Paige Voight Explained

Birth Date:February 4, 1997
Birth Place:St. Michael, Minnesota, United States
Height Cm:171
Position:Forward
Shoots:Left
Team:Metropolitan Riveters
Former Teams:PWHPA
Merrimack Warriors
Sex:f
Ntl Team:USA
Career Start:2015

Paige Voight is an American ice hockey forward, currently playing with the Metropolitan Riveters of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL).

Career

During her high school career, she was named a semi-finalist for the Minnesota Ms. Hockey Award in 2015 and the Pioneer Press East Metro girls hockey player of the year in 2015.[1] [2]

From 2015 to 2019, she played for the Merrimack Warriors, posting 76 points in 140 NCAA games.[3] [4] She scored 19 points in 34 games in her rookie NCAA season, leading Merrimack in scoring and being named to the Hockey East Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Team.[5]

After graduating, she spent the 2019–20 season with the newly formed Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA). She spent the 2020 off-season playing in the Elite Women's Summer Hockey League, playing with Team Blue.[6]

She was selected 16th overall by the NWHL's Metropolitan Riveters in the 2018 NWHL Draft.[7] She left the PWHPA to sign with the Riveters for the 2020–21 NWHL season.[8]

International career

She represented the United States at the 2015 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, playing in five games as the country won gold.

Personal life

Voight has a degree in business and sports management.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Girls hockey: Paige Voight, Kate Hallett among Ms. Hockey semifinalists. February 1, 2015.
  2. Web site: Pioneer Press East Metro girls hockey player of the year: Cretin-Derham Hall's Paige Voight. February 16, 2015.
  3. Web site: A day to thank these hockey pioneers. David. Joyner. Eagle-Tribune. 22 February 2019 .
  4. Web site: Rounding the Corner. Dustin. Nelson. November 30, 2017.
  5. Web site: Women's Hockey Alumna Voight Inks NWHL Deal. Merrimack. Athletics. October 7, 2020.
  6. Web site: Paige Voight's Late Game Heroics Leads Team Blue To Victory. www.thewomenshockeytribune.com.
  7. Web site: Rae, Voight and Kremer selected in NWHL Draft. Merrimack. Athletics. December 20, 2018.
  8. Web site: Each New Metropolitan Riveters Acquisition Is Another Piece To Their Puzzle. October 19, 2020.
  9. Web site: Paige Voight - Women's Ice Hockey. Merrimack College Athletics.