Amanda Conway

{{short description|American ice hockey forward}}

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1997}}

| birth_place = Methuen, Massachusetts, United States

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| height_cm = 163

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| position = Forward

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| team = Connecticut Whale

| league = PHF

| played_for = Norwich University

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Amanda Conway is an American ice hockey forward, who played with the Connecticut Whale in the now defunct Premier Hockey Federation (PHF).

Career

Across 111 games with Norwich University, she would score 188 points, the leading NCAA Division III scorer in her final year and third all-time in Division III scorers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/03/15/amanda-conway-among-local-ncaa-hockey-scoring-champs/|title=Amanda Conway among local NCAA hockey scoring champs|date=March 16, 2020}} In 2017, she had been named New England Hockey Conference Rookie of the Year, would be named NEHC Conference Player of the Year a record three times, and would lead the university to a national title in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/03/27/amanda-conway-named-top-division-3-womens-hockey-player/|title=Amanda Conway named top Division 3 women's hockey player|date=March 27, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.eagletribune.com/sports/video-profile-methuen-hockey-star-amanda-conway/article_42c24600-ef4a-5dd0-833a-a4d1011d492d.html|title=VIDEO Profile: Methuen hockey star Amanda Conway|first=High School HockeyDavid|last=Willis|website=Eagle-Tribune|date=February 2014 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/globelocal/2019/12/12/methuen-amanda-conway-netting-great-success-for-norwich-hockey/z8tB2ATETeugpDIVUixLJI/story.html|title=Methuen's Amanda Conway netting great success for Norwich hockey - The Boston Globe|website=BostonGlobe.com}}

She was drafted 19th overall by the Connecticut Whale in the 2020 NWHL Draft, and would sign her first professional contract with the team ahead of the 2020–21 season.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nwhl.zone/news/laura-hurd-award-winner-amanda-conway-officially-j|title=Laura Hurd Award Winner Amanda Conway Officially Joins the Connecticut Whale|website=www.nwhl.zone}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mychamplainvalley.com/sports/norwichs-amanda-conway-gets-ready-for-nwhl-career/|title=Norwich's Amanda Conway gets ready for NWHL career|date=April 30, 2020}}

Personal life

Conway has a degree in psychology.{{cite web | last=Crowley | first=Matthew | title=For Amanda Conway, a hundred reasons to celebrate | website=Norwich University, Senior Military College, Vermont | date=2020-02-04 | url=https://www.norwich.edu/news/2147-norwich-university-womens-hockey-athletics-amanda-conway-100th-goal | access-date=2020-09-06}} She attended Methuen High School.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/north/2015/02/22/for-young-women-road-college-hockey-all-consuming-one/E7cpSbr7rpYrpG0p2MrrXK/story.html|title=For two Division 1 prospects, road to college hockey is all-consuming - The Boston Globe|website=BostonGlobe.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.boston.com/sports/untagged/2013/03/06/tewksburymethuen-hockey-makes-a-dazzling-debut|title=Tewksbury/Methuen hockey makes a dazzling debut | Boston.com|website=www.boston.com}}

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