Kimberly Newell

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhou.
Kimberly Newell
Born (1995-10-04) October 4, 1995 (age 29)
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 PinyinZhōu Jiāyīng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationJāu Gāyīng

Kimberly Jessica Newell (born October 4, 1995),[1] also known by the Chinese name Zhou Jiaying (Chinese: 周嘉鹰),[2] is a Chinese-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.

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, who is from China, and her father, who is from Salmon Arm, British Columbia, met at the University of British Columbia while they were both studying 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 to be able to communicate with her maternal grandfather.[6] Newell's paternal grandmother played field hockey in her native Germany.[6]

International career

Medal record
Representing Canada Canada
Women's U18 ice hockey
World U18 Championship
Gold medal – first place 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's 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

  1. ^ "Kimberly Newell - Women's Ice Hockey". Princeton University Athletics. Archived from the original on April 12, 2022. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  2. ^ "Rays ready for Beijing bow". HC Red Star. January 29, 2022. Archived from the original on February 6, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  3. ^ "Beijing 2022 – Athletes: Jiaying ZHOU". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on March 9, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  4. ^ "China's goalie honors her heritage with dragon-themed gear". ESPN.com. February 5, 2022. Archived from the original on May 19, 2022. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  5. ^ "At the Beijing Games, B.C. goaltender Kimberly Newell is a Chinese sensation". Houston Today. February 18, 2022. Archived from the original on February 18, 2022. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Growing the Game and Strengthening Ties: Hockey's Newell Follows the Game to Family's Home". Princeton University Athletics. Archived from the original on March 22, 2022. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  7. ^ "2013 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship – Media All Stars" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. January 5, 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 7, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  8. ^ Potts, Andy (January 28, 2022). "Chinese women target QF". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on February 3, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  9. ^ "Canadian-born Chinese goalie "not allowed" to speak English to Olympic media | Offside". dailyhive.com. Archived from the original on May 19, 2022. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  10. ^ "Olympics-Ice hockey-Canada-born player on China team lets aide do the (English) talking". Reuters. February 6, 2022. Archived from the original on May 21, 2022. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  11. ^ "Coaches". Empower Hockey. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  12. ^ Kemmerer, Gillian (October 1, 2021). "Ice Diaries: Kimberly Newell". KHL. Archived from the original on February 7, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2022.