Denna Laing
| Denna Laing | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
May 12, 1991 Marblehead, Massachusetts | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Weight | 154 lb (70 kg; 11 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| Played for |
NWHL Boston Pride CWHL Boston Blades NCAA (Div 1) Princeton University | ||
| Playing career | 2010–present | ||
| Website | http://www.dennalaing.org/ | ||
Denna Christine Laing (born May 12, 1991) is an American-born women’s ice hockey player who is with the Boston Pride of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). At the collegiate level, she accumulated 77 points while competing for the Princeton Tigers women's ice hockey program from 2010-14. She was also the captain her junior and senior year. [1]
Playing career
CWHL
Selected in the 8th round of the 2014 CWHL Draft, Laing played for the Boston Blades during the 2014-15 season, accumulating two points in 18 games played. [2] She competed in all postseason games and helped the Blades capture the 2015 Clarkson Cup.
NWHL
Laing participated in the 2016 Outdoor Women's Classic, the first outdoor professional women’s hockey game.[3] During the first period, Laing went into the boards head first. Removed from the ice on a stretcher, she was taken to the hospital.[4] On January 8, 2016, Laing's family announced that she had suffered a severe spinal cord injury and that she had limited movement of her arms and no feeling in her legs.[5]
Post-playing career
Laing competed in the 2017 Boston Marathon, being pushed in a special racing wheelchair by former NHL star Bobby Carpenter. The pair finished the race with a time of 4:32:30.[6]
Awards
- ECAC
- All-Academic Team (2013)
- Second Team All-Ivy (2014)
- Princeton Team Awards
- Rookie of the Year (2011)
- NWHL
- NWHL Foundation Award (2016)[7]
- NWHL Perseverance Award (2016)
Statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2010–11 | Princeton University | NCAA | 31 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Princeton University | NCAA | 31 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Princeton University | NCAA | 27 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Princeton University | NCAA | 31 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Boston Blades | CWHL | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Boston Pride | NWHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NCAA Totals | 120 | 35 | 42 | 77 | 94 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
See also
References
- ↑ "Denna Laing: Career Statistics". uscho.com. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
- ↑ "Denna Laing, Boston Blades". cwhl.com. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
- ↑ "Women’s hockey happy for Winter Classic showcase". nhl.com. 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
- ↑ "Hockey player Denna Laing remains hospitalized". bostonglobe.com. 2016-01-06. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
- ↑ "NWHL's Denna Laing suffered spinal cord injury at Women's Winter Classic". cbssports.com. 2016-01-08. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
- ↑ "Denna Laing finishes Boston Marathon, with a Bobby Carpenter assist". 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
- ↑ "Denna Laing wins two awards at NWHL Awards". boston.com. March 22, 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2016.