Emily Janiga
{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1994)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Emily Janiga.jpg
| image_size = 230px
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| caption = Janiga with the Buffalo Beauts in 2019
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|3|4}}
| birth_place = East Aurora, New York, U.S.
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 134
| position = Forward
| shoots = Right
| league = PHF
| team = Metropolitan Riveters
| former_teams = Buffalo Beauts
Vanke Rays
PWHPA
| ntl_team = USA
| career_start = 2012
| website =
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Emily Janiga (born March 4, 1994) is an American ice hockey player currently playing for the Metropolitan Riveters in the Premier Hockey Federation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/isobel-cup-champion-emily-janiga-returns-to-the-nwhl-signs-with-the-riveters/n-5624037|title = Isobel Cup Champion Emily Janiga Returns to the NWHL, Signs with the Riveters|date = 16 June 2020}}
Playing career
=NCAA=
Janiga played for Mercyhurst University from the 2012–13 season until the 2015–16 season. She made an immediate impact on the team, with a hat trick in her second game. She ended her Freshman year with the second most goals in the conference, and was named to the All-CHA Rookie team. As a sophomore, she was named to the All-CHA First team. In her junior season at Mercyhurst University, she was named the College Hockey America Conference (CHA) Player of the Year,{{cite web |title=Janiga Earns Player Of The Year; Four Others Garner Accolades At CHA Banquet |url=https://hurstathletics.com/news/2015/3/5/WHOCK_0305155923.aspx?path=whockey |website=hurstathletics.com |accessdate=October 16, 2018 |date=March 5, 2015}} she was the conference scoring leader, and a member of the All-CHA First Team. She was the captain of the Mercyhurst team during her Junior and Senior years. During her collegiate career, she scored 151 points (72 Goals, 79 Assists) in 141 games, attend 3 NCAA Final 8 tournaments and 2 NCAA Frozen Four tournaments. She wrapped up her career at Mercyhurst University by earning Female Athlete of the Year her senior year (2016).
=Professional career=
Back when the PHF was known as the NWHL, the Buffalo Beauts of the NWHL secured rights to Janiga in the inaugural league draft. She was the 16th player picked in that draft. She signed with the Beauts shortly after finishing her collegiate career in May 2016.{{cite web |last1=Reilly |first1=Josh |title=Women's Ice Hockey's Janiga Officially Signs Deal With Beauts |url=https://hurstathletics.com/news/2016/5/17/womens-ice-hockey-janiga-officially-signs-deal-with-beauts.aspx?path=whockey |website=hurstathletics.com |accessdate=October 16, 2018}} The following year, Janiga signed with the Vanke Rays of the Canadian Women's Hockey League but returned to the Beauts in July 2018.{{cite web |last1=Oliver |first1=Nathaniel |title=Janiga Returns to Beauts After Year in China |url=https://thehockeywriters.com/janiga-returns-to-buffalo-beauts/ |website=thehockeywriters.com |accessdate=October 16, 2018 |date=July 17, 2018}}{{cite web |title=JANIGA AGREES TO TERMS WITH BEAUTS |url=https://www.nwhl.zone/news_article/show/934505 |website=nwhl.zone |accessdate=October 16, 2018 |date=July 16, 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
International play
=USA Hockey=
Janiga was an invitee to the Team USA Women's National Festival in Lake Placid, NY and was a part of the National Team program for 2 years. Janiga made the 4 Nations Cup Roster in 2015 but unfortunately suffered an injury a few days before the tournament.
Career statistics
=NCAA=
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| style="text-align:center; background:#0a2351; color:green;"
| Season | GP | G | A | Pts |
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" | 37 | 19 | 22 | 41 |
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" | 37 | 15 | 26 | 41 |
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" | 35 | 27 | 18 | 45 |
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" | 32 | 11 | 13 | 24 |
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""
|Mercyhurst Career | 141 | 72 | 79 | 151 |
=National Women's Hockey League ([[National Women's Hockey League (2015–)|NWHL]])=
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| style="width:225px;"| Season
! style="width:50px;"| GP ! style="width:50px;"| G ! style="width:50px;"| A ! style="width:60px;"| Pts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:left;"|2016-17 Buffalo Beauts | 17 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| style="text-align:left;"|2017 Buffalo Beauts Playoffs | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
=Provincial Women’s Hockey League (PWHL)=
Season GP G A Pts
2010-11 Burlington Barracudas PWHL (W) 36 19 22 41
2011-12 Burlington Barracudas “C” PWHL (W) 34 27 21 48
Awards and honors
- 2013 All-CHA Rookie Team
- 2014 All-CHA First Team
- 2015 All-CHA First Team
- 2015 CHA Player of the Year
- 2016 Mercyhurst University Female Athlete of the Year
- Mercyhurst Women’s Hockey Captain 2014/15, 2015/16 Season
References
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https://teamusa.usahockey.com/news_article/show/559647
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1395971-top-10-ncaa-womens-ice-hockey-rookies-for-2012-13
External links
- {{Ice hockey stats}}
- [https://hurstathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=6934&path=whockey Emily Janiga] at Mercyhurst Athletics
- {{Twitter|janigs94}}
- https://colonialshockey.org/girls/
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Category:American women's ice hockey forwards
Category:People from East Aurora, New York
Category:Ice hockey people from Erie County, New York
Category:Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey players
Category:Buffalo Beauts players
Category:Professional Women's Hockey Players Association players
Category:Metropolitan Riveters players
Category:21st-century American sportswomen
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