Emma Maltais | |||
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Born | Burlington, Ontario, Canada | November 4, 1999||
Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||
Position | Forward | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
PWHL team | PWHL Toronto | ||
National team | Canada | ||
Playing career | 2023–present | ||
Medal record |
Emma Maltais (born November 4, 1999) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for PWHL Toronto of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and member of Canada women's national ice hockey team.
Growing up in southern Ontario, Maltais began skating at the age of 2 and began playing hockey at the age of 4. [1] During high school, she played for the Oakville Hornets in the Provincial Women's Hockey League (Prov. WHL), where she served as team captain in the 2016–17 season. [2] Her career totals of 55 goals and 92 assists are among the most in Prov. WHL history, and her 147 points are the most in Hornets history. [3]
Having committed to Ohio State University as a high school freshman, she played her first season with the Buckeyes in the 2017–18 season. She scored 40 points in 37 games during her rookie NCAA season, leading the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) in points-per-game and breaking the record for most WCHA Rookie of the Month awards, winning four times. [3] [4]
Her production increased to 43 points in 35 games the following season, again leading Ohio State in scoring and being named to the All-WCHA First Team. [5]
In the 2019–20 season, she set an Ohio State record for points, with 59 points in 38 games, and picking up her 100th collegiate point against Bemidji State University on November 2, 2019. [6] [7] That year, she was a top-10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award and was named to the All-WCHA First Team for the third consecutive season. [8] [9]
In her senior year, the 2020–21 season, Maltais recorded five goals and 16 points in 20 games, leading the Buckeyes with 11 assists. She recorded her 100th career assist against the University of Minnesota on January 29, 2021. She set a Buckeyes record for career playoff points with 14, and for the second consecutive season she was a top-10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award. [3]
For the 2021–22 season, Maltais was centralized with the Canadian national team. [3]
Returning to Ohio State in the 2022–23 season, Maltais recorded 48 points in 39 games, becoming the first Ohio State player to reach 200 career points. [10] [11]
One of the youngest players entering the inaugural draft of the newly-created Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL), Maltais was selected in the second round, 11th overall by Toronto. [10]
Maltais represented Canada at the 2016 and 2017 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, scoring a total of nine points in ten games and winning silver twice. [12] [13]
She was named to the senior national team roster for the first time in 2019, suiting up for the 2019-20 Rivalry Series against the United States. [14] In May 2021, she was one of 28 players invited to Hockey Canada's Centralization Camp, which represents the selection process for the Canadian women's team that shall compete in Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics. [15]
On January 11, 2022, Maltais was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team. [16] [17] [18]
Maltais studies health sciences at Ohio State University and has interned at the Ohio State Neurological Institute. [3]
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2012–13 | Oakville Jr. Hornets | Prov. WHL | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
2013–14 | Oakville Jr. Hornets | Prov. WHL | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2014–15 | Oakville Jr. Hornets | Prov. WHL | 37 | 21 | 33 | 54 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||
2015–16 | Oakville Jr. Hornets | Prov. WHL | 21 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
2016–17 | Oakville Jr. Hornets | Prov. WHL | 34 | 22 | 34 | 56 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 | ||
2017–18 | Ohio State University | WCHA | 37 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2018–19 | Ohio State University | WCHA | 35 | 15 | 28 | 43 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2019–20 | Ohio State University | WCHA | 38 | 19 | 40 | 59 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2020–21 | Ohio State University | WCHA | 20 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2022–23 | Ohio State University | WCHA | 39 | 11 | 37 | 48 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
NCAA totals | 169 | 66 | 140 | 206 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — |
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2016 | Canada | U18 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | ||
2017 | Canada | U18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
2021 | Canada | WC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2022 | Canada | OG | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
2022 | Canada | WC | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
2023 | Canada | WC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
2024 | Canada | WC | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
Junior totals | 10 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 6 | ||||
Senior totals | 33 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 |
Award | Year | Ref |
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College | ||
WCHA Rookie of the Year | 2018 | [3] |
USCHO All-Rookie Team | 2018 | |
First Team All-WCHA | 2018, 2019, 2020 | |
WCHA All-Rookie Team | 2018 | |
OSU Scholar Athlete | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 | |
WCHA Scholar Athlete | 2019, 2020 | |
WCHA All-Academic Team | 2019, 2020, 2021 | |
Academic All-Big Ten | 2019, 2020, 2021 | |
USCHO Third Team All-American | 2020, 2021 | |
AHCA Second Team All-American | 2020 | [19] |
Second Team All-WCHA | 2023 | [11] |
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