Alexa Gruschow
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| Alexa Gruschow | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Gruschow with the Metropolitan Riveters in 2018 | |||
| Born |
April 16, 1994 Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | ||
| Weight | 134 lb (61 kg; 9 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| PWHL team Former teams |
PWHL New York Metropolitan Riveters | ||
| Playing career | 2012–present | ||
Alexa Gruschow (born April 16, 1994) is an American ice hockey player. She was on the reserve roster of PWHL New York during the 2023–24 season of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).
Gruschow won the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) scoring title and the Isobel Cup with the Metropolitan Riveters in the 2017–18 season.
Playing career
[edit]NCAA
[edit]During her college ice hockey career with the RPI Engineers women's ice hockey program, Gruschow appeared in 133 games and accumulated 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 ranked 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.
Gruschow signed a player contract with the New York Riveters on June 21, 2016, becoming the second Engineers alumna to compete in the NWHL – the first was Jordan Smelker, who captured an Isobel Cup title with the Boston Pride in 2015.
Career statistics
[edit]Regular season and playoffs
[edit]| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | RPI Engineers | ECAC | 36 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | RPI Engineers | ECAC | 32 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | RPI Engineers | ECAC | 31 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | RPI Engineers | 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 | ||||
| PWHPA totals | 33 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Awards and honors
[edit]NCAA
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ Press Release (June 21, 2016). "Alexa Gruschow signs Pro Contract". ECAC Hockey. Archived from the original on August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
- ^ "NWHL Player of the Week: Alexa Gruschow". nwhl.zone. Archived from the original on March 27, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ^ a b "2018 #NWHLAWARDS RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED". NWHL.zone. March 20, 2018. Archived from the original on March 22, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- RPI player profile