Emma Maltais

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1999)
Ice hockey player
Emma Maltais
Maltais with PWHL Toronto in 2024
Born (1999-11-04) November 4, 1999 (age 24)
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Height 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
PWHL team PWHL Toronto
National team  Canada
Playing career 2023–present
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Canada
Gold medal – first place 2022 Denmark
Silver medal – second place 2023 Canada
World U18 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Canada
Silver medal – second place 2017 Czech Republic

Emma Maltais (born November 4, 1999) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for PWHL Toronto of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and member of Canada women's national ice hockey team.

Playing career

Growing up in southern Ontario, Maltais began skating at the age of 2 and began playing hockey at the age of 4.[1] During high school, she played for the Oakville Hornets in the Provincial Women's Hockey League (Prov. WHL), where she served as team captain in the 2016–17 season.[2] Her career totals of 55 goals and 92 assists are among the most in Prov. WHL history, and her 147 points are the most in Hornets history.[3]

Having committed to Ohio State University as a high school freshman, she played her first season with the Buckeyes in the 2017–18 season. She scored 40 points in 37 games during her rookie NCAA season, leading the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) in points-per-game and breaking the record for most WCHA Rookie of the Month awards, winning four times.[3][4]

Her production increased to 43 points in 35 games the following season, again leading Ohio State in scoring and being named to the All-WCHA First Team.[5]

In the 2019–20 season, she set an Ohio State record for points, with 59 points in 38 games, and picking up her 100th collegiate point against Bemidji State University on November 2, 2019.[6][7] That year, she was a top-10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award and was named to the All-WCHA First Team for the third consecutive season.[8][9]

In her senior year, the 2020–21 season, Maltais recorded five goals and 16 points in 20 games, leading the Buckeyes with 11 assists. She recorded her 100th career assist against the University of Minnesota on January 29, 2021. She set a Buckeyes record for career playoff points with 14, and for the second consecutive season she was a top-10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award.[3]

For the 2021–22 season, Maltais was centralized with the Canadian national team.[3]

Returning to Ohio State in the 2022–23 season, Maltais recorded 48 points in 39 games, becoming the first Ohio State player to reach 200 career points.[10][11]

One of the youngest players entering the inaugural draft of the newly-created Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL), Maltais was selected in the second round, 11th overall by Toronto.[10]

International career

Maltais represented Canada at the 2016 and 2017 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, scoring a total of nine points in ten games and winning silver twice.[12][13]

She was named to the senior national team roster for the first time in 2019, suiting up for the 2019-20 Rivalry Series against the United States.[14] In May 2021, she was one of 28 players invited to Hockey Canada's Centralization Camp, which represents the selection process for the Canadian women's team that shall compete in Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[15]

On January 11, 2022, Maltais was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[16][17][18]

Personal life

Maltais studies health sciences at Ohio State University and has interned at the Ohio State Neurological Institute.[3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2012–13 Oakville Jr. Hornets Prov. WHL 8 1 2 3 0 2 0 1 1 0
2013–14 Oakville Jr. Hornets Prov. WHL 5 1 4 5 4 — — — — —
2014–15 Oakville Jr. Hornets Prov. WHL 37 21 33 54 23 12 2 4 6 6
2015–16 Oakville Jr. Hornets Prov. WHL 21 11 21 32 4 7 3 4 7 0
2016–17 Oakville Jr. Hornets Prov. WHL 34 22 34 56 12 12 4 11 15 10
2017–18 Ohio State University WCHA 37 16 24 40 14 — — — — —
2018–19 Ohio State University WCHA 35 15 28 43 6 — — — — —
2019–20 Ohio State University WCHA 38 19 40 59 8 — — — — —
2020–21 Ohio State University WCHA 20 5 11 16 8 — — — — —
2022–23 Ohio State University WCHA 39 11 37 48 16 — — — — —
NCAA totals 169 66 140 206 52 — — — — —

