Micah Zandee-Hart

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Micah Zandee-Hart
Micah Zandee-Hart.jpg
Zandee-Hart with PWHL New York in 2024
Born (1997-01-13) January 13, 1997 (age 28)
Saanichton, British Columbia, Canada
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 152 lb (69 kg; 10 st 12 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
PWHL team New York Sirens
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Playing career 2022present

Micah Arielle Zandee-Hart (born January 13, 1997) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and captain of the New York Sirens of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).

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Playing career

College career

During her freshman season in 2015–16 at Cornell University, Zandee-Hart ranked third in team scoring and first among defencemen with 18 points. Her first goal came on November 20, 2015, against Mercyhurst University, the first game of a five-game point streak. She recorded multiple points six separate times. [1]

In her sophomore year, the 2016–17 season, she was named captain of the Big Red, the second sophomore in program history to be named captain. She recorded five goals and 16 points over 32 games, leading the team with five power play goals, 11 power play points, and 56 blocked shots. She was a finalist for ECAC Defenseman of the Year. [1]

Zandee-Hart would not play for Cornell in the 2017–18 season, instead centralizing with the Canadian national team. [1]

As a junior in 2018–19, she recorded four goals and 21 points in 32 games, including a game-winning goal, her first at the NCAA level, in the March 9, 2019 ECAC semifinal against Princeton University. [1]

In her final year of college hockey, the 2019–20 season, Zandee-Hart recorded seven goals and 32 points in 31 games, including a career-high four points against Mercyhurst on January 4, 2020. Her 1.03 points per game ranked fourth nationally amond defenders. She once again led the team in blocked shots with 58, finishing her collegiate career with 225, the most in Cornell history. [1]

Professional career

Zandee-Hart joined the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association and their boycott of professional women's hockey in the 2020–21 season, playing in Calgary. [2]

On September 8, 2023, New York of the newly-created Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) announced that they had signed Zandee-Hart, along with American forwards Abby Roque and Alex Carpenter, to three-year contracts as part of the league's pre-draft free agency period. [3] On December 21, 2023, she was named the first-ever captain of the team. [4] She was also chosen as the team's player representative for the PWHL Players Association (PWHLPA), the league's labour union. [5]

International play

Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Beijing Team
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Denmark
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Canada
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Czechia
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Finland
World U18 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Hungary
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 United States
Zandee-Hart with Team Canada in 2017 MicahZandeeHart2.jpg
Zandee-Hart with Team Canada in 2017

Along with fellow British Columbia resident Sarah Potomak, Zandee-Hart was invited to participate in the International Ice Hockey Federation’s (IIHF) 2013 Women's High Performance Camp in Sheffield, England. [6] While participating with Team British Columbia at the 2015 Canada Winter Games, Zandee-Hart was named the province's flag bearer at the event. [7]

Hart played in two under-18 events with Team Canada winning gold in 2014 and, as team captain, silver in 2015. [2] [8]

With Canada's Under-22/Development Team, Zandee-Hart captured a gold medal at the 2016 Nations Cup. Before the event, the team participated in a series of exhibition games against the national teams of Austria, the Czech Republic and Hungary. She registered an assist in the December 30, 2015, game against Austria. [9]

On November 23, 2016, she was named to the Canada women's national ice hockey team roster that competed against the United States in a pair of contests on December 13 (in Plymouth, Michigan) and December 20, 2016 (in Sarnia, Ontario). She is one of three members of the Canadian roster who made their debuts with the national team in the series against the United States. [10] [11]

On January 11, 2022, Zandee-Hart was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team, becoming the first British Columbia-born woman to represent the country in Olympic ice hockey. [12] [13] At the games, she recorded four assists en route to a gold medal. [2]

