Emma Greco

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|3|6|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Burlington, Ontario, Canada

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| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 9

| weight_lb = 165

| position = Defence

| shoots = Left

| league = PWHL

| team = PWHL Vancouver

| former_teams = Boston Fleet
PWHL Minnesota
Toronto Six
PWHPA
Toronto Furies
Connecticut Whale

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Emma Greco (born March 6, 1995) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman for PWHL Vancouver of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). Greco has been described as a reliable stay-at-home defenceman.{{Cite web|last=Levine|first=Justin|date=April 23, 2020|title=Toronto Expansion Team Binding As Tensions Boil In Women's Pro Hockey|url=https://thepuckauthority.com/toronto-expansion-team-binding-as-tensions-boil-in-womens-pro-hockey/|access-date=January 1, 2021|website=The Puck Authority|language=en-CA|archive-date=December 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211201737/https://thepuckauthority.com/toronto-expansion-team-binding-as-tensions-boil-in-womens-pro-hockey/|url-status=live}}

Playing career

Greco began playing hockey at the age of five, her parents encouraging her to play the sport instead of figure skating.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=June 25, 2020|title=Ricoh Change Makers Series: Emma Greco – Competing for Change|url=https://blog.ricoh.ca/2020/06/25/ricoh-change-makers-series-emma-greco-competing-for-change/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814201209/https://blog.ricoh.ca/2020/06/25/ricoh-change-makers-series-emma-greco-competing-for-change/|archive-date=August 14, 2020|access-date=January 1, 2021|website=|publisher=Ricoh|language=en-US}} She attended Aldershot School where she played varsity field hockey, soccer, ice hockey, and badminton in addition to playing basketball, volleyball, and softball throughout her high school career.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=2017 Women's Soccer Roster: #17 Emma Greco|url=https://gobobcats.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/emma-greco/4895|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204225305/https://gobobcats.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/emma-greco/4895|archive-date=February 4, 2023|access-date=January 1, 2021|website=Quinnipiac University Athletics|language=en}} During the later three years of high school, she also played ice hockey with the Toronto Jr. Aeros of the Provincial Women's Hockey League (PWHL), serving as team captain in her final year. As a senior, Greco was named the 2013 Aldershot Female Athlete of the Year and the City of Burlington's High School Female Athlete of the Year.{{Cite news|last=Carter Smith|first=Cecelia|date=January 17, 2014|title=Intense duo find a fit at American school|language=en|work=The Hamilton Spectator|url=https://www.thespec.com/sports/hamilton-region/2014/01/17/intense-duo-find-a-fit-at-american-school.html|url-status=live|access-date=January 1, 2021|issn=1189-9417|archive-date=September 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918144452/https://www.thespec.com/sports/hamilton-region/2014/01/17/intense-duo-find-a-fit-at-american-school.html}}

=College=

From 2013 to 2017, she played with the Quinnipiac Bobcats women's ice hockey program in the ECAC Hockey conference of the NCAA Division I, scoring 25 points in 144 games. She scored her first collegiate career goal in February of her third year, the game-winning goal in a 4–0 victory over Rensselaer. That year, she would be named to the ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team, leading her team in blocked shots.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=2016-17 Women's Ice Hockey Roster: #25 Emma Greco|url=https://gobobcats.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/emma-greco/4532|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204225305/https://gobobcats.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/emma-greco/4532|archive-date=February 4, 2023|access-date=January 1, 2021|website=Quinnipiac University Athletics|language=en}}

=Professional=

After graduating, she signed her first professional contract with the Connecticut Whale of the PHF. She picked up two assists in six games during the 2017–18 season with the Whale. Ahead of the 2018–19 season, she left the Whale to return to Canada and sign with the Toronto Furies of the Canadian Women's Hockey League.

