Paige Voight
American ice hockey player (born 1997)
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Paige Voight is an American ice hockey forward, currently playing with the Metropolitan Riveters of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL).
| Paige Voight | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
February 4, 1997 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 |
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| Playing career | 2015–present | ||
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]