Jessica Wong

Jessica Wong
Born (1991-03-29) March 29, 1991
Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 142 lb (64 kg; 10 st 2 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
CWHL team
Former teams		 Kunlun Red Star
National team  Canada
Playing career 2009–present
Medal record
IIHF World Women's U18 Championships
Representing  Canada
2009 Germany Tournament
Meco Cup
Representing  Canada
2011 Switzerland Tournament
2010 Germany Tournament

Jessica Wong (born March 29, 1991) is an ice hockey player from Baddeck, Nova Scotia who plays for Kunlun Red Star of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. She previously played for the Calgary Inferno. Wong played for Canada's under-18 team, winning silver at the world championships. In 2010 and 2011 she played for Canada's women's under-22 team, winning gold at the Meco Cup both years. In 2010, Wong scored the winning goal for the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs in the NCAA Division I Women's Championship.[1] In 2010, Wong was named Female Team Athlete of the Year by Sport Nova Scotia.[2] Wong was named athlete of the year by the Cape Breton Post in 2009, 2010, and 2011.[3]

Playing career

Wong captained the Warner Warriors in 2006–07, leading the team in scoring and awarded MVP honors. She participated for Nova Scotia at the 2006 Esso Women’s Nationals in Sydney, Nova Scotia with a fifth-place finish. Wong also played for Team Atlantic at the 2007 National Women’s Under-18 Championships. The team finished in fourth place. In 2007, she also represented Nova Scotia at the 2007 Canada Winter Games where the team finished in sixth. Wong was also part of three Atlantic Challenge Cups for Nova Scotia, where she won two gold medals (2005, 2007) and one silver (2006). In addition, Wong played for Team Atlantic at the 2008 National Women’s Under-18 Championship with an eighth-place finish. In the same year, Wong played with Stoney Creek in Ontario. She won a gold medal with Stoney Creek at OWHA provincials and at the PWHL championship in 2008. In 2009, she won a silver medal with Stoney Creek at the OWHA provincials in 2009 while ranking fourth on the team in scoring.

NCAA

Wong joined the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs in 2009. She scored the game-winning goal in triple overtime of the 2010 NCAA Frozen Four championship game. Wong finished fourth among Minnesota-Duluth freshmen in scoring in 2009–10.

During the 2010–2011 season Wong converted from forward to an offensive-minded defenseman. She finished second in the NCAA among all blueliners with 38 points (15g, 23a), averaging a blistering 1.15 points per game. Wong also led all WCHA defensemen with 31 points in league play (10g, 21a) and ranked No. 7 in the WCHA with 12 power-play points, as well as 12th for points among all league players. Wong was named to the 2010–11 All-WCHA Second Team. She finished as the second-leading point scorer among all Bulldog players, netting her first collegiate hat-trick against Connecticut on Oct. 23, 2010.

Hockey Canada

She was a member of Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team for a three-game series against the United States in August 2007. The following year, she played with the Under 18 team in another series against the US. This series was held in Lake Placid, New York. Wong gained a silver medal with Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team at the 2009 IIHF World Women’s Under-18 Championships.

She graduated to the Under 22 team as part of a three-game series in Calgary in August 2009. Wong acquired a gold medal with the Under-22 Team at the 2010 MLP Cup in Ravensburg, Germany. In August 2010, she suited up for the Under 22 once more as part of a three-game series vs. the United States in Toronto in August 2010. At the 2011 MLP Cup, Wong was part of another gold medal winning squad.

CWHL

Wong was selected first overall in the 2013 CWHL Draft. On February 2, 2014, Wong logged a goal, with Danielle Stone earning an assist (Stone would break two scoring records in Inferno franchise history during that game), providing her with seven points in the first five games of her CWHL career, a new franchise record for the Inferno.[4] Of note, she was selected to participate in the 2014 CWHL All-Star Game, the first in league history. She retired after two seasons to a position with Hockey Canada in Calgary. In 2017 she came out of retirement to play for the expansion team Kunlun Red Star.[5]

Awards and honours

  • Nova Scotia's Female Team Athlete of the Year 2010
  • NCAA Frozen Four All-Tournament Team (2010)
  • 2011 All-WCHA Second Team[6]

Career stats

Hockey Canada

YearEventGPGAPtsPIM
2007Exhibition vs. USA Under 1820000
2008Exhibition vs. USA Under 1830110
2009IIHF Under 18 Worlds548120
2009Under 22 Selection Camp20110
20102010 MLP Cup42020
2010Exhibition vs. USA Under 2231012

Minnesota Duluth

YearGPGAPtsPIMPPGSHGGWG
2009–104115163130103
2010–113315233837301
2011–123611193032212
2012–13337162322102
Total[7]1434874122121718

CWHL

YearTeamGames PlayedGoalsAssistsPoints+/-PIMPPGSHGGWG
2013–14Calgary Inferno[8]12279+714000
2014–15Calgary Inferno[9]2421113+714000

References

  1. ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2010/03/21/sp-ncaa-womens-hockey.html
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-25. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
  3. ↑ http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2011-12-31/article-2851004/Take-a-bow,-2011/1
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-06. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
  5. ↑ Collelo, T.J. (10 April 2018). "A Cape Bretoner grows the game in China". Cape Breton Post. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  6. ↑ http://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205108360&DB_OEM_ID=8400%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  7. ↑ http://www.uscho.com/stats/player/wid,7333/jessica-wong
  8. ↑ http://cwhl_site.stats.pointstreak.com/playerpage.html?playerid=7357193&seasonid=11441
  9. ↑ http://cwhl_site.stats.pointstreak.com/playerpage.html?playerid=8157868&seasonid=13281
Preceded by
Hillary Pattenden (2012)		 First Overall Selection, CWHL Draft
(2013)		 Succeeded by
Laura Fortino (2014)
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