Regina Metzler

The native form of this personal name is Metzler Regina. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Regina Metzler
Metzler at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Born (2005-10-25) 25 October 2005 (age 19)
Budapest, Hungary
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
NCAA D1 team
Former teams		 Mercyhurst Lakers
KMH Budapest
National team  Hungary
Playing career 2018–present

Regina Metzler (born 25 October 2005) is a Hungarian ice hockey player and member of the Hungarian national team. She plays college ice hockey with the Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey program in the Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) conference of the NCAA Division I.

Playing career

Metzler began her senior league career in the Women's Ice Hockey Bundesliga (DEBL) during the 2018–19 season with KMH Budapest II, the women's development team of KMH Budapest. She made her European Women's Hockey League (EWHL) debut with the women's representative team of KMH Budapest during the playoffs of the 2020–21 season and played part of the 2021–22 season with the team. Concurrent to her women's senior league career, she also played with Hungarian men's junior teams, including in the U.-16 I. Csoport with the U16 men's team of Vasas SC.[1] During the 2021–22 season, she spent a month with the Hockey Training Institute (HTI) Stars women's under-20 team, based in Mulmur, Ontario, Canada.[2]

International play

At the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, Metzler won a bronze medal in the girls' 3x3 mixed tournament with Team Blue Crystals, an international team of thirteen under-16 players that included Sidre Özer, who became the first Turkish ice hockey player to ever win an Olympic medal at the event.[3][4]

With the Hungarian national under-18 team, she participated in the Division I Group A tournaments of the IIHF U18 Women's World Championship in 2020 and 2022.[5] Aged fourteen years and two months, she was the youngest Hungarian player at the 2020 tournament and tied Petra Szamosfalvi for third in team scoring with 1 goal and 1 assist. The 2022 tournament was a breakout for Metzler, who led all tournament skaters in goals scored, with 5 goals in three games played, and recorded the tournament’s best face-off percentage, at 75.41%.[6][7][8] In recognition of her exemplary play in the 2022 tournament, she was selected as the Best Player of the Hungarian team by the coaches.[9]

She served as captain of the Hungarian team in the girls' ice hockey tournament at the 2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Kainuu, Finland during March 2022.

Metzler represented Hungary at the IIHF Women's World Championship in 2021 and 2022.[10] Though she was the youngest Hungarian player at the 2022 tournament, aged sixteen years and nine months,[11] she ranked third on the team for points and tied Alexandra Huszák, the Hungarian national team's all-time top scorer, for second on the team in goals, scoring Hungary’s only goal against the United States and slipping one past Anni Keisala of Finland, the 2021 World Championship Best Goaltender, for 2 goals in six games played.[12][13]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2018–19 KMH Budapest II DEBL 6 3 5 8 2 1 0 0 0 0
2019–20 KMH Budapest II DEBL 9 7 1 8 4 4 1 0 1 0
2019–20 KMH Budapest EWHL – – – – – 2 0 0 0 2
2020–21 KMH Budapest II DEBL 7 7 2 9 2 2 0 0 0 0
2020–21 KMH Budapest EWHL – – – – – 2 0 0 0 0
2021–22 KMH Budapest EWHL 5 1 1 2 0 – – – – –
2022–23 OHA Tardiff OWHL 42 16 15 31 6 – – – – –
2023–24 OHA Mavericks OWHL 57 16 28 44 8 – – – – –
OWHL totals 99 32 43 75 14 – – – – –

International

Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
2020 Hungary U18 D1A 3rd 5 1 1 2 0
2021 Hungary WC 9th 4 0 0 0 0
2022 Hungary U18 D1A 4th 3 5 0 5 0
2022 Hungary WC 8th 6 2 0 2 0
2023 Hungary U18 D1A 4th 5 4 2 6 4
2023 Hungary WC 9th 4 1 1 2 0
2024 Hungary WC D1A 2nd 5 0 0 0 0
Junior totals 13 10 3 13 4
Senior totals 19 3 1 4 0

References

  1. ^ Kaposi, Davíd (16 January 2022). "Szívesen visszatérne Kanadába Metzler Regina". Jégkorongblog (in Hungarian). Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Metzler Regina még több van a női válogatottban". Nemzeti Sport (in Hungarian). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Ice Hockey – Mixed NOC 3-on-3 Tournament, Women – Team Roster – Blue" (PDF). lausanne2020.sport. 9 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  4. ^ Steiss, Adam (15 January 2020). "Stars are golden in women's 3-on-3". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Vasas Hírek - Metzler Regina lett a legjobb magyar". Vasas SC (in Hungarian). 9 April 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  6. ^ "2022 Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship, Division I - Group A – Goal Scoring Leaders". International Ice Hockey Federation. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  7. ^ "2022 Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship, Division I - Group A – Face-Off Leaders". International Ice Hockey Federation. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  8. ^ Zavodszky, Szabolcs (10 April 2022). "Japanese girls impress in Division I". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  9. ^ "2022 Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship, Division I - Group A – Best Players of Each Team Selected by Coaches". International Ice Hockey Federation. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  10. ^ "2021 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Player Statistics by Team: HUN - Hungary". International Ice Hockey Federation. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  11. ^ "2022 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: HUN - Hungary". International Ice Hockey Federation. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  12. ^ Aykroyd, Lucas (5 September 2022). "Taking away the positives". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  13. ^ "2022 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Player Statistics by Team: HUN - Hungary". International Ice Hockey Federation. 3 September 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.