Haley Skarupa

Haley Rae Skarupa (born January 3, 1994) is an American ice hockey player with the PWHPA and the American national team.

Haley Rae Skarupa
Haley Skarupa playing for the Boston Pride in 2017
Born (1994-01-03) January 3, 1994[1]
Rockville, Maryland, U.S.
Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight 141 lb (64 kg; 10 st 1 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
PWHPA team
Former teams		 Independent
Boston Pride
Connecticut Whale
Boston College
National team  United States
Playing career 2012–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2018 PyeongchangTeam
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 Sweden
Gold medal – first place2016 Canada
Gold medal – first place2017 United States

Playing career

After graduating from high school, Skarupa joined Boston College, where both her parents had studied.[2][3] Across four seasons in the NCAA, she scored 244 points in 144 games, the second highest scorer in Boston College history, for both men and women.[4] She was a finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award in both 2015 and 2016.[5]

In the 2015 NWHL Draft, she was selected by the New York Riveters of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL).On April 26, 2016, Skarupa's draft rights were traded to the Connecticut Whale by the Riveters for Michelle Picard.[6]

Across three seasons in the NWHL, Skarupa would put up 45 points in 34 games, being named to the 2017 NWHL All-Star Game.[7]

In May 2019, Skarupa joined the PWHPA boycott of the 2019-20 season. A few months later, she was hired as a hockey ambassador with the Washington Capitals of the NHL.[8]

International

She participated at the 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship, as well as the 2016 and 2017 World Championships, winning gold each time.[1][9]

Skarupa played forward for the United States' women's ice hockey team at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[10][11]

Personal life

Skarupa was raised in Rockville, Maryland, and she graduated from Wootton High School.[12][13]

References
  1. "Team Roster Archived 2018-02-14 at the Wayback Machine". 2015 IIHF World Championship. May 29, 2015.
  2. "BC hockey's Haley Skarupa high on any list - The Boston Globe". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 2022-08-14. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  3. "Owen Canfield: Torrington has special reason to cheer on U.S. women's hockey team in Skarupa". 31 January 2018. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  4. "Women's Hockey Top 25 Under 25 | Number 8 - Haley Skarupa - The Ice Garden". 22 September 2017. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  5. "Haley Skarupa - Women's Hockey - Boston College Athletics". Archived from the original on 2021-03-03. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  6. "Riveters, Whale Trade Rights to Skarupa and Picard". National Women's Hockey League. Archived from the original on May 14, 2016.
  7. "Why nobody is having a better 2018 than Haley Skarupa - The Ice Garden". 13 August 2018. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  8. "Capitals hire former Olympian Haley Skarupa as hockey ambassador | RSN". Archived from the original on 2019-09-26. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  9. "Haley Skarupa". Archived from the original on 2020-04-26. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  10. Woodfork, Rob (February 8, 2018). "Haley Skarupa: From thin ice to center ice Archived 2018-02-14 at the Wayback Machine". WTOP.
  11. "After gut check, Rockville's Haley Skarupa finds her way to U.S. women's hockey team - Baltimore Sun". Archived from the original on 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  12. "Haley Skarupa got a second chance and made the U.S. Olympic women's hockey team - The Washington Post". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2018-01-20.
  13. "18 Under 18: Haley Skarupa". 28 February 2012. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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