Emily Fluke
Emily Fluke | |||
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![]() Emily Fluke in the Isobel Playoffs 3-8-2020 | |||
Born | Bourne, Massachusetts, U.S. | September 3, 1992||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) | ||
Position | Forward | ||
Shoots | Right | ||
PHF team Former teams | Connecticut Whale Toronto Six Boston Pride Middlebury Panthers | ||
Playing career | 2011–present |
Emily Fluke is an American ice hockey forward, currently playing for the Connecticut Whale of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF). A two-time PHF All-Star, she formerly served as captain of the Connecticut Whale and is currently the 9th leading scorer in league history.
Career
[edit]Across 109 NCAA Division III games with Middlebury Panthers, Fluke scored 115 points. She led the entire New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) in scoring in her senior year, being named NESCAC Player of the Year and New England Hockey Writers Association's Division II-III Women's Player of the Year.
After graduating, she took a year off hockey.[1] She returned to the ice in 2017 to sign her first professional contract with the Connecticut Whale of the PHF.[2] In her rookie PHF season, she scored 11 points in 16 games, leading her team in goals, assists, and points, and was one of only two players on the team to finish with a positive plus/minus rating.[3] Her first career PHF goal came in her hometown, a game-winning goal against the Boston Pride in her second game of the season. She would be named team captain for the Whale for the 2018–19 season. That season, her second in the league, she scored 11 points in 16 games, leading the team in assists, and was named to the NWHL All-Star Game for the second year in a row.[4]
After two years with the Whale, she signed with the Boston Pride ahead of the 2019–20 season.[5] In her first season with the Pride, she scored 27 points in 23 games, more than doubling her total career points, as the team finished in first place during the regular season.[6]
In December 2020, she announced that she had signed with the expansion Toronto Six for the 2020–21 NWHL season, only the fourth player with previous PHF experience to sign with the Six.[7] She returned to the Whale for the 2021–22 season.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2017–18 | Connecticut Whale | PHF | 16 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | Connecticut Whale | PHF | 16 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | Boston Pride | PHF | 23 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
2020–21 | Toronto Six | PHF | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2021–22 | Connecticut Whale | PHF | 19 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
PHF totals | 80 | 22 | 42 | 64 | 44 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
References
[edit]- ^ Rice, Dan (November 16, 2017). "Connecticut Whale: Q&A with Emily Fluke". The Hockey Writers. Archived from the original on September 23, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
- ^ "Whale Star Emily Fluke Finds Inspiration in Memorable WNBA Event". OurSports Central (Press Release). August 27, 2018. Archived from the original on August 13, 2022. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
- ^ Oliver, Nathaniel (October 9, 2019). "Boston Pride Even Stronger With Emily Fluke Signing". The Hockey Writers. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ Bryant, Casey (September 21, 2020). "All-Time Starting Lineup: Connecticut Whale". The Ice Garden. Archived from the original on October 4, 2020. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ Murphy, Mike (October 11, 2019). "What Emily Fluke brings to the Pride". The Ice Garden. Archived from the original on October 24, 2021. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ Ingemi, Marisa (October 11, 2019). "Women's hockey notebook: New Pride signing no Fluke". Boston Herald. Archived from the original on October 21, 2019. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
- ^ Rice, Dan (December 14, 2020). "Toronto Six: Scoring Depth, Leadership Gained with Signing of Emily Fluke". The Hockey Writers. Archived from the original on December 14, 2020. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- ^ Moed, Alexis (October 28, 2021). "Fan favorite Emily Fluke returns to Whale". whale.premierhockeyfederation.com. Archived from the original on October 30, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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