Alex Poznikoff

Alex Poznikoff is a Canadian ice hockey player, currently with the PWHPA.

Alex Poznikoff
Born (1997-05-16) May 16, 1997
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height 158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
PWHPA team Independent
Played for University of Alberta
Playing career 2020–present

Career

Poznikoff played on boy's youth hockey teams until her mid-teens. She was named MVP of the 2014 Esso Cup, after scoring 10 points in 7 games and winning a silver medal.[1]

She would go on to play for the University of Alberta, where she would score 125 points in 125 games.[2][3] She was named USports Player of the Year in 2019, the first Alberta Pandas player to win the award in a decade.[4][5] She suffered a broken leg halfway through her final season, as she was leading the conference in scoring.[6] She was able to return in time for the national playoffs, before they were cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

After graduating, she joined the PWHPA for the 2020-21 season.

References
  1. https://edmontonjournal.com/sports/hockey/alex-poznikoff-feels-at-home-with-u-of-a-pandas-hockey-team/
  2. https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/2019-20-nwdt-poznikoff-is-u-sports-ambassador
  3. https://www.coppernblue.com/2017/4/6/15205670/no-slump-here
  4. https://globalnews.ca/news/5054564/university-of-alberta-pandas-poznikoff-broderick-trophy/
  5. https://thegatewayonline.ca/2019/10/sport-minute-pandas-hockey-player-alex-poznikoff/
  6. https://edmontonsun.com/sports/hockey/new-year-opens-with-bad-break-for-alberta-pandas-hockey
  7. https://edmontonsun.com/sports/hockey/season-interrupted-by-broken-leg-ends-in-broken-heart-for-pandas-hockey-star
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