| Michela Cava | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Cava with PWHL Minnesota in 2024 | |||
| Born | March 26, 1994 Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) | ||
| Weight | 134 lb (61 kg; 9 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| PWHL team Former teams | PWHL Minnesota | ||
| Playing career | 2012–present | ||
Michela Cava (born March 26, 1994) is a Canadian ice hockey centre for PWHL Minnesota of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).
Along with goaltender Danika Ranger, Cava is one of only two players to have won a gold medal at the Esso Cup, Canada’s National Female Midget Championship and the U18 Canadian women’s nationals. [1] Cava was the first, winning the Esso Cup with the Thunder Bay Queens in 2010 and with Team Ontario Red at the 2011 nationals.
At the NCAA level, Cava spent her first two seasons with the University of Connecticut Huskies. Prior to her junior season, she transferred to the University of Minnesota Duluth to join the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey program. In her final NCAA season, she recorded 38 points in 37 contests, including 12 multi-point games. [2]
Cava was selected by the Toronto Furies in the third round of the 2016 CWHL Draft. [3] She made her debut on October 14 against the Boston Blades. Cava recorded a five-game scoring streak, starting on October 30 and lasting until November 20. She was selected to compete in the 2017 CWHL All-Star Game. [4]
After just one year in Toronto, Cava left the league to move to Sweden, signing with Modo Hockey in the SDHL. [5] She would score 55 points in 36 games in her first season in Sweden, leading Modo in points and finishing 5th in the league in scoring. [6] The next year, she would score 64 points, finishing the season as the SDHL's leading scorer.
In 2019, Cava left Modo to sign with Brynäs in Gävle, seeking a new challenge and wanting to move to a bigger city. [7] She would score 45 points in 36 games for Brynäs, finishing fourth in club scoring, as the club advanced to the SDHL semi-finals for the first time in seven years. She would sign with Luleå ahead of the 2020–21 SDHL season. [8]
On October 6, 2021, Cava signed with the Toronto Six of the Premier Hockey Federation. [9] She would be named the Playoff MVP for the 2022–23 season, leading the Six to win the Isobel Cup. [10]
Cava was drafted in the 12th round of the 2023 PWHL Draft by Minnesota. [11]
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2012–13 | UConn Huskies | NCAA | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2013–14 | UConn Huskies | NCAA | 35 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2014–15 | UMD Bulldogs | NCAA | 32 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2015–16 | UMD Bulldogs | NCAA | 37 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2016–17 | Toronto Furies | CWHL | 24 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2017–18 | Modo Hockey | SDHL | 36 | 25 | 30 | 55 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19 | Modo Hockey | SDHL | 36 | 27 | 37 | 64 | 30 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | ||
| 2019–20 | Brynäs IF | SDHL | 36 | 23 | 22 | 45 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Luleå HF | SDHL | 36 | 29 | 37 | 66 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 2020–21 | KRS Vanke Rays | ZhHL | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Toronto Six | PHF | 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | KRS Vanke Rays | ZhHL | 12 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 8 | ||
| 2022–23 | Toronto Six | PHF | 24 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | PWHL Minnesota | PWHL | 24 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | In progress | ||||||
| NCAA totals | 138 | 42 | 46 | 88 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| CWHL totals | 24 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| SDHL totals | 144 | 104 | 126 | 230 | 104 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 10 | ||||
| ZhHL totals | 12 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 8 | ||||
| PHF totals | 35 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| PWHL totals | 24 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | In progress | ||||||||
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