After the collapse of the CWHL in May 2019, she joined the newly-formed Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA), and spent the 2019–20 season playing with the organisation's Greater Toronto Area (GTA) West hub. She played for Team Knox at the Unifor Showcase in September 2019 and participated in the PWHPA's Equal Sweat Deserves Equal Opportunity rally in Toronto in January 2020.{{Cite web|last=Dixon|first=Nick|date=January 4, 2020|title=Former professional female hockey players are now pushing for a new league of their own|url=https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/former-professional-female-hockey-players-are-now-pushing-for-a-new-league-of-their-own-1.4753274|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200105153902/https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/former-professional-female-hockey-players-are-now-pushing-for-a-new-league-of-their-own-1.4753274|archive-date=January 5, 2020|access-date=January 1, 2021|website=CTV News|language=en}}

She returned to the PHF ahead of the 2020–21 NWHL season, signing with the expansion Toronto Six and was one of the first five players to be announced for the team.{{Cite web|last=Burgess|first=Melissa|date=April 22, 2020|title=NWHL Expands to Toronto - For Real This Time, We Think|url=https://victorypress.org/2020/04/22/nwhl-expands-to-toronto-for-real-this-time-we-think-womens-hockey-cwhl-pwhpa/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125115413/https://victorypress.org/2020/04/22/nwhl-expands-to-toronto-for-real-this-time-we-think-womens-hockey-cwhl-pwhpa/|archive-date=November 25, 2020|access-date=January 1, 2021|website=The Victory Press|language=en}} The leadership for the inaugural season included Greco, who served as one of the alternate captains with Emma Woods, while Shiann Darkangelo appointed as the first team captain in franchise history.{{Cite news|url=https://toronto.nwhl.zone/news/toronto-six-announce-team-leadership-for-2021-seas|title=TORONTO SIX ANNOUNCE TEAM LEADERSHIP FOR 2021 SEASON|website=toronto.nwhl.zone|date=January 14, 2021|access-date=April 29, 2021|language=en|archive-date=April 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429155042/https://toronto.nwhl.zone/news/toronto-six-announce-team-leadership-for-2021-seas|url-status=dead}} Competing in the Six’s first-ever game, a January 23, 2021, affair at Lake Placid’s Herb Brooks Arena versus the Metropolitan Riveters, Greco would be called for interference at the 3:01 mark of the first period, recording the first penalty in franchise history.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nwhl.zone/stats#/100/game/368723|title=Away Toronto vs Home Riveters Jan 23, 2021 at 1:00pm EST: Herb Brooks Arena - 0 – 3 FINAL|website=nwhl.zone|date=January 23, 2021|access-date=April 30, 2021|language=en|archive-date=May 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507011202/https://www.nwhl.zone/stats#/100/game/368723|url-status=dead}}

During the 2023–24 season she played for PWHL Minnesota where she won the inaugural Walter Cup. On July 9, 2024, she signed a one-year contract with PWHL Boston.{{cite web |url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/emma-greco-leaves-pwhl-champs-signs-in-boston |title=Emma Greco Leaves PWHL Champs, Signs In Boston |publisher=The Hockey News |first=Ian |last=Kennedy |date=July 9, 2024 |access-date=July 9, 2024}} During the 2024–25 season, she recorded three assists in 28 games for the Fleet. On June 17, 2025, she signed a two-year contract with PWHL Vancouver.{{cite web|url=https://www.thepwhl.com/en/news/2025/june/17/pwhl-vancouver-signs-defenders-mellissa-channell-watkins-and-emma-greco |title=PWHL Vancouver signs defender Mellissa Channell-Watkins and Emma Greco |website=thepwhl.com |date=June 17, 2025 |access-date=June 17, 2025}}

Personal life

Greco has a bachelor's degree in business and marketing from Quinnipiac University. While pursuing her MBA at Qunnipiac, she played with the Quinnipiac Bobcats women's soccer team for the 2017 season, appearing in 15 games, including 14 starts.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=July 13, 2017|title=Emma Greco Set to Join QU Women's Soccer for 2017 Season|url=https://www.ecachockey.com/women/members/quinnipiac/20171307_Greco_to_play_soccer|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 1, 2021|website=ECAC Hockey|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Chichester|first=Ryan|date=September 12, 2017|title=Why not both?|url=https://quchronicle.com/58679/sports/why-not-both/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124202413/https://quchronicle.com/58679/sports/why-not-both/|archive-date=November 24, 2020|access-date=January 1, 2021|website=The Quinnipiac Chronicle}}

She has been in a relationship with her former Toronto Six and PWHL Minnesota teammate Michela Cava since October 2022.{{cite web |last1=de la Cretaz |first1=Frankie |title=The Teammates-to-Dating Pipeline in Women’s Sports Is Very Real—And Very Cute |url=https://www.self.com/story/pro-female-athletes-dating |website=SELF |access-date=November 24, 2024 |language=en |date=February 14, 2024}}