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Kimberly Jessica Newell (born October 4, 1995),[1] also known by the Chinese name Zhou Jiaying (Chinese: 周嘉鹰),[2] is a Canadian ice hockey player and member of the Chinese national ice hockey team. She most recently played in the 2021–22 season of the Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) with the KRS Vanke Rays.

Kimberly Newell
Born	(1995-10-04) October 4, 1995 (age 27) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Catches	Left
ZhHL team Former teams	KRS Vanke Rays Princeton Tigers
National team	China
Playing career	2013–present

Zhou Jiaying
Traditional Chinese	周嘉鷹
Simplified Chinese	周嘉鹰
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhōu Jiāyīng Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Jāu Gāyīng

Newell represented China in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[3]

Early life and education

Newell was born on October 4, 1995, in Vancouver, Canada.[4] Newell's mother emigrated from China to Vancouver to obtain a PhD in electrical engineering at the University of British Columbia. There she met her future husband who was doing a master's in electrical engineering.[5] Newell holds a bachelor's degree in economics and finance from Princeton University. At Princeton, Newell spent three years taking Mandarin Chinese courses with the goal of being able to communicate with her grandfather on her mother's side.[6] Newell's paternal grandmother played field hockey in her native Germany.[6]

International career

Medal record
Representing Canada
Women's U18 ice hockey
World U18 Championship
	2013 Finland

As a junior player with the Canadian national under-18 team, Newell won a gold medal at the IIHF Women's U18 World Championships in 2013, where she represented Canada alongside future Chinese national team teammate Hannah Miller on a roster that also included future Canadian senior national team players Emily Clark, Sarah Nurse, and Sarah Potomak, among others. In net for three of Canada’s five games, Newell maintained an excellent 1.00 goals against average and recorded the tournament’s best save percentage at .960, earning selection to the tournament All-Star team.[7]

Newell was officially named to the Chinese women's national team roster for the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics on 28 January 2022.[8] She was one of several players on the team with Canadian or American citizenship.[9] During a post-match Olympics press briefing, Newell was not allowed to speak English to international reporters despite it being her native language. Instead, she used a translator.[10]

Newell had the best save percentage at the 2022 Winter Olympics (95.5%).[11]

Personal life

Following her 2016 graduation, Newell worked in finance for Credit Suisse in New York City for two years until being recruited to play for the KRS Vanke Rays in 2018.[12]

References

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
• Zhou Jiaying at Olympedia
• Kimberly Newell on Instagram

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