Jonna Albers Explained

Jonna Albers
Birth Date:28 February 1994
Birth Place:Elk River, Minnesota, US
Height Ft:5
Height In:4
Position:Forward
Shoots:Right
League:PHF
Team:Minnesota Whitecaps
Former Teams:New Hampshire Wildcats
Sex:f
Career Start:2012

Jonna Albers (born February 28, 1994) is an American ice hockey player, currently playing in the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) with the Minnesota Whitecaps, who she won an Isobel Cup with in 2019. Prior to that, she captained the New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey team, twice earning a Hockey East All-Star Honorable Mention.[1]

Career

As a youth player, Albers was a finalist for the Minnesota Ms. Hockey award in 2012, and set the Elk River High School scoring records in points and assists.[2] [3] [4]

From 2012 to 2017, she attended the University of New Hampshire, scoring 106 points in 122 NCAA games.

She originally planned on retiring from hockey after her college ice hockey career, until the expansion to Minnesota was announced by the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL; renamed PHF in 2021).[5]

After the 2018–19 season, she was named NWHL Newcomer of the Year, and was named to both the 2019 and 2020 NWHL All-Star teams,[6] playing as one of the top scorers for the Whitecaps.[7] [8] In 2019, the Whitecaps won the Isobel Cup, and made it to the finals in 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic indefinitely postponed the game.[9]

Personal life

Outside of hockey, Albers works as an engineer.[10] [11]

Career statistics

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeam League GP GP G A Pts PIM
NWHL16 8 11 19 122 0 1 1 0
Minnesota Whitecaps NWHL21 14 22 36 101 0 1 1 2
Minnesota Whitecaps NWHL4 1 0 1 02 0 4 4 0
Minnesota Whitecaps PHF20 9 15 24 182 0 3 3 2
PHF totals61 32 48 80 407 0 9 9 4

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stats - Minnesota Whitecaps. whitecaps.nwhl.zone. 2020-04-06. February 17, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200217084619/https://whitecaps.nwhl.zone/stats#/player/431666/bio. dead.
  2. Web site: Wall Of Fame. Elk River Youth Hockey Association. en-us. 2020-04-06.
  3. News: Borzi. Pat. A Women's Hockey Star Emerges Again at Home in Minnesota. 2019-03-08. The New York Times. 2020-04-06. en-US. 0362-4331.
  4. Web site: Elks' Jonna Curtis named to Ms. Hockey final five. Strand. Bruce. hometownsource.com. en. 2020-04-06.
  5. Web site: Why the NWHL's leading scorer is among the biggest surprises of the season. Clinton. Jared. 2018-11-15. TheHockeyNews. en-CA. 2020-04-06.
  6. Web site: 2020 NWHL All-Star Weekend Preview. Strollo. Leighann. 2020-02-07. The Ice Garden. en. 2020-04-06.
  7. Web site: NWHL Mid-Season Report Card: Minnesota Whitecaps. Murphy. Mike. 2019-12-30. The Ice Garden. en. 2020-04-06.
  8. Web site: NWHL: Pride, Whitecaps Aim for Isobel Cup. 2020-03-10. The Victory Press. en. 2020-04-06.
  9. Web site: Minnesota Whitecaps play for second straight trip to NWHL championship game. Star Tribune. 2020-04-06.
  10. Web site: Minnesota Whitecaps: Q & A with Forward Jonna Curtis. 2019-03-23. The Hockey Writers. en-US. 2020-04-06.
  11. Web site: When Professional Hockey is Your Side Hustle. 2019-03-15. Grandstand Central. en-US. 2020-04-06.