Michaela Pejzlová
Michaela Pejzlová | |||
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Born |
Pardubice, Czech Republic | 6 April 1997||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb; 10 st 1 lb) | ||
Position | Centre | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
SWHL A team Former teams |
HCAP Girls | ||
National team |
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Playing career | 2011–present | ||
Medal record |
Michaela "Míša" Pejzlová (born 6 April 1997) is a Czech ice hockey player and member of the Czech national team. She is signed with the Hockey Club Ambrì-Piotta Girls (HCAP Girls) of the Swiss Women's League (SWHL A) for the 2024–25 season. Her collegiate career was played with the Clarkson Golden Knights of ECAC Hockey, with whom she twice won the NCAA Championship.[1]
Playing career
[edit]Pejzlová started her career playing with HC Pardubice of the Czech Women's Extraliga before joining the Czech U18 national team, and later the Czech senior national team. She attended Stanstead College in Stanstead, Quebec, Canada during her final years of secondary school and played two seasons with the Stanstead Spartans girls' ice hockey team.
College
[edit]Freshman year
[edit]Pejzlová joined a talented Clarkson team that had won the National Championship three years previous and made the NCAA Tournament four straight seasons. She quickly established herself as a key contributor, splitting time between the top two lines. She scored in her first career game against Penn State on 9 September 2016 at 6:01 of the second period. Pejzlová recorded 11 goals and 21 assists as the team's highest-scoring rookie en route to Clarkson's second National Championship.
2016–17 Awards
- ECAC Rookie of the Week (twice)
- ECAC Rookie of the Month (October, November)
- ECAC Weekly Honor Roll (Five Times)
- Windjammer Classic All-Tournament Team
Sophomore year
[edit]Pejzlová played the majority of the 2017–18 season centering Loren Gabel and Élizabeth Giguère on Clarkson's top line as well as centering the pair on the top power play unit. Pejzlová put up 26 goals and 29 assists and had a 15-game point streak during the regular season. With the top line leading the way, Clarkson won its second straight National Championship.
2017–2018 Awards
- ECAC Weekly Honor Roll (twice)[2]
International play
[edit]Pejzlová represented the Czech Republic at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, and at the Division I Group A tournament in 2015.[3]
Career statistics
[edit]Regular season and playoffs
[edit]Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2011–12 | HC Pardubice B U16 | Liga dorostu | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
2011–12 | HC Pardubice | Extraliga žen | 14 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 31 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
2014–15 | Stanstead Spartans | CAHS | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||
2015–16 | Stanstead Spartans | CAHS | – | – | – | – | – | |||||||
2016–17 | Clarkson University | NCAA | 37 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
2017–18 | Clarkson University | NCAA | 41 | 26 | 29 | 55 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
2018–19 | Clarkson University | NCAA | 40 | 19 | 36 | 55 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
2019–20 | Clarkson University | NCAA | 30 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
2020–21 | HIFK | NSML | 22 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | ||
2021–22 | HIFK | NSML | 21 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 2 | ||
2022–23 | HIFK | NSML | 31 | 32 | 50 | 82 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 2 | ||
2023–24 | HIFK | NSML | 24 | 30 | 41 | 71 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | ||
NCAA totals | 148 | 64 | 102 | 166 | 50 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
Naisten Liiga totals | 98 | 94 | 138 | 232 | 14 | 36 | 26 | 32 | 58 | 12 |
International
[edit]Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2013 | Czech Republic | WC18 | 4th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
2015 | Czech Republic | WC18 | 4th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
2015 | Czech Republic | WC Q | DNQ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2015 | Czech Republic | WC D1A | 1st | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
2016 | Czech Republic | WC | 6th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
2017 | Czech Republic | OGQ | DNQ | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
2017 | Czech Republic | WC | 8th | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2019 | Czechia | WC | 6th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
2021 | Czech Republic | WC | 7th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2022 | Czech Republic | OG | 7th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
2022 | Czech Republic | WC | ![]() |
7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
2023 | Czech Republic | WC | ![]() |
7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
2024 | Czech Republic | WC | 4th | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
Junior totals | 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||||
Senior totals | 53 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 12 |
Sources: [4]
Awards and honors
[edit]Award | Year |
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International | |
World U18 Top-3 Player on Team | 2015 |
World Championship Bronze Medal | 2022 |
2023 | |
Clarkson Golden Knights | |
ECAC Rookie of the Month | October 2016 |
November 2016 | |
ECAC All-Tournament Team | 2016–17 |
NCAA Tournament Champion | 2017[6] |
2018[6] | |
ECAC Tournament Most Outstanding Player | 2017–18 |
Naisten Liiga | |
Marianne Ihalainen Award (Most points) | 2020–21[7] |
2022–23 | |
2023–24[8] | |
All-Star, Second Team | 2020–21 |
2021–22 | |
Finnish Championship Bronze Medal | 2021 |
Finnish Championship Silver Medal | 2022 |
Sari Fisk Award (Best plus–minus) | 2022–23 |
Student Athlete of the Year | 2022–23 |
All-Star, First Team | 2022–23 |
2023–24 | |
Aurora Borealis Cup Champion | 2023 |
2024 | |
Player of the Month | January 2024[9] |
Other | |
Czech Women's Player of the Year | 2022–23[10] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Player Profile: Michaela Pejzlová". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ [1] Clarkson Athletics Player Profile
- ^ 2016 World Championship roster
- ^ a b "Michaela Pejzlová – Kariéra". Hokej.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ "Michaela Pejzlová: Career Statistics". USCHO.com. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ a b Aykroyd, Lucas (17 February 2021). "Women's hockey flourishes at Clarkson". IIHF. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ Mennander, Pasi (15 March 2021). "Naisten Liigan kauden 2020–21 palkitut pelaajat ja tähtikentät". Finnish Ice Hockey Association (in Finnish). Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ Löfman, Heikki (19 February 2024). "Pejzlova piste- ja Täks maalipörssin voittoon – Lahtinen tarkin maalinsuulla". Finnish Ice Hockey Association (in Finnish). Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ Mennander, Pasi (1 February 2024). "HIFK:n Michaela Pejzlova Naisten Liigan tammikuun pelaaja". Finnish Ice Hockey Association (in Finnish). Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Výsledky ankety Zlatá hokejka 2023". Český hokej (in Czech). 28 June 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- Michaela Pejzlová at Olympedia
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey players
- Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland
- Czech women's ice hockey forwards
- HIFK Naiset players
- Ice hockey people from Pardubice
- Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Naisten Liiga All-Stars
- Olympic ice hockey players for the Czech Republic
- Stanstead College alumni
- Swiss Women's League players