Paige Voight

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

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

Career

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

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

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

References

  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.