Paige Voight is an American ice hockey forward, currently playing with the Metropolitan Riveters of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL).

Paige Voight
Born (1997-02-04) February 4, 1997 (age 27)
St. Michael, Minnesota, United States
Height 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
NWHL team
Former teams
Metropolitan Riveters
PWHPA
Merrimack Warriors
National team  United States
Playing career 2015–present

Career

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During her high school career, she was named a semi-finalist for the Minnesota Ms. Hockey Award in 2015 and the Pioneer Press East Metro girls hockey player of the year in 2015.[1][2]

From 2015 to 2019, she played for the Merrimack Warriors, posting 76 points in 140 NCAA games.[3][4] She scored 19 points in 34 games in her rookie NCAA season, leading Merrimack in scoring and being named to the Hockey East Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team.[5]

After graduating, she spent the 2019–20 season with the newly formed Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA). She spent the 2020 off-season playing in the Elite Women's Summer Hockey League, playing with Team Blue.[6]

She was selected 16th overall by the NWHL's Metropolitan Riveters in the 2018 NWHL Draft.[7] She left the PWHPA to sign with the Riveters for the 2020–21 NWHL season.[8]

International career

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She represented the United States at the 2015 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, playing in five games as the country won gold.

Personal life

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Voight has a degree in business and sports management.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Girls hockey: Paige Voight, Kate Hallett among Ms. Hockey semifinalists". February 1, 2015.
  2. ^ "Pioneer Press East Metro girls hockey player of the year: Cretin-Derham Hall's Paige Voight". February 16, 2015.
  3. ^ Joyner, David (22 February 2019). "A day to thank these hockey pioneers". Eagle-Tribune.
  4. ^ Nelson, Dustin (November 30, 2017). "Rounding the Corner".
  5. ^ Athletics, Merrimack (October 7, 2020). "Women's Hockey Alumna Voight Inks NWHL Deal".
  6. ^ "Paige Voight's Late Game Heroics Leads Team Blue To Victory". www.thewomenshockeytribune.com.
  7. ^ Athletics, Merrimack (December 20, 2018). "Rae, Voight and Kremer selected in NWHL Draft".
  8. ^ "Each New Metropolitan Riveters Acquisition Is Another Piece To Their Puzzle". October 19, 2020.
  9. ^ "Paige Voight - Women's Ice Hockey". Merrimack College Athletics.
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