Emily Fluke

Emily Fluke is an American ice hockey forward, currently playing for the Toronto Six of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). A two-time NWHL All-Star, she formerly served as captain of the Connecticut Whale and is currently the 9th leading scorer in league history.

Emily Fluke
Emily Fluke in the Isobel Playoffs 3-8-2020
Born (1992-09-03) September 3, 1992
Bourne, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
NWHL team Toronto Six
Played for Boston Pride
Connecticut Whale
Middlebury Panthers
Playing career 2011–present

Career

Across 109 NCAA Division III games with Middlebury Panthers, Fluke scored 115 points. She led the entire New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) in scoring in her senior year, being named NESCAC Player of the Year and New England Hockey Writers Association's Division II-III Women's Player of the Year.

After graduating, she took a year off hockey.[1] She returned to the ice in 2017 to sign her first professional contract with the Connecticut Whale of the NWHL.[2] In her rookie NWHL season, she scored 11 points in 16 games, leading her team in goals, assists, and points, and was one of only two players on the team to finish with a positive plus/minus rating.[3] Her first career NWHL goal came in her hometown, a game-winning goal against the Boston Pride in her second game of the season. She would be named team captain for the Whale for the 2018–19 season. That season, her second in the league, she scored 11 points in 16 games, leading the team in assists, and was named to the NWHL All-Star Game for the second year in a row.[4]

After two years with the Whale, she signed with the Boston Pride ahead of the 2019–20 season.[5] In her first season with the Pride, she scored 27 points in 23 games, more than doubling her total career points, as the team finished in first place during the regular season.[6]

In December 2020, she announced that she had signed with the expansion Toronto Six for the 2020–21 NWHL season, only the fourth player with previous NWHL experience to sign with the Six.[7]

Career statistics
Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
2017–18Connecticut WhaleNWHL 16471120 10000
2018–19Connecticut WhaleNWHL 1638114 11010
2019–20Boston PrideNWHL 239182716 11122
NWHL totals 5516334940 32132

References
  1. Rice, Dan (November 16, 2017). "Connecticut Whale: Q&A with Emily Fluke". The Hockey Writers. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  2. "Whale Star Emily Fluke Finds Inspiration in Memorable WNBA Event". OurSports Central (Press Release). August 27, 2018. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
  3. Oliver, Nathaniel (October 9, 2019). "Boston Pride Even Stronger With Emily Fluke Signing". The Hockey Writers. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  4. Bryant, Casey (September 21, 2020). "All-Time Starting Lineup: Connecticut Whale". The Ice Garden. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  5. Murphy, Mike (October 11, 2019). "What Emily Fluke brings to the Pride". The Ice Garden. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  6. Ingemi, Marisa (October 11, 2019). "Women's hockey notebook: New Pride signing no Fluke". Boston Herald. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
  7. Rice, Dan (December 14, 2020). "Toronto Six: Scoring Depth, Leadership Gained with Signing of Emily Fluke". The Hockey Writers. Retrieved January 7, 2021.


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