Emily Janiga (born March 4, 1994) is an American

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player currently playing for the

Metropolitan Riveters The Metropolitan Riveters (originally the New York Riveters) were a professional women's ice hockey team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with home games at the American Dream Meadowlands ice rink. They were one of the four charter franc ...

in the

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Playing career

NCAA

Janiga played for Mercyhurst University from the 2012–13 season until the 2015–16 season. She made an immediate impact on the team, with a hat trick in her second game. She ended her Freshman year with the second most goals in the conference and was named to the All-CHA Rookie team. As a sophomore, she was named to the All-CHA First team. In her junior season at Mercyhurst University, she was named the College Hockey America Conference (CHA) Player of the Year, she was the conference scoring leader and a member of the All-CHA First Team. She was the captain of the Mercyhurst team during her Junior and Senior years. During her collegiate career, she scored 151 points (72 Goals, 79 Assists) in 141 games, and attended 3 NCAA Final 8 tournaments and 2 NCAA Frozen Four tournaments. She wrapped up her career at Mercyhurst University by earning Female Athlete of the Year in her senior year (2016).

Professional career

Back when the PHF was known as the NWHL, the

Buffalo Beauts The Buffalo Beauts were a professional ice hockey team in the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF). They played in Amherst, New York, a suburb of Buffalo, at the Northtown Center. The Beauts were established in 2015 as one of the four founding f ...

of the NWHL secured rights to Janiga in the inaugural league draft. She was the 16th player picked in that draft. She signed with the Beauts shortly after finishing her collegiate career in May 2016. The following year, Janiga signed with the

Vanke Rays The Shenzhen Vanke Rays () were a women's ice hockey team that played in the 2017–18 season of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL). They were based in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China and played at the Shenzhen Dayun Arena. The team was develo ...

of the

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but returned to the Beauts in July 2018.

International play

USA Hockey

Janiga was an invitee to the Team USA Women's National Festival in Lake Placid, NY ,and was a part of the National Team program for 2 years. Janiga made the 4 Nations Cup Roster in 2015 but unfortunately suffered an injury a few days before the tournament.

Career statistics

NCAA

National Women's Hockey League ( NWHL)

Provincial Women’s Hockey League (PWHL)

Season GP G A Pts 2010-11 Burlington Barracudas PWHL (W) 36 19 22 41 2011-12 Burlington Barracudas “C” PWHL (W) 34 27 21 48

Awards and honors

*2013 All-CHA Rookie Team *2014 All-CHA First Team *2015 All-CHA First Team *2015 CHA Player of the Year *2016 Mercyhurst University Female Athlete of the Year *Mercyhurst Women’s Hockey Captain 2014/15, 2015/16 Season

References

https://teamusa.usahockey.com/news_article/show/559647 https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1395971-top-10-ncaa-womens-ice-hockey-rookies-for-2012-13

External links

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Emily Janiga
at Mercyhurst Athletics * * https://colonialshockey.org/girls/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Janiga, Emily 1994 births Living people 21st-century American sportswomen American women's ice hockey forwards Buffalo Beauts players Ice hockey people from Erie County, New York Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey players Metropolitan Riveters players People from East Aurora, New York Professional Women's Hockey Players Association players Vanke Rays players