Abby Roque
{{Short description|American ice hockey forward}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Abby Roque
| image = Abby Roque.jpg
| caption = Roque with PWHL New York in 2024
| image_size =
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|9|25|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, U.S.{{cite web | url= https://teamusa.usahockey.com/news_article/show/1138652 | title=Abby Roque Represents Native American Culture With Pride; USA Hockey | website=Team USA }}
| height_cm = 170
| weight_kg = 82
| position = Forward
| shoots = Right
| team = New York Sirens
| league = PWHL
| played_for = PWHPA Minnesota
Team Sonnet
| sex = f
| ntl_team = United States
| career_start = 2020
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Abby Roque (born September 25, 1997) is an American ice hockey forward for the New York Sirens of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She is the first indigenous person to play for the United States women's national ice hockey team, making her Olympic debut in 2022.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2022/02/01/abby-roque-us-womens-hockey-native-american/ |title=U.S. forward Abby Roque is a first-time Olympian — and a pioneer for Indigenous people |date=2022-02-02 |orig-date=2022-02-01 |author1=Barry Svrluga |newspaper=The Washington Post |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409 |access-date=2022-02-05 |archive-date=2022-02-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202053858/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2022/02/01/abby-roque-us-womens-hockey-native-american/ |url-status=live }}
Playing career
= Youth =
Roque began playing hockey at the age of six. Not having any options for girls' hockey, she played on boys' teams growing up. She played for the Sault Area High School Blue Devils in high school. During her freshman year, she was the only freshman to make the varsity hockey team. She was the first and only girl to play on the high school's boys' team. She was an alternate captain in her senior season with the Blue Devils. She tallied 16 goals and 20 assists in her senior year with the Blue Devils for a total of 36 points.{{Cite web|url=https://www.freep.com/story/sports/high-school/2016/02/19/abby-roque-hockey-player/80580432/|title=Girl power: Abby Roque stars for Soo boys hockey|first=Mick|last=McCabe|website=Detroit Free Press|access-date=2020-10-23|archive-date=2023-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204011817/https://www.freep.com/story/sports/high-school/2016/02/19/abby-roque-hockey-player/80580432/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.wxyz.com/sports/roque-excelling-as-only-girl-on-boys-hockey-team|title=Roque excelling as only girl on boys hockey team|date=February 9, 2016|website=WXYZ|access-date=October 23, 2020|archive-date=October 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026070521/https://www.wxyz.com/sports/roque-excelling-as-only-girl-on-boys-hockey-team|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.usahockey.com/news_article/show/461346-playing-with-boys-helped-abby-roque-prepare-for-u18-wwc|title=Playing With Boys Helped Abby Roque Prepare for U18 WWC|first=Doug Williams-Special to|last=USAHockey.com|date=December 30, 2014|website=USA Hockey|access-date=October 23, 2020|archive-date=October 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026225438/https://www.usahockey.com/news_article/show/461346-playing-with-boys-helped-abby-roque-prepare-for-u18-wwc|url-status=live}}
= College =
After graduating, she attended the University of Wisconsin, putting up 170 points in 155 NCAA games for the Badgers, twice being named WCHA Offensive Player of the Year.{{Cite web|url=https://madison.com/sports/college/hockey/badgers-abby-roque-named-wcha-offensive-player-of-the-year/article_9473732c-a349-5666-9790-1ffea585bdfd.html|title=Badgers' Abby Roque named WCHA offensive player of the year|first=Todd D. Milewski | Wisconsin State|last=Journal|website=madison.com|date=March 5, 2020 |access-date=2020-10-23|archive-date=2020-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026165959/https://madison.com/sports/college/hockey/badgers-abby-roque-named-wcha-offensive-player-of-the-year/article_9473732c-a349-5666-9790-1ffea585bdfd.html|url-status=live}} She was named WCHA Rookie of the Year in 2016–17, scoring 28 points in 40 games. In 2019, she scored the game-winning goal in the semi-finals as the university won the NCAA championship.{{Cite web|url=https://badgerherald.com/sports/2020/02/11/womens-hockey-how-abby-roque-became-one-of-top-offensive-weapons-for-badgers/|title=Women's Hockey: How Abby Roque became one of top offensive weapons for Badgers|first=John|last=Spengler|date=11 February 2020|access-date=23 October 2020|archive-date=26 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026193726/https://badgerherald.com/sports/2020/02/11/womens-hockey-how-abby-roque-became-one-of-top-offensive-weapons-for-badgers/|url-status=live}} She was named USCHO Division I Women's Player of the Year and USA Hockey's Women's Hockey Player of the Year in 2020, as well as being a top-3 finalist for the 2020 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award.{{Cite news|url=https://madison.com/sports/college/hockey/badgers-abby-roque-named-a-first-team-womens-hockey-all-american/article_48efd2f2-2456-5dea-a9cb-eba7e5b0e29b.html|title=Badgers' Abby Roque named a first-team women's hockey All-American|first=Todd D. Milewski | Wisconsin State|last=Journal|website=madison.com|access-date=2020-10-23|archive-date=2020-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026202246/https://madison.com/sports/college/hockey/badgers-abby-roque-named-a-first-team-womens-hockey-all-american/article_48efd2f2-2456-5dea-a9cb-eba7e5b0e29b.