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2016 Canada U18 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 1 5 6 2
2017 Canada U18 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 0 3 3 4
2021 Canada WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 0 0 0 0
2022 Canada OG 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 1 1 2 4
2022 Canada WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 1 2 3 2
2023 Canada WC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 0 1 1 0
Junior totals 10 1 8 9 6
Senior totals 26 2 4 6 6

Awards and honours

Award Year Ref
College
WCHA Rookie of the Year 2018 [3]
USCHO All-Rookie Team 2018
First Team All-WCHA 2018, 2019, 2020
WCHA All-Rookie Team 2018
OSU Scholar Athlete 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
WCHA Scholar Athlete 2019, 2020
WCHA All-Academic Team 2019, 2020, 2021
Academic All-Big Ten 2019, 2020, 2021
USCHO Third Team All-American 2020, 2021
AHCA Second Team All-American 2020 [19]
Second Team All-WCHA 2023 [11]

References

  1. ^ Smith, Hannah (February 21, 2018). "Women's Hockey: Freshmen Emma Maltais and Tatum Skaggs pave the way for new standard of Ohio State women's hockey". The Lantern. Archived from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  2. ^ Murphy, Mike (November 19, 2016). "U18 Update: Canadian standout Maltais commits to Ohio State". The Ice Garden. Archived from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Emma Maltais". ohiostatebuckeyes.com. Ohio State Buckeyes. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  4. ^ @OhioStateWHKY (March 1, 2018). "For the fourth time this season Emma Maltais has been named the @WCHA_WHockey Rookie of the Month, powered by @GoodWoodHockey #GoBucks" (Tweet). Retrieved April 4, 2024 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Radley, Scott (November 2, 2018). "Opinion: Burlington's Emma Maltais is scoring big in hockey, and life, at Ohio State University". The Hamilton Spectator. Archived from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  6. ^ Dempsey, Joe. "Ohio State's Jincy Dunne, Emma Maltais Named AHCA All-Americans". Buckeye Sports Bulletin. Archived from the original on 2021-01-11. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  7. ^ Radley, Scott (January 20, 2020). "Local women the story of Hometown Hockey". The Hamilton Spectator. Archived from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  8. ^ Scifo, Dan (February 24, 2020). "Kaz Watch: Ohio State's Emma Maltais Joins Elite Company In Being Named Kaz Finalist". Patty Kazmaier Award. Archived from the original on January 23, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  9. ^ "6 Canadians up for award as top female hockey player in NCAA". CBC. February 20, 2020. Archived from the original on March 6, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  10. ^ a b Kennedy, Ian (18 September 2023). "Emma Maltais Goes To Toronto, Selected 11th Overall". The Hockey News. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  11. ^ a b "2022-23 All-WCHA Teams Announced". wcha.com. WCHA. February 23, 2023. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
  12. ^ Miller, Randall (November 6, 2019). "Women's Hockey: Emma Maltais to play for Canadian National Women's Team". The Lantern. Archived from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  13. ^ Milton, Steve (January 11, 2016). "Maltais and Team Canada play U.S. tonight". The Hamilton Spectator. Archived from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  14. ^ "Rosters released for USA vs. Canada series". The Ice Garden. October 17, 2019. Archived from the original on January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  15. ^ "Canada's National Women's Team Unveils Olympic Centralization Roster: 28 players to centralize in Calgary ahead of 2022 Olympic Winter Games". hockeycanada.ca. May 12, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
  16. ^ Awad, Brandi (11 January 2022). "Team Canada's women's hockey roster revealed for Beijing 2022". Canadian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  17. ^ "Canada's 2022 Olympic women's hockey team roster". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 11 January 2022. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  18. ^ "2022 Olympic Winter Games (Women)". www.hockeycanada.ca/. Hockey Canada. 11 January 2022. Archived from the original on 15 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  19. ^ "2019-20 CCM/AHCA Women's University Division All-Americans Announced". ahcahockey.com. March 24, 2020. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved April 1, 2021.

External links

  • Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
  • Emma Maltais on TikTok Edit this at Wikidata