| Emma Maltais | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 4, 1999, Burlington, Ontario, Canada |
| Height Weight |
5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
| Position | Forward |
| Shoots | Left |
| NCAA team | Ohio State Buckeyes |
| Ntl. team |  Canada
|
| Playing career | 2017–present |
| Olympic medal record | ||
| Women's ice hockey | ||
|---|---|---|
Competitor for  Canada
| ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 2022 Beijing | Team |
| World Championships | ||
| Gold | 2021 Canada | |
| Gold | 2022 Denmark | |
| World U18 Championships | ||
| Silver | 2016 Canada | |
| Silver | 2017 Czech Republic | |
Emma Maltais is a Canadian ice hockey forward, currently playing for the Ohio State Buckeyes of the NCAA Division I.
Career[]
Growing up in southern Ontario, Maltais began skating at the age of 2 and began playing hockey at the age of 4.[1] During high school, she played for the Oakville Hornets in the Provincial Women's Hockey League (PWHL), where she served as team captain in the 2016–17 season and set a team record for career points with 147.[2]
In 2017, she began attending Ohio State University, playing for the university's women's ice hockey programme. She scored 40 points in 37 games during her rookie NCAA season, leading the WCHA in points-per-game and breaking the record for most WCHA Rookie of the Month awards, winning three times. Her production increased to 43 points in 35 games the following season, again leading Ohio State in scoring and being named to the All-WCHA First Team.[3] In the 2019–20 season, she set an Ohio State record for points, with 59 points in 38 games, and picking up her 100th collegiate point against Bemidji State University on November 2, 2019.[4][5] That year, she was a top-10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award and was named to the All-WCHA First Team for the third consecutive season.[6][7]
International career[]
Maltais represented Canada at the 2016 and 2017 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, scoring a total of nine points in ten games and winning silver twice.[8][9]
She was named to the senior national team roster for the first time in 2019, suiting up for the 2019-20 Rivalry Series against the United States.[10] In May 2021, she was one of 28 players invited to Hockey Canada's Centralization Camp, which represents the selection process for the Canadian women's team that shall compete in Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[11]
On January 11, 2022, Maltais was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[12][13][14]
Personal life[]
Maltais studies health sciences at Ohio State University and has interned at the Ohio State Neurological Institute.[15]
Awards and honours[]
- 2019-20 CCM Hockey Women's Division I All-American: Second Team[16]
References[]
- ↑ Women's Hockey: Freshmen Emma Maltais and Tatum Skaggs pave the way for new standard of Ohio State women's hockey (February 22, 2018).
- ↑ U18 Update: Canadian standout Maltais commits to Ohio State (November 19, 2016).
- ↑ Opinion: Burlington's Emma Maltais is scoring big in hockey, and life, at Ohio State University (November 2, 2018).
- ↑ Dempsey, Joe. Ohio State's Jincy Dunne, Emma Maltais Named AHCA All-Americans. Buckeye Sports Bulletin.
- ↑ Local women the story of Hometown Hockey (January 20, 2020).
- ↑ Scifo, Dan (February 24, 2020). Kaz Watch: Ohio State's Emma Maltais Joins Elite Company In Being Named Kaz Finalist.
- ↑ 6 Canadians up for award as top female hockey player in NCAA (February 20, 2020).
- ↑ Women's Hockey: Emma Maltais to play for Canadian National Women's Team (November 7, 2019).
- ↑ Maltais and Team Canada play U.S. tonight (January 11, 2016).
- ↑ Rosters released for USA vs. Canada series (October 17, 2019).
- ↑ Canada's National Women's Team Unveils Olympic Centralization Roster: 28 players to centralize in Calgary ahead of 2022 Olympic Winter Games (May 12, 2021). Retrieved on May 17, 2021.
- ↑ Awad, Brandi (11 January 2022). Team Canada's women's hockey roster revealed for Beijing 2022. Canadian Olympic Committee.
- ↑ "Canada's 2022 Olympic women's hockey team roster", Canadian Press, 11 January 2022.
- ↑ 2022 Olympic Winter Games (Women). Hockey Canada (11 January 2022).
- ↑ Emma Maltais (May 21, 2018).
- ↑ 2019-20 CCM/AHCA Women's University Division All-Americans Announced (March 24, 2020). Retrieved on April 1, 2021.
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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