Theresa Knutson

Theresa Marie Knutson (born April 1, 1996) is an American ice hockey forward, currently playing in the German Women's Ice Hockey League (DFEL) with ECDC Memmingen.

Theresa Knutson
Born (1996-04-01) April 1, 1996
Onalaska, Wisconsin, US
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
DFEL team
Former teams		 ECDC Memmingen
Playing career 2014–present

Playing career

Knutson attended Aquinas High School in La Crosse, Wisconsin and played varsity ice hockey with the Onalaska Hilltoppers Co-Op based at Onalaska High School in Onalaska, Wisconsin. During her high school ice hockey career in Wisconsin Prep Hockey (WiPH), she led the state in scoring for four consecutive seasons, was named Wisconsin High School Offensive Player of the Year three times, and won the Wisconsin Miss Hockey Award in 2014.[1][2][3]

From 2014 to 2018, she played college ice hockey with the UConn Huskies women's ice hockey program, scoring 79 points in 135 NCAA games.[4] She scored her first collegiate goal on 19 October 2014 against the Syracuse Orange.[5][6]

After graduating, she moved to Germany to sign with Mad Dogs Mannheim in the Fraueneishockey-Bundesliga.[7] In her rookie Bundesliga season, she ranked third in the league for scoring, with 66 points in 28 games, including 48 goals.[8][9]

She returned to North America for the 2020–21 season, signing with the Metropolitan Riveters of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL; renamed PHF in 2021).[10] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of games in the NWHL season was severely limited, prompting Knutson to return to Germany and play with the Eisbären Juniors Berlin in the DFEL after the Riveters season had ended.[11][12] She re-signed with the Riveters for the 2021–22 PHF season.[13][14][15]

Knutson signed with ECDC Memmingen for the 2022–23 DFEL season, during which she led the league in regular season scoring, with 14 goals and 18 assists for 32 points in twenty games.[16] Her elite production helped propel the team to a bronze medal finish in the 2023 EWHL Super Cup and her playoff-leading 14 points contributed to ECDC Memmingen’s consecutive semifinal and final series sweeps, which ended in the 2023 German Championship victory.[17]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
    Regular season   Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeague GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
2010-11Onalaska Co-OpWiPH 54 25380
2011-12Onalaska Co-OpWiPH 246132938 5102126
2012-13Onalaska Co-OpWiPH 2370149432 577148
2013-14Onalaska Co-OpWiPH 2269188726 5911202
2014-15UConn HuskiesNCAA 36951410 –––––
2015-16UConn HuskiesNCAA 371992822 –––––
2016-17UConn HuskiesNCAA 231091912 –––––
2017-18UConn HuskiesNCAA 391351816 –––––
2018-19Mad Dogs MannheimDFEL 2848186622 28082
2019-20Mad Dogs MannheimDFEL 2115132830 474112
2020-21Metropolitan RivetersNWHL 31010 –––––
2020-21Eisbären Juniors BerlinDFEL 857120 22020
2021-22Metropolitan RivetersPHF 1966126 10000
2022-23ECDC MemmingenDFEL 201418328 695140
NCAA totals 13551287960 –––––
PHF totals 2276136 10000
DFEL totals 77825613860 8115160

Note: Postseason results from the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons are from the relegation round rather than the playoffs and are not calculated with playoff totals.

References
  1. Sommerfeldt, Todd (January 5, 2018). "La Crosse Aquinas graduate Theresa Knutson coming off 2-goal performance for UConn". La Crosse Tribune. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  2. "Ona Co-op's Theresa Knutson concludes historic high school career". WKBT. March 10, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  3. Griswold, David (December 14, 2013). "Knutson among nation's all-time top scorers in girls hockey". La Crosse Tribune. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  4. "2017-18 Women's Ice Hockey Roster: 3 Theresa Knutson". University of Connecticut Athletics. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  5. Hanse, Heidi (January 23, 2018). "Onalaska graduate Theresa Knutson finds success with University of Connecticut's hockey team". La Crosse Tribune. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  6. "UConn Women's Hockey Team Stays Alive". Hartford Courant. February 25, 2018. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  7. Martin, Andrea (August 11, 2020). "Mad Dogs sichern sich US-Star". Mannheimer Morgen (in German). Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  8. "Mannheims Amerikanerin Knutson besiegt Bärinnen "im Alleingang"". Sport-Kreis Unna (in German). October 7, 2019. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  9. Teimann, Thorsten. "Theresa Knutson umkurvt den EC". Hellweger Anzeiger (in German).
  10. "Riveters Sign Theresa Knutson, Prolific Goal Scorer from UConn and the Frauen-Bundesliga". National Women's Hockey League (Press release). July 24, 2020. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  11. Murphy, Mike (May 3, 2021). "Overlooked performances on the 2021 Metropolitan Riveters". The Ice Garden. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  12. "ESC Planegg und Eisbären Juniors Berlin erreichen Finale um Meistertitel der Frauen-Bundesliga". EishockeyNews.de (in German). March 14, 2021. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  13. Kosirowski, Ken (July 22, 2021). "Onalaska girls hockey legend Knutson re-signs with NWHL club". WKBT. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  14. Szyska, Torsten (August 8, 2021). "DANKE für Euren Einsatz!". Eisbären Juniors Berlin (in German). Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  15. Murphy, Mike (April 2, 2022). "2021-22 PHF Season Recap: Metropolitan Riveters". The Ice Garden. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  16. "ECDC Memmingen Indians sichern sich Hauptrundentitel". Deutscher Eishockey-Bund (in German). February 20, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  17. Sinzenich, Tim (January 30, 2023). "Indians Frauen freuen sich über Platz drei im Finalturnier des europäischen EWHL Supercup – Titel geht erneut an KMH Budapest". Frauen-Eishockey.com (in German). Retrieved March 19, 2023.
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