Svenja Voigt

Svenja Voigt
Born (2004-03-29) 29 March 2004 (age 20)
Cologne, Germany
Height 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
NCAA team
Former teams		 St. Cloud State Huskies
Stanstead Spartans
National team  Germany
Playing career 2020–present

Svenja Voigt (born 29 March 2004) is a German ice hockey player and member of the German national team, currently playing in the NCAA Division I with the St. Cloud State Huskies women's ice hockey program.

She represented Germany at the IIHF Women's World Championship in 2021 and 2023.

Playing career

Voigt started playing ice hockey at age 7 with the youth department of the Kölner Eishockey-Club (KEC) in her home city of Cologne (Köln), Germany.[1] She played with KEC teams throughout her childhood and made a one-game appearance with the secondary team of the Kölner EC Frauen in the Frauen 2. Liga Nord during the 2017–18 season. In addition to playing at elite club level, Voigt was also chosen to the Germany Selects under-14 teams for the World Selects Invitational U14 tournaments in 2016 and 2017, and the Germany Selects U18 team for the World Selects Invitational U18 tournament in 2019.[2][3][4][5]

In the fall of 2019, Voigt began attending Stanstead College, an independent day and boarding school in Stanstead, Quebec, Canada, known for its varsity ice hockey program.[1] She immediately began playing with the Stanstead Spartans girls' varsity ice hockey program in the North American Prep Hockey Association (NAPHA). In her first season at Stanstead College, the team won the NAPHA championship.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Stanstead College ice hockey teams did not to participate in the 2020–21 season. Voigt played the 2021–22 season with the Spartans in the NAPHA and Junior Women's Hockey League (JWHL).[6]

International play

Voigt made her IIHF U18 Women's World Championship debut with the German national under-18 team at the Division I Group A tournament of the 2020 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship in Landshut, Germany. She contributed a goal and an assist in three games played as Germany claimed their first gold medal at the Division I Group A level and gained promotion to the Top Division. A week later, she joined the German U16 team in the girls' ice hockey tournament at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland.[7][8] She led the team in scoring, netting two of Germany's three goals in the tournament – the third goal was scored by Katharina Häckelsmiller.[9]

Following the March 2020 to July 2021 period during which women's international ice hockey play was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Voigt made her debut with the German senior national team at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship in Calgary, Canada.[10] She did not record a point in the tournament as Germany finished in eighth place.[11]

Statistics

Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
2020 Germany U18 WW18 D1A 1st 3 1 1 2 25
2020 Germany U16 YOG 6th 2 2 0 2 4
2021 Germany WW 8th 6 0 0 0 2
2022 Germany U18 WW18 8th 5 1 0 1 6
Junior totals 8 2 1 3 31

References

  1. ^ a b Mitatselis, Christiane (20 August 2021). "Eishockey-WM der Frauen: Eine Kölner Hoffnungsträgerin in Calgary". Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (in German). Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Junghai Svenja Voigt für World Select Turnier in Helsinki nominiert". Kölner Eishockey-Club (in German). 10 March 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  3. ^ "2016 WSI U14 Preliminary Round - Germany Selects U14 - Roster". World Hockey Group. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  4. ^ "2017 WSI U14 – Germany Selects U14 Roster". World Hockey Group. 18 April 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  5. ^ "2019 WSI U18 – Germany Selects U18". World Hockey Group. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Varsity Girls Hockey Spartans to join JWHL". Stanstead College. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Jugend Team Deutschland für Lausanne 2020 nominiert". Deutsche Olympische Sportbund (in German). 10 December 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games – Ice Hockey, 6-Team Tournament, Women – Team Roster: GER - Germany" (PDF). Lausanne2020.sport. 18 January 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  9. ^ Steiss, Adam (13 June 2022). "Swedes in control at YOG". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Kader für Frauen-Weltmeisterschaft in Kanada steht". Deutscher Eishockey-Bund (in German). 10 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  11. ^ "2021 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Player Statistics by Team: GER - Germany". International Ice Hockey Federation. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2022.