Alexa Gruschow
Alexa Gruschow is an American ice hockey player on reserve for PWHL New York of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She won the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) scoring title and the Isobel Cup with the Metropolitan Riveters in the 2017–18 season.
| Alexa Gruschow | |||
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Gruschow with the Metropolitan Riveters in 2018 | |||
| Born |
April 16, 1994 Mechanicsburg, PA | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||
| Weight | 135 lb (61 kg; 9 st 9 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| PWHL team Former teams |
PWHL New York Metropolitan Riveters | ||
| Playing career | 2010–present | ||
Playing career
NCAA
With the Rensselaer Engineers, Gruschow appeared in 133 games with the program, accumulating 46 goals and 47 assists for a total of 93 points. Graduating third on the Engineer's all-time scoring list, trailing Alisa Harrison and Whitney Naslund, she also ranks second all-time in goals scored, trailing only Naslund.
During her senior season, she registered a career-best 23 points in 34 appearances, logging 13 goals plus 10 assists. In addition, she paced the Engineers in power play goals with four, while also leading with 115 shots, 313 face-off wins and a .503 face-off winning percentage, respectively.
Signing a player contract with the New York Riveters on June 21, 2016, Gruschow became the second Engineers alumnae to compete in the NWHL, following Jordan Smelker, who captured an Isobel Cup title with the Boston Pride in 2015.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2010–11 | Washington Pride | JWHL | 27 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Washington Pride | JWHL | 31 | 23 | 34 | 57 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | ECAC | 36 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | ECAC | 32 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | ECAC | 31 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | ECAC | 31 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | New York Riveters | NWHL | 18 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Metropolitan Riveters | NWHL | 16 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Metropolitan Riveters | NWHL | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2020–21 | New Hampshire | PWHPA | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Boston | PWHPA | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Team Harvey's | PWHPA | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | New York | PWHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NWHL totals | 50 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 50 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| PWHL totals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Awards and honors
NCAA
- 2013 ECAC All-Rookie Team
- 2013 ECAC All-Academic
- 2013 RPI Engineers women's ice hockey Rookie of the Year[1]
- 2016 RPI Engineers women's ice hockey Most Valuable Player
NWHL
- NWHL Player of the Week, Awarded November 6, 2017[2]
- 2018 NWHL Most Valuable Player[3]
- 2018 NWHL Scoring Champion[3]
- Most Valuable Player, 2018 Isobel Cup Finals
References
- Press Release (21 June 2016). "Alexa Gruschow signs Pro Contract". ECAC Hockey. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- "NWHL Player of the Week: Alexa Gruschow". nwhl.zone. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- "2018 #NWHLAWARDS RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED". NWHL.zone. March 20, 2018. Archived from the original on March 22, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
- RPI player profile