Hilary Knight (ice hockey)

Hilary Knight
Knight in 2018
Born (1989-07-12) July 12, 1989 (age 35)
Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 172 lb (78 kg; 12 st 4 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
PWHL team
Former teams
PWHL Boston
PWHPA Minnesota
Les Canadiennes de Montreal
Boston Pride
Boston Blades
Wisconsin Badgers
National team  United States
Playing career 2006–present
Website hilary-knight.com

Hilary Atwood Knight (born July 12, 1989)[1] is an American ice hockey forward and captain of Boston of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She is also a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team.[2] She previously played for the Les Canadiennes de Montréal of the CWHL and the Boston Pride of the NWHL, with whom she won the inaugural Isobel Cup.

Knight played high school hockey for Choate Rosemary Hall and college hockey at Wisconsin. In her first year at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Knight helped the team place second in the NCAA championships. The following year she led her team in points as the Badgers went on to win the National Championship.[3] With the US national team, she has won nine gold medals at the IIHF World Women's Championship and a gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Knight was the inaugural recipient of the IIHF Female Player of the Year award in 2023.[4]

  1. ^ "Hilary Atwood Knight, Born 07/12/1989 in California". CaliforniaBirthIndex.org. Archived from the original on October 29, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  2. ^ McMahon, Dave (December 18, 2009). "Vancouver women's hockey team announced". Team USA. Archived from the original on March 4, 2010.
  3. ^ "Hilary Knight, Hockey". Team USA. Archived from the original on July 14, 2019. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  4. ^ Podnieks, Andrew (June 1, 2023). "Hilary Knight wins the inaugural IIHF Female Player of the Year Award". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved June 19, 2023.

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