Kiira Dosdall

Kiira Dosdall-Arena (born July 31, 1987) is an American professional ice hockey player, who currently plays with the Metropolitan Riveters of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). Previously in her career, she played with the EHV Sabres Vienna of the Austrian Women's Ice Hockey Bundesliga (DEBL) and the Boston Blades of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL).

Kiira Dosdall-Arena
Born (1987-07-31) July 31, 1987
Stamford, Connecticut, United States
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 141 lb (64 kg; 10 st 1 lb)
Position Defense
Shoots Right
NWHL team
Former teams		 Metropolitan Riveters
Boston Blades
EHV Sabres Vienna
Colgate Raiders
National team  United States
Playing career 2005–present

Personal life

Dosdall is a graduate of Colgate University in New York, USA. In addition to her playing career, Dosdall works as a project specialist for Schoology.[1][2]

Playing career

While playing for the Colgate Raiders ice hockey team, Dosdall was nominated for the 2008-09 Patty Kazmaier Award.

EWHL

From 2009 to 2013, Dosdall played with the EHV Sabres Vienna of the Austrian Women's Ice Hockey Bundesliga (DEBL) and the Elite Women's Hockey League (EWHL).[3] Dosdall was the first player to be named to the EWHL All-Star Team four years in a row.[4]

NWHL

Dosdall joined the New York Riveters for the NWHL's inaugural season in 2015/16 as a defenseman.[5] In August 2016, the Riveters announced that Dosdall and team captain Ashley Johnston had each signed a one-year contract worth $13,500 to continue with the franchise in the 2016/17 season.[6] In 2017, Dosdall became an alternate captain for the New York Riveters after the retirement of Morgan Fritz-Ward.[7][8]

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References
  1. Musarra, Casey (February 5, 2016). "A day in the life with Kiira Dosdall of the New York Riveters". Newsday. Women's Sports. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  2. Layton, Jeremy (February 20, 2017). "A robotics engineer by day, a women's hockey star by night". New York Post. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  3. Raskin, Alex (November 8, 2015). "Female Hockey Players Get Their Shot With New League". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  4. http://www.ecachockey.com/women/members/colgate/20151811_Dosdall_Interview. Retrieved November 17, 2017. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. Raskin, Alex (November 8, 2015). "Female Hockey Players Get Their Shot With New League". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  6. Nelson, Dustin L. (April 12, 2016). "Riveters Re-Sign Ashley Johnston, Kiira Dosdall". The Hockey Writers. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  7. Murphy, Mike (May 25, 2017). "The Riveters have re-signed captain Ashley Johnston". The Ice Garden. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  8. http://www.uticaod.com/sports/20170817/new-hartfords-annika-zalewski-drafted-by-nwhl
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