Michela Cava

Michela Cava (born March 26, 1994) is a Canadian ice hockey player who currently plays with Luleå HF/MSSK of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (Swedish: Svenska damhockeyligan; SDHL).

Michela Cava
Born (1994-03-26) March 26, 1994
Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Height 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 61 kg (134 lb; 9 st 8 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
SDHL team Luleå HF/MSSK
Played for Brynäs IF
Modo Hockey
Toronto Furies
Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs
UConn Huskies
Playing career 2016–present

Playing career

Along with goaltender Danika Ranger, Cava is one of only two players to have won a gold medal at the Esso Cup, Canada’s National Female Midget Championship and the U18 Canadian women’s nationals.[1] Cava was the first, winning the Esso Cup with the Thunder Bay Queens in 2010 and with Team Ontario Red at the 2011 nationals.

NCAA

At the NCAA level, Cava spent her first two seasons with the University of Connecticut Huskies. Prior to her junior season, she transferred to the University of Minnesota Duluth to join the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey program. In her final NCAA season, she recorded 38 points in 37 contests, including 12 multi-point games.[2]

Professional

Cava was selected by the Toronto Furies in the third round of the 2016 CWHL Draft.[3] She made her debut on October 14 against the Boston Blades. Cava recorded a five-game scoring streak, starting on October 30 and lasting until November 20. She was selected to compete in the 2017 CWHL All-Star Game.[4]

After just one year in Toronto, Cava left the league to move to Sweden, signing with Modo Hockey in the SDHL.[5] She would score 55 points in 36 games in her first season in Sweden, leading Modo in points and finishing 5th in the league in scoring.[6] The next year, she would score 64 points, finishing the season as the SDHL's leading scorer.

In 2019, Cava left Modo to sign with Brynäs in Gävle, seeking a new challenge and wanting to move to a bigger city.[7] She would score 45 points in 36 games for Brynäs, finishing fourth in club scoring, as the club advanced to the SDHL semi-finals for the first time in seven years. She would sign with Luleå ahead of the 2020–21 SDHL season.[8]

Career statistics
    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2012–13University of ConnecticutNCAA 341071716 -----
2013–14University of ConnecticutNCAA 3510172714 -----
2014–15University of Minnesota-DuluthNCAA 323368 -----
2015–16University of Minnesota-DuluthNCAA 3719193810 -----
2016–17Toronto FuriesCWHL 24681410 -----
2017–18Modo HockeySDHL 3625305526 51232
2018–19Modo HockeySDHL 3627376430 665114
2019–20Brynäs IFSDHL 3623224526 54260
SDHL totals 112799417384 16119206
CWHL totals 24681410 -----

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Awards and honours
  • Most Valuable Player at the 2012 Esso Cup
  • CWHL First Star of the Game (October 16, 2016)[11]
  • CWHL Second Star of the Game (October 30, 2016)[12]
  • SDHL Top-scorer, 2018-19 season

References
  1. Graves, Wendy (January 8, 2017). "A league of her own". Hockey Canada. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  2. Staffieri, Mark (January 2, 2017). "Michela Cava Making Key Contributions on Furies Offense". Women's Hockey Life. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  3. Graves, Wendy (August 23, 2016). "The next chapter: For the fourth straight year, a National Women's U18 Championship alumna went first overall in the CWHL Draft". Hockey Canada. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  4. "34 PLAYERS NAMED TO 2017 ALL-STAR GAME". CWHL. December 19, 2016. Archived from the original on January 16, 2017. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  5. Foster, Meredith (May 25, 2017). "Michela Cava, Sidney Morin sign in Sweden". The Ice Garden. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  6. Foster, Meredith (April 19, 2018). "Cava, Tougas return to MODO Hockey". The Ice Garden. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  7. Rönnkvist, Ronnie (September 2, 2019). "Poängdrottningen jagar nya mål – och matupplevelser". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  8. "Luleå vann kampen om Brynässtjärnorna". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). June 22, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  9. "Michela Cava career stats". USCHO. n.d. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  10. "Michela Cava". CWHL. n.d. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  11. "Game Recap: Game #7". CWHL. October 16, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  12. "Game Recap: Game #13". CWHL. October 30, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
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