| Dominique Kremer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Kremer with PWHL Minnesota in 2024 | |||
| Born | June 9, 1997 Dubuque, Iowa, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | ||
| Position | Defense | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| SDHL team Former teams | SDE HF | ||
| Playing career | 2015–present | ||
Dominique Kremer (born June 9, 1997) is an American ice hockey defenseman. She plays in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with SDE HF.
Kremer began skating at the age of three, playing hockey for the first time two years later. [1] She later played with the St. Louis Lady Blues organisation, before attending Shattuck-St. Mary's in Minnesota for high school. [2] [3] [4]
From 2015 to 2019, she attended Merrimack College, scoring 56 points in 138 NCAA Division I games with the Merrimack Warriors women's ice hockey team of the Hockey East conference. She scored her first collegiate career goal as a rookie on the October 3, 2015 against St. Cloud State. During the 2018–19 season, Kremer served as an alternate captain for Merrimack and was named to the All-WHEA Third Team. [5]
She was drafted 17th overall by the Connecticut Whale in the 2018 NWHL Draft. [6] Instead of joining the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL; renamed Premier Hockey Federation in 2021) after graduating, she signed her first professional contract with Djurgårdens IF of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL), stating that she felt the SDHL was the league that offered the highest skill level. [7] She scored 16 points in 36 games in her rookie SDHL season, the highest scoring defender on her team. [8]
After originally planning to continue playing in Sweden, restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic prompted her to return to North America to sign in the NWHL, joining the Buffalo Beauts for the 2020–21 NWHL season. [9] [10] She was the first player signed by newly named Beauts general manager Nate Oliver. [11]
Kremer played the 2023–24 season in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) with PWHL Minnesota. [12]
At Merrimack College, she majored in international studies and French, with a minor in pre-law. [13]
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2015–16 | Merrimack College | Hockey East | 34 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Merrimack College | Hockey East | 34 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Merrimack College | Hockey East | 34 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Merrimack College | Hockey East | 36 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019-20 | Djurgårdens IF | SDHL | 36 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Buffalo Beauts | NWHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Buffalo Beauts | PHF | 20 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Buffalo Beauts | PHF | 23 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | PWHL Minnesota | PWHL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| SDHL totals | 36 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| NWHL/PHF totals | 49 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| PWHL totals | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Source: [14]
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