Erin Gehen

Erin Gehen is an American ice hockey forward, currently playing with the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL).

Erin Gehen
Born (1996-08-22) August 22, 1996
West Seneca, New York, United States
Height 5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
NWHL team
Former teams		 Buffalo Beauts
Buffalo State Bengals
Playing career 2014–present

Career

Gehen began playing hockey at the age of four and played on boys' teams in the Cazenovia Park Hockey Association until she reached the U12 level.[1] In her high school league, the first girls' varsity league to be founded in the region, she scored 189 points in 71 games, including 112 goals.[2]

From 2014 to 2018, she attended Buffalo State College, where she would score 95 points across 105 NCAA Division III games with the Bengals, setting programme records for games, points, goals, assists, and shorthanded goals.[3][4] She scored a career high 29 points in 27 games during the 2016–17 season, scoring a hat-trick in the opening game of the season.[5][6] In January 2018, she became the first Buffalo State College player to score 50 career goals.[7]

After stepping away from competitive hockey during the 2018–19 season, she signed her first professional contract with the NWHL's Buffalo Beauts ahead of the 2019–20 NWHL season after being asked by Beauts general manager Mandy Cronin to attend a practice as a try-out. Originally playing on a line with Brooke Stacey and stepping up to take more minutes after Stacey left the team for her pregnancy, she scored 16 points in 24 games in her rookie NWHL season, good for fourth on the team.[8] Her first NWHL goal came as the game-winning goal in a victory over the Connecticut Whale in November 2019, and she scored the game-winning goal of the Beauts' last regular season game.[9][10]

She re-signed with the Beauts for the 2020-21 season.[11]

Personal life

Gehen has a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Buffalo State College and earned a spot on the dean’s honours list multiple times. She has served as a volunteer assistant coach for Elmira College's women's ice hockey programme since 2018.[12]

Career Statistics
Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
2014–15 Buffalo State Bengals NCAA III 267142122 -----
2015–16 Buffalo State Bengals NCAA III 2517102718 -----
2016–17 Buffalo State Bengals NCAA III 2718112920 -----
2017–18 Buffalo State Bengals NCAA III 261261822 -----
2019-20Buffalo BeautsNWHL 24791620 10000
NWHL totals 24791620 10000

References
  1. Schultz, Janet (December 20, 2019). "Pioneers to Pros". NY Hockey Online. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  2. "High School Extra: Gehen nets 100th goal". The Buffalo News. December 20, 2013. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  3. Callari, Jenna (January 18, 2018). "WNY native Erin Gehen making mark on Buffalo State women's hockey program". WKBW. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  4. "Buffalo State's Gehen, Matson claim All-NEWHL second team honors". Buffalo State College Athletics. March 2, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  5. Moritz, Amy (January 12, 2017). "As second semester begins, Gehen shines for Buff State". The Buffalo News. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  6. Mackinder, Matt (January 7, 2016). "Gehen proving to be vital cog on Buffalo State special teams". USCHO.com. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  7. "Erin Gehen Makes Bengals History". SUNY Buffalo State College. January 19, 2018. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  8. Rice, Dan (August 24, 2020). "Buffalo Beauts: Forward Erin Gehen's Season In Review". The Hockey Writers. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  9. Oliver, Nathaniel A. (November 30, 2019). "Erin Gehen's Two-Goal Game Lifts Beauts Over Whale". NWHL.zone. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  10. Rice, Dan (March 4, 2020). "NWHL: Five X-Factors for the 2020 Isobel Cup Playoffs". The Hockey Writers. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  11. National Women's Hockey League (August 13, 2020). "Erin Gehen Focused on Another Strong Season in Buffalo". OurSports Central (Press release). Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  12. "Women's Ice Hockey Coaches: Erin Gehen - Volunteer Assistant Women's Ice Hockey Coach". Elmira College Athletics. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
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