Theresa Knutson

Theresa Knutson is an American ice hockey forward, currently playing with the Metropolitan Riveters of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL).

Theresa Knutson
Born (1996-04-01) April 1, 1996
Onalaska, Wisconsin, United States
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Position Forward
NWHL team Metropolitan Riveters
Played for Mad Dogs Mannheim
University of Connecticut
Playing career 2014–present

Career

She attended Aquinas High School but played varsity hockey for Onalaska High School, where she led the state in scoring four years in a row, was named Wisconsin High School Offensive Player of the Year three times, and won the Wisconsin Miss Hockey Award in 2014.[1][2][3]

From 2014 to 2018, she attended the University of Connecticut, scoring 79 points in 135 NCAA games.[4] She scored her first career collegiate goal on the 19th of October 2014 against Syracuse University.[5][6]

After graduating, she moved to Germany to sign with Mad Dogs Mannheim in the Fraueneishockey-Bundesliga.[7] She scored 66 points in 28 games in her rookie Bundesliga season, including 48 goals, good for 3rd in the league in points.[8][9]

She returned to North America for the 2020–21 season, signing with the NWHL's Metropolitan Riveters.[10]

Career statistics
    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2018-19Mad Dogs MannheimDFEL 2848186622 -----
2019-20Mad Dogs MannheimDFEL 2115132830 -----
DFEL totals 4963319452 -----

References
  1. Tribune, TODD SOMMERFELDT La Crosse. "College hockey: La Crosse Aquinas graduate Theresa Knutson coming off 2-goal performance for UConn". La Crosse Tribune.
  2. "Ona Co-op's Theresa Knutson concludes historic high school career". March 10, 2014.
  3. dgriswold@lacrossetribune.com, DAVID GRISWOLD |. "David Griswold: Knutson among nation's all-time top scorers in girls hockey". La Crosse Tribune.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  4. "Theresa Knutson - Women's Ice Hockey". University of Connecticut Athletics.
  5. Tribune, HEIDI HANSE La Crosse. "Onalaska graduate Theresa Knutson finds success with University of Connecticut's hockey team". La Crosse Tribune.
  6. reports, Staff. "UConn Women's Hockey Team Stays Alive". courant.com.
  7. "Mad Dogs sichern sich US-Star - Mannheimer Morgen". www.morgenweb.de.
  8. "Mannheims Amerikanerin Knutson besiegt Bärinnen "im Alleingang"".
  9. Teimann, Thorsten. "HA+ Theresa Knutson umkurvt den EC Bergkamen". Hellweger Anzeiger.
  10. "Riveters Sign Theresa Knutson, Prolific Goal Scorer from UConn and the Frauen-Bundesliga". www.nwhl.zone.


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