12 2 7 9 +7 14 0 0 0
2014–15 Calgary Inferno[9] 24 2 11 13 +7 14 0 0 0

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2010/03/21/sp-ncaa-womens-hockey.html[bare URL]
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 6, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Collelo, T.J. (April 10, 2018). "A Cape Bretoner grows the game in China". Cape Breton Post. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 25, 2010. Retrieved August 2, 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 22, 2018. Retrieved April 22, 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ http://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205108360&DB_OEM_ID=8400[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ http://www.uscho.com/stats/player/wid,7333/jessica-wong[bare URL]
  8. ^ http://cwhl_site.stats.pointstreak.com/playerpage.html?playerid=7357193&seasonid=11441[bare URL]
  9. ^ http://cwhl_site.stats.pointstreak.com/playerpage.html?playerid=8157868&seasonid=13281[bare URL]

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