Fanni Garát-Gasparics (born 20 November 1994) is a Hungarian professional

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for

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of the

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(SDHL), and a member of

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Playing career

She was selected by the

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in the

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on 25 July 2021. She joined the

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for the 2022-23 season, and spent one season with them before the dissolution of the PHF. She went undrafted in the 2023 PWHL draft, but ended up signing with

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for the 2023-24 season. She would play in 15 games for Ottawa before suffering an injury during their March 5 game against

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and missing the remainder of the season.

International play

Garát-Gasparics represented

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at the

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and was a standout player on the team as they claimed gold in the tournament and gained promotion to the Top Division. Hungary, a newcomer to the World U18 stage, went undefeated in the tournament to produce what was long considered the greatest success in the history of Hungarian women's ice hockey. Garát-Gasparics ranked second in scoring of all players participating in the tournament, with 2 goals and 8 assists for 10 points, only trailing linemate

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's 7 goals and 3 assists. In January 2012, Garát-Gasparics also represented

at the first ever

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, competing in the individual skills challenge, where she came second and collected the silver medal.

Awards and honors

*Directorate Award, Best Forward,

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gasparics, Fanni 1994 births Living people 21st-century Hungarian sportswomen Belye Medveditsy players Fakel Chelyabinsk players HC Agidel Ufa players Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Canada Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Hungarian women's ice hockey forwards Ice hockey people from Budapest Ice hockey players at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics KMH Budapest (women) players MAC Budapest (women) players Metropolitan Riveters players Ottawa Charge players