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-sports-hockey-archive-womens-hockey-debc5394c4e648eeb05f9c7f45999b53|title=Badgers' Abby Roque claims USA Hockey's women's player of the year award|date=June 3, 2020|website=AP NEWS|access-date=October 23, 2020|archive-date=October 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026224947/https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-sports-hockey-archive-womens-hockey-debc5394c4e648eeb05f9c7f45999b53|url-status=live}}{{cite web | title=Canadians Giguere, Roque among 3 finalists for top NCAA women's hockey award - CBC Sports | website=CBC | date=2020-03-03 | url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/elizabeth-giguere-abby-roque-ncaa-hockey-award-finalists-1.5484191 | access-date=2020-10-23 | archive-date=2020-04-04 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404015556/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/elizabeth-giguere-abby-roque-ncaa-hockey-award-finalists-1.5484191 | url-status=live }}
= Professional =
After graduating, Roque joined the PWHPA, being named to the Team Minnesota roster ahead of the 2020–21 season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theicegarden.com/2020/8/18/21359630/2020-top-25-under-25-abby-roque-wisconsin-womens-hockey|title=2020 Top 25 Under 25 | No. 9: Abby Roque|first=Anne|last=Tokarski|date=August 18, 2020|website=The Ice Garden|access-date=October 23, 2020|archive-date=October 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027074330/https://www.theicegarden.com/2020/8/18/21359630/2020-top-25-under-25-abby-roque-wisconsin-womens-hockey|url-status=live}} With Minnesota, Roque participated in a PWHPA Dream Gap Tour event at New York's Madison Square Garden on February 28, 2021, the first professional women's ice hockey event at the venue.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/hockey/2021/02/28/pwhpa-womens-hockey-game-make-history-madison-square-garden/6860738002/|title=PWHPA Dream Gap Tour hits Madison Square Garden ice for historic women's game|website=USA Today|author=Analis Bailey|date=February 28, 2021|access-date=March 2, 2021|archive-date=March 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302231602/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/hockey/2021/02/28/pwhpa-womens-hockey-game-make-history-madison-square-garden/6860738002/|url-status=live}} Playing for a team sponsored by Adidas, Roque logged a goal and two assists in a 4–3 loss.{{cite web |url=https://www.theicegarden.com/2021/3/1/22305978/2021-secret-dream-gap-tour-recap-new-york-city-womens-hockey-pwhpa |title=2021 Secret Dream Gap Tour recap: New York City |website=SB Nation |date=March 1, 2021 |access-date=March 2, 2021 |archive-date=September 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916225038/https://www.theicegarden.com/2021/3/1/22305978/2021-secret-dream-gap-tour-recap-new-york-city-womens-hockey-pwhpa |url-status=live }}
In September 2023, following the end of the PWHPA strike and creation of the PWHL, PWHL New York announced that they had signed Roque to a 3-year deal with an undisclosed salary.{{Cite web |date=September 8, 2023 |title=Alex Carpenter, Abby Roque, Micah Zandee-Hart Sign Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) Contracts With New York |url=https://news.thepwhl.com/alex-carpenter-abby-roque-micah-zandee-hart-sign-professional-womens-hockey-league-contracts-with-new-york/ |access-date=September 8, 2023 |website=PWHL News |language=en |type=Press release}}
On March 22, 2025 Roque scored the first Michigan goal in PWHL history.{{Cite web |last=Mainard |first=Sierra |date=2025-03-23 |title=Abby Roque Scores First Michigan Goal in PWHL History |url=https://www.theicegarden.com/abby-roque-scores-first-michigan-goal-in-pwhl-history/?ref=the-ice-garden-newsletter |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=The Ice Garden |language=en}}
International play
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{{MedalSport|Women's ice hockey}}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Beijing|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2023 Canada|}}
{{MedalSilver|2021 Canada|}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Denmark|}}
{{MedalCompetition|World U18 Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2015 United States|}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Hungary|}}
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Roque represented the United States at the 2014 and 2015 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, winning gold in 2015.{{Cite web |title=Abby Roque |url=https://teamusa.usahockey.com/page/show/5505701-abby-roque |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026075410/https://teamusa.usahockey.com/page/show/5505701-abby-roque |archive-date=2020-10-26 |access-date=2020-10-23 |website=teamusa.usahockey.com}} She participated in the 2019-20 Rivalry Series for the senior American national team and was named to the roster for the 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship before it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Bowker, Paul D. (December 17, 2019). [https://www.teamusa.org/News/2019/December/17/Wisconsin-Standout-Abby-Roque-Leads-US-Womens-Hockey-Team-To-Another-Rivalry-Series-Win-Over-Canada "Wisconsin Standout Abby Roque Leads U.S. Women’s Hockey Team To Another Rivalry Series Win Over Canada."