Micah Arielle Zandee-Hart (born January 13, 1997) is a Canadian professional

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and

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of the

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of the

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(PWHL).

Playing career

College career

During her freshman season in 2015–16 at

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, Zandee-Hart ranked third in team scoring and first among defencemen with 18 points. Her first goal came on November 20, 2015, against

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, the first game of a five-game point streak. She recorded multiple points six separate times. In her sophomore year, the 2016–17 season, she was named

of the Big Red, the second sophomore in program history to be named captain. She recorded five goals and 16 points over 32 games, leading the team with five power play goals, 11 power play points, and 56 blocked shots. She was a finalist for ECAC Defenseman of the Year. Zandee-Hart would not play for Cornell in the 2017–18 season, instead centralizing with the Canadian national team. As a junior in 2018–19, she recorded four goals and 21 points in 32 games, including a game-winning goal, her first at the NCAA level, in the March 9, 2019 ECAC semifinal against

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. In her final year of college hockey, the 2019–20 season, Zandee-Hart recorded seven goals and 32 points in 31 games, including a career-high four points against Mercyhurst on January 4, 2020. Her 1.03 points per game ranked fourth nationally amond defenders. She once again led the team in blocked shots with 58, finishing her collegiate career with 225, the most in Cornell history.

Professional career

Zandee-Hart joined the

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and their boycott of professional women's hockey in the 2020–21 season, playing in Calgary. On September 8, 2023,

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of the newly-created

(PWHL) announced that they had signed Zandee-Hart, along with American forwards

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and

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, to three-year contracts as part of the league's pre-draft free agency period. On December 21, 2023, she was named the first-ever captain of the team. She was also chosen as the team's player representative for the

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(PWHLPA), the league's

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International play

Along with fellow British Columbia resident Sarah Potomak, Zandee-Hart was invited to participate in the

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’s (IIHF) 2013 Women's High Performance Camp in

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. While participating with Team British Columbia at the 2015

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, Zandee-Hart was named the province's flag bearer at the event. Hart played in two under-18 events with

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winning gold in

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and, as team captain, silver in

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. With Canada's Under-22/Development Team, Zandee-Hart captured a gold medal at the 2016 Nations Cup. Before the event, the team participated in a series of exhibition games against the national teams of Austria, the Czech Republic and Hungary. She registered an assist in the December 30, 2015, game against Austria. On November 23, 2016, she was named to the

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roster that competed against the United States in a pair of contests on December 13 (in Plymouth, Michigan) and December 20, 2016 (in Sarnia, Ontario). She is one of three members of the Canadian roster who made their debuts with the national team in the series against the United States. On January 11, 2022, Zandee-Hart was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team, becoming the first

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-born woman to represent the country in Olympic ice hockey. At the games, she recorded four assists en route to a gold medal.

Personal life

Zandee-Hart is part of the

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, January 2022 She attended Penticton Secondary School.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honours

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zandee-Hart, Micah 1997 births Living people Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Canadian women's ice hockey defencemen Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey players Ice hockey people from British Columbia New York Sirens players Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Canada Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Canada Olympic medalists in ice hockey Canadian lesbian sportswomen LGBTQ ice hockey players 21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people 21st-century Canadian sportswomen Professional Women's Hockey Players Association players