Natálie Mlýnková

Natálie Mlýnková
Born (2001-05-24) 24 May 2001 (age 23)
Zlín, Czech Republic
Height 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
NCAA team
Former teams		 Minnesota
Vermont
HTI Stars
HC Slavia Praha
National team  Czech Republic
Playing career 2019–present
Medal record
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Denmark
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Canada

Natálie Mlýnková (born 24 May 2001) is a Czech ice hockey player for Minnesota of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association of NCAA Division I and a member of the Czech Republic women's national ice hockey team.

Playing career

Mlýnková plays college ice hockey for Vermont. During the 2023–24 season, she led Hockey East in points, and recorded 26 points on a league-best 15 goals and 11 assists in 27 conference games. Following the season she was awarded the 2024 Cammi Granato Award as Hockey East Player of the Year. She became the second Catamount player to lead Hockey East in points.[1]

International play

Mlýnková represented the Czech national under-18 team at the IIHF World Women's U18 Championship in 2017, 2018, and 2019, and won a silver medal with the Czech national under-16 team in the girls' ice hockey tournament at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics.

She represented the Czech Republic at the IIHF World Women's Championship in 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023.[2][3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2020–21 University of Vermont Hockey East 11 1 4 5 8 — — — — —
2021–22 University of Vermont Hockey East 22 7 10 17 4 — — — — —
2022–23 University of Vermont Hockey East 36 23 19 42 8 — — — — —
2023–24 University of Vermont Hockey East 35 17 16 33 16 — — — — —
NCAA totals 19 4 9 13 8 – – – – –

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2019 Czechia WC 6th 5 3 0 3 4
2021 Czech Republic WC 7th 6 0 1 1 2
2022 Czech Republic WC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 6 2 8 2
2023 Czech Republic WC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 2 1 3 2
Senior totals 25 11 4 15 10

Awards and honours

Honors Year
College
Hockey East Player of the Year 2024 [1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Natálie Mlýnková Named Hockey East Player of the Year". hockeyeastonline.com. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  2. ^ "České reprezentantky odehrají v rámci přípravy na MS zápas se Slovenskem". Czech Ice Hockey Association (in Czech). 26 March 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  3. ^ "2019 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: CZE - Czech Republic" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2021.


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