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026075410/https://www.teamusa.org/News/2019/December/17/Wisconsin-Standout-Abby-Roque-Leads-US-Womens-Hockey-Team-To-Another-Rivalry-Series-Win-Over-Canada|date=2020-10-26}} TeamUSA.org. Retrieved November 19, 2022.{{Cite web |last=Scifo |first=Dan |date=June 3, 2020 |title=Abby Roque Joins Elite Company as Bob Allen Women's Hockey Player of the Year |url=https://www.usahockey.com/news_article/show/1107118-abby-roque-joins-elite-company-as-bob-allen-women-s-hockey-player-of-the-year |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026101453/https://www.usahockey.com/news_article/show/1107118-abby-roque-joins-elite-company-as-bob-allen-women-s-hockey-player-of-the-year |archive-date=October 26, 2020 |access-date=October 23, 2020 |website=USA Hockey}}
On January 2, 2022, Roque was named to Team USA's roster to represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics.{{cite web |date=January 2, 2022 |title=U.S. women with 13 returnees |url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/olympic-w/news/31457/u_s_women_with_13_returnees |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117044818/https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/olympic-w/news/31457/u_s_women_with_13_returnees |archive-date=January 17, 2022 |access-date=January 2, 2022 |publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation}}
Personal life
Roque is the daughter of Jim Roque, a former NCAA ice hockey coach who now works as a pro scout for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thesudburystar.com/sports/local-sports/that-sudbury-sports-guy-like-father-like-daughter-sort-of|title=That Sudbury Sports Guy: Like father, like daughter — sort of|access-date=2021-03-03|archive-date=2020-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615102254/https://www.thesudburystar.com/sports/local-sports/that-sudbury-sports-guy-like-father-like-daughter-sort-of|url-status=live}} She is a member of the Wahnapitae First Nation.{{Cite web|url = https://teamusa.usahockey.com/news_article/show/1138652|title = Abby Roque Represents Native American Culture with Pride|date = 7 January 2021|access-date = 3 March 2021|archive-date = 4 March 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210304034439/https://teamusa.usahockey.com/news_article/show/1138652|url-status = live}} Roque has a bachelor's degree in marketing.{{cite web | last=Badgers | first=Wisconsin | title=Abby Roque skates to her own beat … and it's a joyous one | website=Wisconsin Badgers | date=2020-03-27 | url=https://uwbadgers.com/news/2020/3/27/womens-hockey-abby-roque-skates-to-her-own-beat-and-its-a-joyous-one.aspx | access-date=2020-10-23 | archive-date=2020-10-26 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026041332/https://uwbadgers.com/news/2020/3/27/womens-hockey-abby-roque-skates-to-her-own-beat-and-its-a-joyous-one.aspx | url-status=live }}
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="94" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="94" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
!Team !League !GP !G !A !Pts !PIM !GP !G !A !Pts !PIM | ||||||||
| 2016–17
|WCHA |40 |8 |20 |28 |38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|University of Wisconsin |WCHA |38 |11 |30 |41 |40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2018–19
|University of Wisconsin |WCHA |41 |11 |32 |43 |28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|University of Wisconsin |WCHA |31 |20 |22 |42 |22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2020–21
|Minnesota |6 |6 |5 |11 |4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|Team Sonnet |PWHPA |20 |7 |9 |16 |12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2023–24
| New York | PWHL | 24 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 12
| — | — | — | — | — |
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! colspan="3" |PWHL totals ! 24 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 12
! — | — | — | — | — |
=International=
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! Result ! rowspan="104" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |
| 2014
| U18 | {{silver2}} | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|2015 |United States |U18 | {{gold1}} |5 |0 |2 |2 |4 |
| 2021
|WC | {{silver2}} |6 |0 |1 |1 |0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|2022 |United States |OG |{{silver2}} |7 |1 |2 |3 |4 |
| 2022
|United States |WC |{{silver2}} |7 |5 |3 |8 |4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|2023 |United States |WC |{{gold1}} |7 |3 |6 |9 |2 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="4"|Junior totals ! 10 !! 1 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="4"|Senior totals ! 27 !! 9 !! 12 !! 21 !! 10 |
Awards and honors
| class="wikitable"
! Award ! Year ! Ref |
| colspan="3"|NCAA |
|---|
| NCAA All-Tournament Team
| 2019 | |
| Preseason WCHA Co-Player of the Year
| 2020 |
| All-WCHA First Team
|2020 |
| First Team All-American
|2020 |
| WCHA Player of the Year
|2020 |
| USCHO D-1 Women's Player of the Year
|2020 |
| colspan="3"|USA Hockey |
| Bob Allen Women's Player of the Year Award
|2020 |
References
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External links
- {{Ice hockey stats|nhl=|elite=368894|espn=|euro=|hr=|hockeydb=|legendsm=|legends=|legendstype=|tsn=}}
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