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Halli Krzyzaniak (born February 4, 1995) is a Canadian women's
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player, currently playing for the Calgary section of the
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. She made her debut with the
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at the 2014 4 Nations Cup.


Playing career

Krzyzaniak moved to
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,
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, at age 13 to attend the Pursuit of Excellence Hockey Academy. She represented Team Manitoba at the
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women's ice hockey tournament. She travelled to Bratislava, Slovakia to participate in the 2011 IIHF High Performance Women's Camp from July 4–12. During the 2011–12 Canada women's national ice hockey team season, she was a member of the Canadian National Under 18 team that participated in a three-game series vs. the US in August 2011.


NCAA

In autumn 2013, she joined the University of North Dakota women's ice hockey program. She would earn one of the assists on the game-winning goal scored by
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which snapped the Minnesota Golden Gophers 62-game win streak on November 17, 2013.


Professional

Following her participation at Hockey Canada's Centralization Camp in the autumn of 2017, Krzyzaniak played with Djurgårdens IF of the
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, recording one assist in five regular season games and two assists in four playoff games. In 2018, Krzyzaniak was drafted fourth overall by the
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in the 2018 CWHL Draft.


Career statistics


Personal

Her uncle, Rick Blight played for the Vancouver Canucks.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Krzyzaniak, Halli 1995 births Canadian women's ice hockey defencemen Clarkson Cup champions Living people North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's ice hockey players Ice hockey people from Brandon, Manitoba Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Professional Women's Hockey Players Association players Djurgårdens IF Hockey (women) players Calgary Inferno players Sportswomen from Manitoba 21st-century Canadian sportswomen