Mikyla Grant-Mentis

Mikyla Grant-Mentis is a Canadian ice hockey forward, currently playing for the Toronto Six in the NWHL. She is the all-time leading scorer for Merrimack College.

Mikyla Grant-Mentis
Born (1998-07-15) July 15, 1998
Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
NWHL team Toronto Six
Played for Buffalo Beauts
Merrimack College
Playing career 2020–present

Career

Across four years with Merrimack, she scored 117 points in 137 games, graduating as just the second player to hit 100 points in the college's history.[1] In her final season, she was named Hockey East Second Team All-Star, as she finished with the second highest goals scored in the conference.[2][3]

At the end of February 2020, Grant-Mentis signed with the Buffalo Beauts to finish the 2019-20 NWHL season along with fellow Merrimack graduate Léa-Kristine Demers.[4] She would score 3 points in 2 games, added another 2 points in the NWHL semi-final qualification as the Beauts lost to the Connecticut Whale.[5] She was named Player of the Week in her first week in the NWHL.

In May 2020, she signed with the Toronto Six, joining the team ahead of their first season in the NWHL.[6]

Personal life

Grant-Mentis has a degree in criminology.[7][8]

References
  1. "Mikyla Grant-Mentis shines for Merrimack". February 24, 2020.
  2. "College Hockey: Grant-Mentis sets new program points record for Merrimack women". Eagle-Tribune.
  3. "Grant-Mentis Named Hockey East Co-Player of the Month for November – Maplehockey".
  4. "Buffalo Beauts Ink Two Merrimack Stars in Time for Playoffs". February 27, 2020.
  5. Murphy, Mike (March 3, 2020). "NWHL Goal of the Week: Welcome to the show, Mikyla Grant-Mentis". The Ice Garden.
  6. "Toronto begins busy day with signing of forward Mikyla Grant-Mentis".
  7. "Mikyla Grant-Mentis - Women's Ice Hockey". Merrimack College Athletics.
  8. Merrimack College Office of Communications. "Merrimack Hockey Player Accomplishing Goals On and Off the Ice". Merrimack College.


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