Rebecca Morse (ice hockey)

Rebecca Morse (born March 4, 1992) is an American ice hockey defender, currently playing for the Metropolitan Riveters of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL).

Rebecca Morse
Rebecca Morse at the 2020 NWHL All Star Game
Born (1992-03-04) March 4, 1992
Westfield, New Jersey, United States
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Position Defense
Shoots Left
NWHL team
Former teams		 Metropolitan Riveters
Providence Friars
Playing career 2010–present

Playing career

Morse grew up playing street hockey in the cul-de-sac of her Westfield, New Jersey neighborhood. She soon began taking ice skating lessons and began playing in a local co-ed recreational team, but wouldn't join a competitive hockey team until she was 11 due to a lack of ice hockey programs for girls in her area.[1][2] During high school, she attended the National Sports Academy in Lake Placid, New York and played four seasons with the school's women's ice hockey team in the Junior Women's Hockey League (JWHL).[3]

From 2010 to 2014, she played NCAA Division I women's ice hockey with the Providence Friars women's ice hockey program of the Hockey East conference, scoring 60 points (16 goals + 44 assists) across 136 games played. As a freshman, she was named the February 2011 Hockey East Rookie of the Month and was selected for the Hockey East All-Rookie Team. In 2013, she was named a All-Hockey East Honorable Mention on defense.[4]

After her career with the Friars concluded, she took a few years off from playing hockey to complete her master’s degree, before returning to sign as a practice player with the New York Riveters (renamed Metropolitan Riveters in 2017) for the 2016–17 NWHL season.[5] She moved up to becoming a roster player for the team in the 2017–18 season, in which she picked up her first career NWHL goal and helped the Riveters to their first Isobel Cup victory.

She was named an alternate captain for the Riveters ahead of the 2019–20 season.[6] That year, her fourth in the NWHL, she was named to the All-Star Game for the first time, with a career-high 11 points in 24 games, leading all Riveters defenders in scoring, and was honoured with the NWHL Foundation Award.[7]

Morse re-signed with the Riveters for the 2020–21 NWHL season.[8][9]

Personal life

Morse's hockey nickname is "Moose" and her teammates regularly refer to her as such in interviews.[10]

She has a bachelor’s degree in marketing and a MBA from Providence College. Outside of hockey, she worked full-time in marketing in Manhattan until she laid off when her role was cut due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its financial implications for her employer.[2] She served as a communications intern for the New Jersey Devils in 2015.[11]

She has been a resident of Roselle, New Jersey.[1]

Morse is an out lesbian and is an outspoken advocate for LGBT rights and racial justice.[2]

Career statistics
Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
2016-17New York RivetersNWHL 70112 –––––
2017-18Metropolitan RivetersNWHL 132022 –––––
2018-19Metropolitan RivetersNWHL 111016 20002
2019-20Metropolitan RivetersNWHL 24471134 10000
NWHL totals 55781544 30002

References
  1. Kadosh, Matt (January 17, 2019). "Professional Athlete in Westfield: Girls Play Hockey, Too". TAP Into Westfield. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  2. Noell, Amanda (October 8, 2020). "Meet Rebecca "Moose" Morse!". She Writes Sports. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  3. Tokarski, Anne (December 4, 2020). "6 NWHL players pop in to talk about the bubble". The Ice Garden. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  4. "2013-14 Women's Ice Hockey Roster: #7 Rebecca Morse". Providence College Athletics. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  5. Rice, Dan (October 18, 2016). "Q & A with Rebecca Morse of the New York Riveters". The Hockey Writers. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  6. Murphy, Mike (November 22, 2019). "Rebecca Morse flourishing in return to the blue line". The Ice Garden. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  7. Kennedy, Syd (March 3, 2020). "These are the 2020 NWHL Foundation Award winners". The Ice Garden. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  8. Rice, Dan (March 30, 2020). "Metropolitan Riveters: Rebecca Morse Re-Signs for 5th NWHL Season". The Hockey Writers. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  9. Impaglia, Samantha (December 31, 2020). "Let's Talk About the 2021 Metropolitan Riveters Captains". The Hockey Writers. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  10. O'Donnell, Chuck (March 2, 2018). "Westfield's Rebecca Morse thriving in National Women's Hockey League". My Central Jersey. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  11. "NHL Now: Rebecca Morse". NHL Network (Television broadcast). October 27, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
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