Haley Skarupa
Haley Rae Skarupa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Skarupa with the Boston Pride in 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1994-01-03) January 3, 1994 (age 30)[1] Rockville, Maryland, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 141 lb (64 kg; 10 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shot | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Played for | Team Sonnet (PWHPA) New Hampshire (PWHPA) Boston Pride Connecticut Whale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2012–2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Haley Rae Skarupa (born January 3, 1994) is an American former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Women's Hockey League and Professional Women's Hockey Players Association, and for the American national team.
Playing career
Skarupa played under-19 hockey for the Washington Pride of the Junior Women's Hockey League. In both her junior and senior years of high school, she captained the team and won the Liz Turgeon Player of the Year award.[2]
After graduating from high school, Skarupa joined Boston College, where both her parents had studied.[3][4] Across four seasons in the NCAA, she scored 244 points in 144 games, the second highest scorer in Boston College history, for both men and women.[5] She was a finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award in both 2015 and 2016.[2]
Skarupa was drafted fifth overall, in the second round of the 2015 NWHL Draft by the New York Riveters. On April 26, 2016, Skarupa's signing rights were traded to the Connecticut Whale in exchange for Michelle Picard.[6][7]
Across three seasons in the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL), Skarupa would put up 45 points in 34 games, being named to the 2017 NWHL All-Star Game.[8]
In May 2019, Skarupa joined the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) boycott of the NWHL. A few months later, she was hired as a hockey ambassador with the Washington Capitals of the NHL.[9] She played at PWHPA events from 2020 to 2023.[10]
Skarupa announced her retirement as a player on March 16, 2023.[11]
International play
Skarupa made her international debut at the 2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, winning silver. She returned for the 2011 championship, where she recorded 8 points including a hat-trick in a 14–1 gold medal victory over the Czech Republic.[12][13]
At the 2012 U18 Championship, Skarupa set a single-tournament record of 11 goals.[14] She and Team USA would earn the silver medal.[2]
Skarupa participated at the 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship, as well as the 2016 and 2017 World Championships, winning gold each time.[1][15]
Skarupa represented the United States at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[16][17]
Post-playing career
On October 19, 2023, USA Hockey announced that they had hired Skarupa as head scout of the U.S. Women's National Team program.[10]
Personal life
Skarupa was raised in Rockville, Maryland, and she graduated from Wootton High School.[18][19]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2010–11 | Washington Pride | JWHL | 23 | 41 | 19 | 60 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2011–12 | Washington Pride | JWHL | 27 | 74 | 15 | 89 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2012–13 | Boston College | HE | 33 | 24 | 29 | 53 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2013–14 | Boston College | HE | 33 | 25 | 16 | 41 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2014–15 | Boston College | HE | 37 | 31 | 40 | 71 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2015–16 | Boston College | HE | 41 | 35 | 44 | 79 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2016–17 | Connecticut Whale | NWHL | 16 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
2017–18 | Boston Pride | NWHL | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2018–19 | Boston Pride | NWHL | 13 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | New Hampshire | PWHPA | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2022–23 | Team Sonnet | PWHPA | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
NWHL totals | 34 | 19 | 26 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
PWHPA totals | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
International
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2010 | United States | U18 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 | |
2011 | United States | U18 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | |
2012 | United States | U18 | ![]() | 5 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
2015 | United States | WC | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
2016 | United States | WC | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
2017 | United States | WC | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
2022 | United States | OG | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Junior totals | 15 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 0 | ||||
Senior totals | 20 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
Awards and honors
Award | Year | Ref |
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JWHL | ||
Liz Turgeon Player of the Year | 2011, 2012 | [2] |
NCAA | ||
Third Team All-USCHO.com | 2014 | [2] |
Second Team All-USCHO.com | 2015 | |
First Team All-USCHO.com | 2016 | |
Second Team AHCA All-American | 2016 | |
Hockey East | ||
Rookie of the Year | 2013 | [2] |
All-Rookie Team | 2013 | |
Second All-Star Team | 2013, 2015 | |
First All-Star Team | 2014, 2016 | |
NWHL | ||
All-Star Game | 2017 | [8] |
References
- ^ a b "Team Roster Archived 2018-02-14 at the Wayback Machine". 2015 IIHF World Championship. May 29, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f "Haley Skarupa - Women's Hockey - Boston College Athletics". Archived from the original on 2021-03-03. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
- ^ "BC hockey's Haley Skarupa high on any list - The Boston Globe". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 2022-08-14. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
- ^ Canfield, Owen (31 January 2018). "Owen Canfield: Torrington has special reason to cheer on U.S. women's hockey team in Skarupa". The Register Citizen. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Women's Hockey Top 25 Under 25 | Number 8 - Haley Skarupa - The Ice Garden". 22 September 2017. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Riveters, Whale Trade Rights to Skarupa and Picard". National Women's Hockey League. Archived from the original on May 14, 2016.
- ^ "Why nobody is having a better 2018 than Haley Skarupa - The Ice Garden". 13 August 2018. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ a b deSimas, Jr, Gerry (12 January 2017). "Babstock leads five players from Whale selected to play in NWHL All-Star Game". The Collinsville Press. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "Capitals hire former Olympian Haley Skarupa as hockey ambassador | RSN". Archived from the original on 2019-09-26. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
- ^ a b "Haley Skarupa Named U.S. Women's National Team Head Scout". usahockey.com. USA Hockey. October 19, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
- ^ Skarupa, Haley [@skroops28] (March 16, 2023). "Skipping back into retirement for now. Thank you sonnet slappers 👛 don't even know where to start so let's just roll the tape #outwithabang". Retrieved February 26, 2024 – via Instagram.
- ^ "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). iihf.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
- ^ "U.S. Women's National Under-18 Team Upends Czechs, 14-1, to Advance to Gold-Medal Game at 2011 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship". sportngin.com. USA Hockey. January 7, 2011. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
- ^ Aykroyd, Lucas (14 January 2024). "Canada thrashes Finns for bronze". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ "Haley Skarupa". Archived from the original on 2020-04-26. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
- ^ Woodfork, Rob (February 8, 2018). "Haley Skarupa: From thin ice to center ice Archived 2018-02-14 at the Wayback Machine". WTOP.
- ^ "After gut check, Rockville's Haley Skarupa finds her way to U.S. women's hockey team - Baltimore Sun". 3 February 2018. Archived from the original on 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
- ^ "Haley Skarupa got a second chance and made the U.S. Olympic women's hockey team - The Washington Post". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2018-01-20.
- ^ "18 Under 18: Haley Skarupa". 28 February 2012. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
- Haley Skarupa at Olympics.com
- Haley Skarupa on X