Denisa Křížová (born 3 November 1994) is a Czech ice hockey player and member of the Czech national team, currently playing in the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) with the Minnesota Whitecaps.
Denisa Křížová | ||||||||||
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Born |
(1994-11-03) 3 November 1994 (age 27) Horní Cerekev, Czech Republic | |||||||||
Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb; 9 st 11 lb) | |||||||||
Position | Forward | |||||||||
Shoots | Left | |||||||||
PHF team Former teams |
Minnesota Whitecaps Brynäs IF Boston Pride Northeastern Huskies HC Slavia Praha | |||||||||
National team |
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Playing career | 2011–present | |||||||||
Medal record
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Across four years of college ice hockey with the Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey program, Křížová put up 169 points in 143 games, the sixth highest scorer in the university's history.[1]
Křížová became the first player born in the Czech Republic to be drafted in the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL; renamed PHF in 2021) when she was selected by the Connecticut Whale with the thirteenth pick overall in the 2017 NWHL Draft.[2] She signed her first professional contract with the Boston Pride on 2 August 2018.[3][4]
After only one year with the Pride, she returned to Europe to play with Brynäs IF Dam in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL).[5] She scored 47 points in 34 games in her first season with the team, good for seventh in league scoring.
As a junior player with the Czech national under-18 team, Křížová participated in IIHF U18 Women's World Championships in 2010, 2011 and 2012.
With the senior national team, she represented the Czech Republic in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and at the IIHF World Women's Championship Top Division tournaments in 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2021; the Division I Group A tournaments in 2012, 2014, and 2015; and the Division II tournament in 2011.[6][7][8]
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2014-15 | Northeastern Huskies | NCAA | 33 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2015-16 | Northeastern Huskies | NCAA | 37 | 20 | 39 | 59 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2016-17 | Northeastern Huskies | NCAA | 33 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2017-18 | Northeastern Huskies | NCAA | 37 | 20 | 39 | 59 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2018-19 | Boston Pride | NWHL | 16 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2019-20 | Brynäs IF | SDHL | 34 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
2020-21 | Brynäs IF | SDHL | 36 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 | ||
2021-22 | Brynäs IF | SDHL | 36 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 4 | ||
NCAA totals | 143 | 62 | 107 | 169 | 72 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
SDHL totals | 106 | 56 | 72 | 128 | 64 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 18 |
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