| Liz Schepers | |
| Birth Date: | 13 February 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Mound, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Position: | Forward |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 7 |
| League: | PWHL |
| Team: | PWHL Minnesota |
| Former Teams: | Minnesota Whitecaps |
| Sex: | f |
| Career Start: | 2017 |
Elizabeth Schepers (born February 13, 1999) is an American professional ice hockey forward for PWHL Minnesota of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She previously played for the Minnesota Whitecaps of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF). She played college ice hockey at Ohio State.
Schepers began her collegiate career for the Ohio State Buckeyes during the 2017–18 season. During her freshman year, she recorded seven goals and nine assists in 39 games. During the 2018–19 season in her sophomore year, she appeared in all 35 games and recorded seven goals and eight assists. During the 2019–20 season in her junior year, she appeared in 38 games and recorded 22 goals and 28 assists. She scored a conference-high six game-winning-goals to tie a program single-season record. During the 2020–21 season in her senior year, she appeared in all 20 games and recorded six goals and nine assists in a season that was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She finished the season tied for third on the team in points and second in goals.[1]
During the 2021–22 season in her graduate year, she appeared in all 38 games and recorded 21 goals and 22 assists. She ranked second on the team in goals and third in points.[1] On February 8, 2022, she recorded four goals in a game against St. Cloud State. She became the fourth player in program history to score four goals in a game.[2] She helped lead Ohio State to their first national championship in program history.[3] [4] She finished her collegiate career at Ohio State with 63 goals and 74 assists in 170 games. She is Ohio State's career leader in postseason assists (12) and points (18) and career games played (170).[1]
On July 11, 2022, she signed with the Minnesota Whitecaps of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF).[5] During the 2022–23 season, she recorded six goals and eight assists in 22 regular season games. On May 30, 2023, she signed a two-year contract extension with the Whitecaps.[6]
On September 18, 2023, Schepers was drafted 73rd overall by PWHL Minnesota in the 2023 PWHL Draft. On November 30, 2023, she signed a one-year contract with Minnesota.[7] During the 2023–24 season, she recorded three assists in 19 regular season games. During the Walter Cup playoffs she recorded one goal and four assists in ten games. During game five of the Walter Cup finals against PWHL Boston, she scored the game-winning goal and helped Minnesota win the inaugural Walter Cup.[8] [9] This was her first career PWHL goal.[10]
On June 21, 2024, Minnesota re-signed Schepers to a one-year contract for the 2024–25 season.[11]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2017–18 | Ohio State University | WCHA | 39 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Ohio State University | WCHA | 35 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | Ohio State University | WCHA | 38 | 22 | 21 | 43 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Ohio State University | WCHA | 20 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Ohio State University | WCHA | 38 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Minnesota Whitecaps | PHF | 22 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | PWHL Minnesota | PWHL | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
| PHF totals | 22 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| PWHL totals | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||||