Personal life

Zandee-Hart is part of the LGBTQ+ community. [14] She attended Penticton Secondary School. [1]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2012–13Okanagan Hockey Academy JWHL 2917822
2013–14Okanagan Hockey AcademyJWHL2916730
2014–15Okanagan Hockey AcademyJWHL2418935
2015–16 Cornell University ECAC 301171820
2016–17 Cornell UniversityECAC315111630
2017–18 Canada AMHL (Men's)120444
2018–19 Cornell UniversityECAC324172130
2019–20 Cornell UniversityECAC317253220
2022–23 Team Sonnet PWHPA 2003312
2023–24 New York PWHL 1903310
2024–25 New York Sirens PWHL 30191016
PWHL totals491121326

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
2014 Canada U18 Gold medal icon.svg50002
2015 CanadaU18Silver medal icon.svg51120
2019 Canada WC Bronze medal icon.svg70222
2022 Canada OG Gold medal icon.svg70448
2022 CanadaWCGold medal icon.svg70110
2023 CanadaWCSilver medal icon.svg70112
2025 CanadaWCSilver medal icon.svg31120
Junior totals101122
Senior totals31191012

Awards and honours

AwardYearRef
International
World U18 Championship – Media All-Star Team 2015 [15]
College
ECAC All-Rookie Team 2016 [16]
All-Ivy Honorable Mention 2016 [17]
ECAC All-Tournament Team 2017, 2019, 2020 [1]
Second Team All-Ivy 2017, 2020
First Team All-ECAC 2017
Third Team All-ECAC 2019
Third Team All-USCHO 2019, 2020
Second Team All-ECAC 2020
First Team All-Ivy 2020 [18]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Micah Zandee-Hart". Cornell University Athletics. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Micah Zandee-Hart". Team Canada. January 11, 2022. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  3. "Alex Carpenter, Abby Roque, Micah Zandee-Hart Sign Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) Contracts With New York". Professional Women's Hockey League (Press release). September 8, 2023. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  4. @PWHL_NewYork (December 21, 2023). "Meet the first-ever Captains of PWHL New York! 🫡 We are proud to announce defender Micah Zandee-Hart as our Captain and forward Alex Carpenter and defender Ella Shelton as our Alternate Captains!" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  5. Kennedy, Ian (December 20, 2023). "PWHLPA Chooses Player Representatives". The Hockey News . Archived from the original on January 18, 2024. Retrieved January 18, 2024.
  6. "BC Hockey, 2013–14 Year in Review (Page 3)" (PDF). BC Hockey. n.d. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
  7. Annicchiarico, Mario (February 3, 2015). "Saanichton's Micah Hart named B.C. flag bearer for Canada Games". Times Colonist. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
  8. "Rosters – Canada's National Women's Under-18 Team Set for 2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship". Hockey Canada. January 3, 2015. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
  9. "Micah Hart – Roster". Hockey Canada. n.d. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
  10. "Canada's National Women's Team Rosters For December Series and Nations Cup". Hockey Canada. November 23, 2016. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
  11. "Rosters – Canada 2016 NWT Series". Hockey Canada. November 23, 2016. Archived from the original on November 24, 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
  12. Brickman, Katie (August 19, 2022). "Zandee-Hart Leading by Example". Hockey Canada . Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  13. "Canada's 2022 Olympic women's hockey team roster". Canadian Press . Toronto, Ontario, Canada. January 11, 2022. Archived from the original on January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  14. Outsports: At least 35 out LGBTQ athletes in Beijing Winter Olympics, a record Archived March 25, 2022, at the Wayback Machine , January 2022
  15. "2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship". stats.iihf.com. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  16. "Hart named to ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team". Cornell Big Red. March 4, 2016. Archived from the original on November 26, 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
  17. "Women's Ice Hockey All-Ivy, Postseason Awards Announced". Ivy League Sports. February 25, 2016. Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
  18. "Women's Ice Hockey Sweeps Ivy League Major Awards, Five Named All-Ivy". cornellbigred.com. February 26, 2020. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
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Position created
New York Sirens captain
2023–present
Incumbent