Halli Krzyzaniak

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Halli Krzyzaniak
Born (1995-02-04) February 4, 1995 (age 29)
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 161 lb (73 kg; 11 st 7 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
PWHPA teamCalgary
Played for Calgary Inferno
Djurgårdens IF
North Dakota
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Playing career 2013present
Medal record
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Sweden
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Canada
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 United States
World U18 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Czech Republic

Halli Krzyzaniak (born February 4, 1995) is a Canadian women's ice hockey player, currently playing for the Calgary section of the PWHPA. She made her debut with the Canada women's national ice hockey team at the 2014 4 Nations Cup. [1]

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Playing career

Krzyzaniak moved to Kelowna, British Columbia, at age 13 to attend the Pursuit of Excellence Hockey Academy. She represented Team Manitoba at the 2011 Canada Winter Games women's ice hockey tournament. [2] She travelled to Bratislava, Slovakia to participate in the 2011 IIHF High Performance Women's Camp from July 4–12. [3] During the 2011–12 Canada women's national ice hockey team season, she was a member of the Canadian National Under 18 team that participated in a three-game series vs. the US in August 2011. [4]

NCAA

In autumn 2013, she joined the University of North Dakota women's ice hockey program. She would earn one of the assists on the game-winning goal scored by Susanna Tapani which snapped the Minnesota Golden Gophers 62-game win streak on November 17, 2013. [5]

Professional

Following her participation at Hockey Canada's Centralization Camp in the autumn of 2017, Krzyzaniak played with Djurgårdens IF of the Swedish Women's Hockey League, recording one assist in five regular season games and two assists in four playoff games. [6] In 2018, Krzyzaniak was drafted fourth overall by the Calgary Inferno in the 2018 CWHL Draft. [7]

Career statistics

YearEventGPGAPTSPIM
2011Canada Winter Games715616

Personal

Her uncle, Rick Blight played for the Vancouver Canucks. [8]

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