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 for Brynäs IF and the Czech national team.[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
She participated at the 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship.[7][8]
Awards and honors
- 2017 Ball Hockey World Championship Best Forward[9]
References
- ^ 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster
- ^ https://www.theicegarden.com/2017/9/5/16199762/womens-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.
- ^ https://thehockeywriters.com/boston-pride-sign-czech-denisa-krizova/
- ^ https://hockeysverige.se/2020/02/26/en-tjeckisk-snajper-som-ger-brynas-guldhopp
- ^ 2016 World Championship roster[permanent dead link]
- ^ https://thehockeywriters.com/first-czech-of-the-nwhl-denisa-krizova/
- ^ 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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