Alexa Gruschow Explained

Birth Date:16 April 1994
Birth Place:Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Position:Forward
Shoots:Right
Height Ft:5
Height In:6
Weight Lb:134
League:PWHL
Team:PWHL New York
Former Teams:Metropolitan Riveters
Sex:f
Career Start:2012

Alexa Gruschow (born April 16, 1994) is an American ice hockey player. She was on the reserve roster of PWHL New York during the 2023–24 season of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).

Gruschow won the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) scoring title and the Isobel Cup with the Metropolitan Riveters in the 2017–18 season.

Playing career

NCAA

During her college ice hockey career with the RPI Engineers women's ice hockey program, Gruschow appeared in 133 games and accumulated 46 goals and 47 assists for a total of 93 points. Graduating third on the Engineer's all-time scoring list, trailing Alisa Harrison and Whitney Naslund, she also ranked second all-time in goals scored, trailing only Naslund.

During her senior season, she registered a career-best 23 points in 34 appearances, logging 13 goals plus 10 assists. In addition, she paced the Engineers in power play goals with four, while also leading with 115 shots, 313 face-off wins and a .503 face-off winning percentage, respectively.

Gruschow signed a player contract with the New York Riveters on June 21, 2016, becoming the second Engineers alumna to compete in the NWHL – the first was Jordan Smelker, who captured an Isobel Cup title with the Boston Pride in 2015.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

  Regular season Playoffs
Team LeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
2010–11Washington PrideJWHL27 9 22 31 24
2011–12Washington PrideJWHL31 23 34 57 63
2012–13RPI EngineersECAC36 13 14 27 36
2013–14RPI EngineersECAC32 7 13 20 38
2014–15RPI EngineersECAC31 13 10 23 40
2015–16RPI EngineersECAC31 13 10 23 20
2016–17New York RivetersNWHL18 2 8 10 121 0 1 1 0
2017–18Metropolitan RivetersNWHL16 9 13 22 262 1 0 1 0
2018–19Metropolitan RivetersNWHL16 2 2 4 122 2 0 2 2
2020–21New HampshirePWHPA6 1 1 2 2
2021–22BostonPWHPA9 3 4 7 4
2022–23Team Harvey'sPWHPA18 1 2 3 4
2023–24New YorkPWHL4 0 0 0 4
NWHL totals50 13 23 36 505 3 1 4 2
PWHPA totals33 5 7 12 10

Awards and honors

NCAA

NWHL

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alexa Gruschow signs Pro Contract . ECAC Hockey . Press Release . 21 June 2016 . 1 August 2018 . 2 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180802162554/https://www.ecachockey.com/women/members/rensselaer/20162106_Gruschow_Signs . dead .
  2. Web site: NWHL Player of the Week: Alexa Gruschow . nwhl.zone . 26 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180327023637/https://www.nwhl.zone/news_article/show/852936?referrer_id=3708538 . 27 March 2018 . dead .
  3. Web site: 2018 #NWHLAWARDS RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED . NWHL.zone . March 20, 2018 . July 27, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180322020604/https://www.nwhl.zone/news_article/show/899669?referrer_id=2739439 . March 22, 2018 . dead .