Sammy Davis (ice hockey)

Sammy Davis is an American ice hockey forward, who was drafted 1st overall by the Boston Pride in the 2020 NWHL Draft and served as Boston University captain for three years.[1]

Sammy Davis
Born (1997-04-23) April 23, 1997
Pembroke, Massachusetts, United States
Height 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
NWHL team Boston Pride
Played for Boston University
National team  United States
Playing career 2020–present

Career

While a high school athlete for Tabor Academy in Marion, Massachusetts, Davis was awarded the John Carlton Memorial Trophy, given out annually by the Boston Bruins of the NHL.[2][3]

Davis was named to the Hockey East All-Rookie team, scoring 26 points in 39 games in the 2015-16 season. She would put up 23 points in 35 games the next year, before missing the entire 2017-18 season after having bilateral labrum surgery on both hips.[4] She finished her university career with 142 points in 147 games, being named to the Hockey East First-Team All-Star and MVP of the 2019 Beanpot Tournament in her final year.[5][6] She was recognised with the Sarah Devens Award in 2020, the first player from Boston University to win the award.[7][8]

Near the end of her university career, she contacted both the NWHL and the PWHPA to explore her professional options, expressing a hope that the two organisations would merge. She would end up being drafted by the NWHL's Boston Pride in April 2020, after they traded for the 1st overall pick from the Toronto expansion team.[9][10] On the 30th of April 2020, she signed her first professional contract with the Pride.[11]

Ahead of the 2020–21 NWHL season, she announced that she would be donating all profits she received from jersey sales to the Travis Roy Foundation for research on spinal cord injuries. Within five days of her announcement, she hit her 2400$ fundraising goal for the Foundation, with Boston Bruins forward Chris Wagner joining her charitable efforts.[12][13][14]

International career

Davis served as assistant captain for Team USA in the 2018 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, where she scored 3 points in 5 games as the country won gold.[15]

Personal life

Davis has a Master's Degree in Special Education, and has been admitted to the Massachusetts General Hospital doctorate program in occupational therapy.[16] In high school, she had done research on a marine lab in the Atlantic Ocean.[17]

Her sister Alexandra played for Sacred Heart University from 2011 to 2015.

Career stats
    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2015–16Boston UniversityNCAA 391792618 -----
2016-17Boston UniversityNCAA 357162326 -----
2017-18Boston UniversityNCAA ----- -----
2018–19Boston UniversityNCAA 3725275222 -----
2019-20Boston UniversityNCAA 3617244112 -----
2020-21Boston PrideNWHL
NWHL totals

References
  1. "Boston Pride select BU's Sammy Davis as the first overall pick in the 2020 NWHL Draft - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com.
  2. "Sammy Davis: Triumphant Return to the Ice". Boston University.
  3. "Pembroke's Sammy Davis has high goals on the ice - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com.
  4. "After missing last season, Sammy Davis serves as leader for women's hockey – The Daily Free Press".
  5. "Sammy Davis - Women's Ice Hockey". Boston University Athletics.
  6. "Boston University LW Sammy Davis set to help defend Beanpot title". February 2, 2020.
  7. "Pembroke native Sammy Davis receives prestigious college hockey award". www.msn.com.
  8. Staff, USCHO (April 14, 2020). "Boston University 'consummate student-athlete' Davis named 2020 recipient of Sarah Devens Award, postgraduate scholarship".
  9. Murphy, Mike (April 28, 2020). "2020 NWHL Draft: Pride select BU alumna Sammy Davis 1st overall". The Ice Garden.
  10. "Boston selects Sammy Davis at No. 1 after trading for NWHL draft's top pick - Sportsnet.ca". www.sportsnet.ca.
  11. "Women's Hockey Cocaptain Sammy Davis Is Top Pick in NWHL Draft". Boston University.
  12. https://www.theicegarden.com/2020/12/15/22171160/boston-pride-sammy-davis-goes-swimming-for-charity-travis-roy-foundation-nwhl-womens-hockey
  13. "Our Sports, Your Story: NWHL Rookie Carries on Travis Roy's Legacy". MyNBC5. December 16, 2020.
  14. "Sammy and Jenna's 24 Ocean Swims for #24". Travis Roy Foundation. December 16, 2020.
  15. "Samantha Davis". teamusa.usahockey.com.
  16. "Pembroke's Sammy Davis embraces the future after BU hockey career". www.msn.com.
  17. "What's up, Doc? NWHL first overall pick Sammy Davis driven to succeed". TheHockeyNews. April 29, 2020.
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