Michelle Weis

Michelle Weis
Born (1997-04-10) 10 April 1997 (age 27)
Charlottenlund, Denmark
Height 169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb; 9 st 2 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Left
SDHL team
Damettan team
Former teams		 Djurgårdens IF (L)
Malmö Redhawks
Maine Black Bears
Luleå HF/MSSK
Hvidovre IK
IC Gentofte
Rødovre SIK
National team  Denmark
Playing career 2009–present

Michelle Weis (born 10 April 1997) is a Danish ice hockey player and member of the Danish national ice hockey team, currently playing with Djurgårdens IF Hockey of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) on loan from the Malmö Redhawks Dam of the Swedish Damettan.[1]

Playing career

Weis' club career began when she debuted in the DM i ishockey for kvinder with Rødovre SIK at age 12. Remaining in the Danish leagues through most of her teenage years, she also played seasons with IC Gentofte and Hvidovre IK in the DM for kvinder, and with the men's under-17 and under-20 junior teams of IC Gentofte. In the 2015–16 season, she was loaned by Hvidovre IK to Luleå HF/MSSK of the Riksserien (renamed SDHL in 2016) in preparation for the playoffs, ultimately winning the 2016 Swedish Championship with the team. She then signed with Luleå for the 2016–17 season.

At 19, she joined the Maine Black Bears women's ice hockey program in the Hockey East (WHEA) conference of the NCAA Division I. As a rookie in the 2017–18 season, Weis registered 21 points (9+12) in 35 games and earned Hockey East's Pro-Ambitions Rookie of the Week honors for the week of 2 October.[2]

International play

Weis has represented Denmark at seven IIHF Women's World Championships: at the Top Division tournament in 2021, Denmark’s first Top Division tournament since 1992, and at the Division I Group A tournaments in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2019.[3][4] She was Denmark's second leading scorer in the Olympic qualification for the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics, at which Denmark qualified to participate in the Olympic Games for the first time in team history.[5]

As a junior player with the Danish national under-18 team, Weis participated in the Division I Qualification tournament of the IIHF Women's U18 World Championships in 2015. She tied with Kamila Wieczorek of Poland as top scorer of the tournament, ranking first in goals (8), assists (5), and points (13), and was selected by the coaches as Denmark's best player of the tournament.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ Kågstrom, Rasmus (8 December 2021). "Djurgården lånar landslagscenter från Malmö". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  2. ^ Smith, Brian (2 October 2017). "Merrimack Bests #3 Minnesota on the Road; Maine Splits With #9 Quinnipiac" (PDF). Women's Weekly (Press release). Hockey East. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  3. ^ "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Player Statistics by Team: DEN - Denmark". International Ice Hockey Federation. 25 August 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  4. ^ "PM: Kvindelandsholdets trup til VM er udtaget". Danmarks Ishockey Union (in Danish). 9 August 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  5. ^ "2022 Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Final Qualification, Group D – Player Statistics by Team: DEN - Denmark" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 14 November 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  6. ^ "2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship DIV IQ – Scoring Leaders" (PDF). webarchive.iihf.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  7. ^ "2015 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship DIV IQ – Best Players of Each Team Selected by Coaches" (PDF). webarchive.iihf.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2021.