Cayley Mercer (born January 18, 1994) is a Canadian women's

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two o ...

player. She most recently played with the Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays of the

Canadian Women's Hockey League The Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL; french: Ligue canadienne de hockey féminin ‒ LCHF) was a women's ice hockey league. Established in 2007 as a Canadian women's senior league in the Greater Toronto Area, Montreal, and Ottawa, the leag ...

(CWHL) in the 2018–19 season. Mercer played with the

Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey The Clarkson Golden Knights women's hockey team is an NCAA Division I ice hockey team that represents Clarkson University in rural Potsdam, New York. The Golden Knights have been a member of ECAC Hockey since 2004, and play home games in Cheel ...

program from 2013 to 2017 and was a Top-3 Finalist for the 2017

Patty Kazmaier Award The Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award is given to the top female college ice hockey player in the United States. The award is presented during the women's annual ice hockey championship, the Frozen Four. The award was first presented in 1998. The ...

. Her career at Clarkson saw her win two Division 1 National Championships with the Golden Knights, and she graduated as the program's all-time leader in career goals scored, and second all time in career points. At the

2017 CWHL Draft The 2017 CWHL draft was the eighth in the history of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. It took place on August 20, 2017, marking the first time that the Draft involved Kunlun Red Star WIH, one of two expansion teams in the league, who are also ...

, she was the first-ever player selected by the Vanke Rays, taken seventh overall. In the 2017–18 CWHL season, Mercer finished second in the CWHL with 41 points in 28 games, behind only

Kelli Stack Kelli Allison Stack (born January 13, 1988) is an American former ice hockey forward, who played for Kunlun Red Star in the Canadian Women's Hockey League. She is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. Stack competed for ...

Awards and honours

*Top-3 Finalist for the 2017 Patty Kazmaier Award *First Team All American 2017 *USCHO Player of the Year 2017 *USCHO First Team Honors 2017 *Frozen Four Most Outstanding Player 2017 *Frozen Four All Tournament Team 2017 *ECAC Player of the Year 2017 *ECAC Forward of the Year 2017 *ECAC First Team All League 2017 *ECAC All Tournament Team 2017 *Clarkson University Female Athlete of the Year (2017) *Clarkson University Women's Hockey MVP (2015, 2016, 2017) *ECAC First Team All League 2016 *ECAC First Team All League 2015 *Most Sportsmanlike Player, 2011 Canadian U18 National Tournament

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Clarkson Golden Knights The Clarkson Golden Knights are composed of 20 teams representing Clarkson University in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's alpine skiing, basketball, cross country, ice hockey, lacrosse, nordic skiing, soccer, and swimming. Men' ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mercer, Cayley 1994 births Living people Canadian women's ice hockey forwards Ice hockey people from Ontario Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey players Vanke Rays players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in China