Alex Poznikoff
Canadian ice hockey forward
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alexandra Poznikoff (born May 16, 1997) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Montreal Victoire of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).
| Alex Poznikoff | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
May 16, 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (160 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 130 lb (59 kg; 9 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Shoots | Right | ||||||||||||||||
| PWHL team Former teams |
Montreal Victoire Alberta Pandas | ||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 Canada | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2015–present | ||||||||||||||||
|
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||
Playing career
Poznikoff played on boy's youth hockey teams until her mid-teens. She was named MVP of the 2014 Esso Cup, after scoring 10 points in 7 games and winning a silver medal.[1]
She played for the Alberta Pandas of the University of Alberta, where she scored 125 points in 125 games.[2][3] She was named USports Player of the Year in 2019, the first Alberta Pandas player to win the award in a decade.[4][5] She suffered a broken leg halfway through her final season, when she was leading the conference in scoring.[6] She was able to return in time for the national playoffs, before they were cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]
After graduating, she joined the PWHPA for the 2020–21 season.[8]
International
Poznikoff represented Canada at the 2017 Winter Universiade, scoring three points in five games helping the Canadians to win the silver medals.[9][10]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2015-16 | Alberta Pandas | U Sports | 28 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2016-17 | Alberta Pandas | U Sports | 24 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2017-18 | Alberta Pandas | U Sports | 28 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2018-19 | Alberta Pandas | U Sports | 27 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2019-20 | Alberta Pandas | U Sports | 18 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2020-21 | Independent | PWHPA | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| U Sports totals | 125 | 60 | 65 | 125 | 52 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||||
Personal life
Poznikoff is a member of the LGBTQ community and became engaged to long-term partner Janelle Froehler, former fellow Alberta Pandas player, in October 2024.