Denisa Křížová

Czech ice hockey and ball hockey player

Ice hockey player
Denisa Křížová
Křížová with PWHL Minnesota in 2024
Born (1994-11-03) 3 November 1994 (age 29)
Horní Cerekev, Czech Republic
Height 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb; 9 st 11 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
PWHL team
Former teams		 PWHL Minnesota
Minnesota Whitecaps
Brynäs IF Dam
Boston Pride
Northeastern Huskies
HC Slavia Praha
National team  Czech Republic
Playing career 2011–present
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
IIHF World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Denmark
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Canada
Women's ball hockey
ISBHF World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2017 Czech Republic
Silver medal – second place 2022 Canada
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Slovakia
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Canada
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Switzerland
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Slovakia

Denisa Křížová (born 3 November 1994) is a Czech ice hockey player for PWHL Minnesota of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and a member of the Czech Republic women's national ice hockey team.

Ice hockey career

Across four years of college ice hockey with the Northeastern Huskies women's ice hockey program, Křížová put up 169 points in 143 games, the sixth-highest scorer in the university's history.[1]

Křížová became the first player born in the Czech Republic to be drafted into the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL; renamed PHF in 2021) when the Connecticut Whale selected her with the thirteenth pick overall in the 2017 NWHL Draft.[2] She signed her first professional contract with the Boston Pride on 2 August 2018.[3][4]

After only one year with the Pride, she returned to Europe to play with Brynäs IF Dam in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL).[5] She scored 47 points in 34 games in her first season with the team, good for seventh in league scoring.

Křížová returned to the PHF in 2022 to play one season with the Minnesota Whitecaps.[6] She was drafted in the eighth round of the 2023 PWHL Draft by Minnesota.[7]

International play

As a junior player with the Czech national under-18 team, Křížová participated in IIHF U18 Women's World Championships in 2010, 2011 and 2012.

With the senior national team, she represented the Czech Republic in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and at the IIHF World Women's Championship Top Division tournaments in 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2021; the Division I Group A tournaments in 2012, 2014, and 2015; and the Division II tournament in 2011.[8][9][10]

Ball hockey career

Křížová is also an elite ball hockey player and has represented the Czech Republic at the Ball Hockey World Championship for more than a decade, winning a gold medal in 2017, silver in 2022, and bronze medals in 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2019.[11][12][13][14][15] She was named Best Forward of the tournament in 2017 and was selected to the All Star team in 2019 after leading all players in scoring.[16]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2014-15 Northeastern University NCAA 33 13 22 35 14 — — — — —
2015-16 Northeastern University NCAA 37 20 39 59 22 — — — — —
2016-17 Northeastern University NCAA 33 13 22 35 14 — — — — —
2017-18 Northeastern University NCAA 37 20 39 59 22 — — — — —
2018-19 Boston Pride NWHL 16 6 8 14 4 1 0 0 0 0
2019-20 Brynäs IF SDHL 34 20 27 47 24 5 0 3 3 2
2020-21 Brynäs IF SDHL 36 16 21 37 22 8 6 0 6 12
2021-22 Brynäs IF SDHL 36 20 24 44 18 10 7 4 11 4
NCAA totals 143 62 107 169 72 – – – – –
SDHL totals 106 56 72 128 64 23 13 7 20 18

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2022 Czechia WWC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 0 4 4 0
2023 Czechia WWC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 3 2 5 4
Senior totals 14 3 6 9 4

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ Barbito, Joe (5 September 2017). "Women's Hockey Top 25 Under 25: Number 25 - Denisa Krizova". The Ice Garden. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Three Huskies selected in 2017 NWHL Draft". NWHL. 17 August 2017. Archived from the original on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  3. ^ Press Release (2 August 2018). "Czech National Team, Northeastern Star Joins Pride for NWHL Season 4". NWHL. Archived from the original on 9 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  4. ^ Oliver, Nathaniel (3 August 2018). "Pride Sign Czech Scoring Machine Křížová". The Hockey Writers. Archived from the original on 17 August 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  5. ^ Karlsson, Måns (26 February 2020). "En tjeckisk snajper - som ger Brynäs guldhopp". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 17 August 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  6. ^ Murphy, Mike (16 October 2022). "2022-23 PHF Season Preview: Minnesota Whitecaps". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  7. ^ Wegman, Josh (18 September 2023). "PWHL Draft results: Minnesota takes Heise with top pick". theScore. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  8. ^ "2016 World Championship roster" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  9. ^ Oliver, Nathaniel (24 August 2017). "First Czech of the NWHL – Denisa Krizova". The Hockey Writers. Archived from the original on 17 August 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  10. ^ "2019 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: CZE - Czech Republic" (PDF). IIHF. 3 April 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  11. ^ "Majstrovstvá sveta 2011 v hokejbale – Ženy, A kategória – Hokejová reprezentácia: Česko". Bratislava2011.com (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  12. ^ "ISBHF 2013 World Street & Ball Hockey Championships – ISBHF Women's WC – Czech Republic Roster". Goalline.ca. Archived from the original on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  13. ^ "Streethockey World Championship Zug 2015 – Game Protocol: CAN 5 - 1 CZE". Zug2015.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  14. ^ "Hokejbalové Mistrovství Sveta Pardubice 2017 » Women » Rosters". Pardubice2017.com. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  15. ^ "2019 Ball Hockey World Championship » Women » Rosters". Kosice2019.com. Archived from the original on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  16. ^ a b Kratochvíl, Marek (10 June 2017). "All-stars and individual awards of the 2017 World Championship". Pardubice2017.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  17. ^ Krotz, Paul (4 May 2023). "PHF ANNOUNCES 2022-23 FOUNDATION AWARD RECIPIENTS". Premier Hockey Federation. Retrieved 11 May 2023.

External links

  • Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
  • Denisa Křížová at Olympedia Edit this at Wikidata