Alexa Gruschow
{{short description|American ice hockey player}}
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{{Infobox ice hockey biography
| image = Alexa Gruschow.jpg
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption = Gruschow with the Metropolitan Riveters in 2018
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|4|16}}
| birth_place = Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| position = Forward
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 6
| weight_lb = 134
| league = PWHL
| team = PWHL New York
| former_teams = Metropolitan Riveters
| sex = f
| ntl_team =
| career_start = 2012
}}
Alexa Gruschow (born April 16, 1994) is an American ice hockey player. She was on the reserve roster of PWHL New York during the 2023–24 season of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).
Gruschow won the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) scoring title and the Isobel Cup with the Metropolitan Riveters in the 2017–18 season.
Playing career
=NCAA=
During her college ice hockey career with the RPI Engineers women's ice hockey program, Gruschow appeared in 133 games and accumulated 46 goals and 47 assists for a total of 93 points. Graduating third on the Engineer's all-time scoring list, trailing Alisa Harrison and Whitney Naslund, she also ranked second all-time in goals scored, trailing only Naslund.
During her senior season, she registered a career-best 23 points in 34 appearances, logging 13 goals plus 10 assists. In addition, she paced the Engineers in power play goals with four, while also leading with 115 shots, 313 face-off wins and a .503 face-off winning percentage, respectively.
Gruschow signed a player contract with the New York Riveters on June 21, 2016, becoming the second Engineers alumna to compete in the NWHL – the first was Jordan Smelker, who captured an Isobel Cup title with the Boston Pride in 2015.
Career statistics
= Regular season and playoffs =
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" |Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" |Playoffs | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Season !! Team !! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 2010–11
| Washington Pride | JWHL | 27 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 24
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="f0f0f0"
| 2011–12 | Washington Pride | JWHL | 31 | 23 | 34 | 57 | 63
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012–13
| ECAC | 36 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 36
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="f0f0f0"
| 2013–14 | RPI Engineers | ECAC | 32 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 38
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014–15
| RPI Engineers | ECAC | 31 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 40
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="f0f0f0"
| 2015–16 | RPI Engineers | ECAC | 31 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 20
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016–17
| NWHL | 18 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 12
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| bgcolor="f0f0f0"
| 2017–18 | Metropolitan Riveters | NWHL | 16 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 26
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018–19
| Metropolitan Riveters | NWHL | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| bgcolor="f0f0f0"
| 2020–21 | New Hampshire | PWHPA | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021–22
| Boston | PWHPA | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="f0f0f0"
| 2022–23 | Team Harvey's | PWHPA | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023–24
| New York | PWHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=3 | NWHL totals ! 50 !! 13 !! 23 !! 36 !! 50 ! 5 !! 3 !! 1 !! 4 !! 2 | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=3 | PWHPA totals ! 33 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10
! — | — | — | — | — |
Awards and honors
=NCAA=
- 2013 ECAC All-Rookie Team
- 2013 ECAC All-Academic
- 2013 RPI Engineers women's ice hockey Rookie of the Year{{cite web |url= https://www.ecachockey.com/women/members/rensselaer/20162106_Gruschow_Signs |title= Alexa Gruschow signs Pro Contract |publisher= ECAC Hockey |author= Press Release |date= 21 June 2016 |accessdate= 1 August 2018 |archive-date= 2 August 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180802162554/https://www.ecachockey.com/women/members/rensselaer/20162106_Gruschow_Signs |url-status= dead }}
- 2016 RPI Engineers women's ice hockey Most Valuable Player
=NWHL=
- NWHL Player of the Week, Awarded November 6, 2017{{cite web |url= https://www.nwhl.zone/news_article/show/852936?referrer_id=3708538 |title= NWHL Player of the Week: Alexa Gruschow |publisher= nwhl.zone |accessdate= 26 March 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180327023637/https://www.nwhl.zone/news_article/show/852936?referrer_id=3708538 |archive-date= 27 March 2018 |url-status= dead }}
- 2018 NWHL Most Valuable Player{{cite web |url=https://www.nwhl.zone/news_article/show/899669?referrer_id=2739439 |title=2018 #NWHLAWARDS RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED |website=NWHL.zone |date=March 20, 2018 |access-date=July 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322020604/https://www.nwhl.zone/news_article/show/899669?referrer_id=2739439 |archive-date=March 22, 2018 |url-status=dead }}
- 2018 NWHL Scoring Champion
- Most Valuable Player, 2018 Isobel Cup Finals
References
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{{succession box | before = Brianna Decker (2017) | title = NWHL Most Valuable Player (MVP) | years = 2018 | after = Maddie Elia
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{{succession box | before = Brianna Decker (2017) | title = NWHL Leading Scorer Award | years = 2018 | after = Hayley Scamurra
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External links
- {{Ice hockey stats}}
- [https://rpiathletics.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/alexa-gruschow/7921 RPI player profile]
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Category:American women's ice hockey forwards
Category:Metropolitan Riveters players
Category:New York Riveters players
Category:Professional Women's Hockey Players Association players
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