Theresa Knutson

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Theresa Knutson
Born (1996-04-01) April 1, 1996 (age 28)
Onalaska, Wisconsin, US
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
DFEL team
Former teams		 ECDC Memmingen
Playing career 2014–present

Theresa Marie Knutson (born April 1, 1996) is an American ice hockey forward, currently playing in the German Women's Ice Hockey League (DFEL) with ECDC Memmingen.

Playing career[edit]

Knutson attended Aquinas High School in La Crosse, Wisconsin and played varsity ice hockey with the Onalaska Hilltoppers Co-Op based at Onalaska High School in Onalaska, Wisconsin. During her high school ice hockey career in Wisconsin Prep Hockey (WiPH), she led the state in scoring for four consecutive seasons, 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 played college ice hockey with the UConn Huskies women's ice hockey program, scoring 79 points in 135 NCAA games.[4] She scored her first collegiate goal on 19 October 2014 against the Syracuse Orange.[5][6]

After graduating, she moved to Germany to sign with Mad Dogs Mannheim in the Fraueneishockey-Bundesliga.[7] In her rookie Bundesliga season, she ranked third in the league for scoring, with 66 points in 28 games, including 48 goals.[8][9]

She returned to North America for the 2020–21 season, signing with the Metropolitan Riveters of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL; renamed PHF in 2021).[10] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of games in the NWHL season was severely limited, prompting Knutson to return to Germany and play with the Eisbären Juniors Berlin in the DFEL after the Riveters season had ended.[11][12] She re-signed with the Riveters for the 2021–22 PHF season.[13][14][15]

Knutson signed with ECDC Memmingen for the 2022–23 DFEL season, during which she led the league in regular season scoring, with 14 goals and 18 assists for 32 points in twenty games.[16] Her elite production helped propel the team to a bronze medal finish in the 2023 EWHL Super Cup and her playoff-leading 14 points contributed to ECDC Memmingen’s consecutive semifinal and final series sweeps, which ended in the 2023 German Championship victory.[17]

Career statistics[edit]

Regular season and playoffs[edit]

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2010-11 Onalaska Co-Op WiPH 54 2 5 3 8 0
2011-12 Onalaska Co-Op WiPH 24 61 32 93 8 5 10 2 12 6
2012-13 Onalaska Co-Op WiPH 23 70 14 94 32 5 7 7 14 8
2013-14 Onalaska Co-Op WiPH 22 69 18 87 26 5 9 11 20 2
2014-15 UConn Huskies NCAA 36 9 5 14 10 – – – – –
2015-16 UConn Huskies NCAA 37 19 9 28 22 – – – – –
2016-17 UConn Huskies NCAA 23 10 9 19 12 – – – – –
2017-18 UConn Huskies NCAA 39 13 5 18 16 – – – – –
2018-19 Mad Dogs Mannheim DFEL 28 48 18 66 22 2 8 0 8 2
2019-20 Mad Dogs Mannheim DFEL 21 15 13 28 30 4 7 4 11 2
2020-21 Metropolitan Riveters NWHL 3 1 0 1 0 – – – – –
2020-21 Eisbären Juniors Berlin DFEL 8 5 7 12 0 2 2 0 2 0
2021-22 Metropolitan Riveters PHF 19 6 6 12 6 1 0 0 0 0
2022-23 ECDC Memmingen DFEL 20 14 18 32 8 6 9 5 14 0
NCAA totals 135 51 28 79 60 – – – – –
PHF totals 22 7 6 13 6 1 0 0 0 0
DFEL totals 77 82 56 138 60 8 11 5 16 0

Note: Postseason results from the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons are from the relegation round rather than the playoffs and are not calculated with playoff totals.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sommerfeldt, Todd (January 5, 2018). "La Crosse Aquinas graduate Theresa Knutson coming off 2-goal performance for UConn". La Crosse Tribune. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  2. ^ "Ona Co-op's Theresa Knutson concludes historic high school career". WKBT. March 10, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  3. ^ Griswold, David (December 14, 2013). "Knutson among nation's all-time top scorers in girls hockey". La Crosse Tribune. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  4. ^ "2017-18 Women's Ice Hockey Roster: 3 Theresa Knutson". University of Connecticut Athletics. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  5. ^ Hanse, Heidi (January 23, 2018). "Onalaska graduate Theresa Knutson finds success with University of Connecticut's hockey team". La Crosse Tribune. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  6. ^ "UConn Women's Hockey Team Stays Alive". Hartford Courant. February 25, 2018. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  7. ^ Martin, Andrea (August 11, 2020). "Mad Dogs sichern sich US-Star". Mannheimer Morgen (in German). Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  8. ^ "Mannheims Amerikanerin Knutson besiegt Bärinnen "im Alleingang"". Sport-Kreis Unna (in German). October 7, 2019. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  9. ^ Teimann, Thorsten. "Theresa Knutson umkurvt den EC". Hellweger Anzeiger (in German).[dead link]
  10. ^ "Riveters Sign Theresa Knutson, Prolific Goal Scorer from UConn and the Frauen-Bundesliga". National Women's Hockey League (Press release). July 24, 2020. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  11. ^ Murphy, Mike (May 3, 2021). "Overlooked performances on the 2021 Metropolitan Riveters". The Ice Garden. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  12. ^ "ESC Planegg und Eisbären Juniors Berlin erreichen Finale um Meistertitel der Frauen-Bundesliga". EishockeyNews.de (in German). March 14, 2021. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  13. ^ Kosirowski, Ken (July 22, 2021). "Onalaska girls hockey legend Knutson re-signs with NWHL club". WKBT. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  14. ^ Szyska, Torsten (August 8, 2021). "DANKE für Euren Einsatz!". Eisbären Juniors Berlin (in German). Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  15. ^ Murphy, Mike (April 2, 2022). "2021-22 PHF Season Recap: Metropolitan Riveters". The Ice Garden. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  16. ^ "ECDC Memmingen Indians sichern sich Hauptrundentitel". Deutscher Eishockey-Bund (in German). February 20, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  17. ^ Sinzenich, Tim (January 30, 2023). "Indians Frauen freuen sich über Platz drei im Finalturnier des europäischen EWHL Supercup – Titel geht erneut an KMH Budapest". Frauen-Eishockey.com (in German). Retrieved March 19, 2023.

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