| Mikyla Grant-Mentis | |
| Birth Date: | July 15, 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Brampton, Ontario, Canada |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 6 |
| Position: | Forward |
| Shoots: | Left |
| League: | PWHL |
| Team: | Montreal Victoire |
| Former Teams: | PWHL Ottawa Buffalo Beauts Toronto Six Merrimack Warriors |
| Sex: | f |
| Career Start: | 2016 |
Mikyla Grant-Mentis (born July 15, 1998) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the Montreal Victoire of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She is the all-time leading scorer of the Merrimack Warriors women's ice hockey team. In 2021, she became the first Black player to win the PHF's Most Valuable Player award.[1]
Grant-Mentis played four years of NCAA Division I ice hockey with the Merrimack Warriors of Merrimack College, a member institution of the Hockey East conference, located in North Andover, Massachusetts. On November 8 of her senior season, she had a four-point (two goals, two assists) game against Maine, becoming just the second player to surpass 100 points in Merrimack program history.[2] She went on to score a hat-trick against Brown three weeks later and was recognized as the Hockey East Co-Player of the Month for November 2020.[3] Her season totals distinguished her as the Warriors' leader in goals (20) and points (33), ranking second on the Hockey East goals leaderboard and top-10 in scoring nationally. In total, she scored 117 points (56 goals and 61 assists) in 137 games with the Warriors and is the program's all-time leading point scorer, all-time assists leader, and second all-time in goals.[4]
At the end of February 2020, Grant-Mentis signed with the Buffalo Beauts to finish the 2019–20 NWHL season along with Merrimack teammate Léa-Kristine Demers.[5] She scored three points (2 goal, 1 assist) in two regular season games and added another two points (1 goal, 1 assist) in the PHF playoffs semi-final qualification as the Beauts lost to the Connecticut Whale. She was named Player of the Week in her first week in the PHF.[6]
In May 2020, she signed with the Toronto Six, joining the team ahead of their first season in the PHF.[7] Her first PHF goal as a member of the Six took place in a January 24, 2021, contest versus the 2019 Clarkson Cup champion Minnesota Whitecaps.[8] A 6–5 shootout loss, Grant-Mentis became the only Six player to score in the shootout round. She recorded the game-winning goal in the Six's first win in franchise history against the Boston Pride on January 26, coming back from a 1–0 deficit with a pair of third period goals by Brooke Boquist and Grant-Mentis.[9] She become the most decorated player in a single PHF season, earning a record four accolades, including the first black player in league history to win the Most Valuable Player and Newcomer of the Year Award.[10] Additionally, she was the leading scorer on the Six, which won the regular season title, and was tied as the league-leading scorer.
On May 9, 2022, Grant-Mentis signed a 1 year, $80 000 deal to return to the Buffalo Beauts.[11] This deal made her to highest paid player in PHF history.[12]
After the PHF folding following the 2022-23 season and the founding of the PWHL, Grant-Mentis went undrafted but signed a free agent contract with PWHL Ottawa.
After an underwhelming start to the season and following a stretch of healthy scratches, Grant-Mentis was released from her contract with PWHL Ottawa.[13]
On March 10, 2024, Grant-Mentis signed a Reserve Player Contract with PWHL Montreal.
Grant-Mentis was born July 15, 1998, in Brampton, Ontario. She is the daughter of Sandra Grant-Mentis and James Mentis. Her father played ball hockey with Team Canada and Team West Indies, and remains active with the Brampton Express of the Greater Toronto Ball Hockey League.[14] [15] She has two siblings, Marquis and Tre.[16]
Grant-Mentis holds a bachelor's degree in criminology from Merrimack College.[17]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||||||
| 2013–14 | Oakville Jr. Hornets | Prov. WHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Toronto Jr. Aeros | Prov. WHL | 38 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 2015–16 | Mississauga Jr. Chiefs | Prov. WHL | 37 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 | ||
| 2016–17 | NCAA | 35 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2017–18 | Merrimack Warriors | NCAA | 34 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Merrimack Warriors | NCAA | 35 | 12 | 22 | 37 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | Merrimack Warriors | NCAA | 33 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| PHF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | Toronto Six | PHF | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Toronto Six | PHF | 19 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| PHF | 24 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2023–24 | PWHL Ottawa | PWHL | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | PWHL Montreal | PWHL | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| PHF totals | 51 | 29 | 34 | 63 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| PWHL totals | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||