Izzy Daniel
{{short description|American ice hockey player (born 2001)}}
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| birth_place = Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
| position = Forward
| shoots = Right
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| team = Toronto Sceptres
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Isabel Grace Daniel (born September 29, 2000) is an American ice hockey forward for the Toronto Sceptres of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She was drafted 18th overall by Toronto in the 2024 PWHL draft. She played college ice hockey at Cornell University and won the Patty Kazmaier Award in 2024.
Early life
Daniel played four years of varsity hockey for The Blake School, winning two state championships and being named team MVP twice, all-conference three times, and all-state twice. She was a finalist for the Minnesota Ms. Hockey Award in 2019.
Playing career
=College=
Beginning her collegiate career for Cornell University in the 2019–20 season, Daniel recorded three goals and 14 assists in 29 games. Following the season, she was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year.{{cite web |url=https://cornellbigred.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/izzy-daniel/75610 |title=Izzy Daniel Bio |website=cornellbigred.com |access-date=March 23, 2024 |archive-date=March 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324022601/https://cornellbigred.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/izzy-daniel/75610 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://cornellbigred.com/news/2020/2/26/womens-ice-hockey-sweep-ivy-league-major-awards-five-named-all-ivy.aspx |title=Women's Ice Hockey Sweeps Ivy League Major Awards, Five Named All-Ivy |website=cornellbigred.com |date=February 26, 2020 |access-date=March 23, 2024 |archive-date=April 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412160852/https://cornellbigred.com/news/2020/2/26/womens-ice-hockey-sweep-ivy-league-major-awards-five-named-all-ivy.aspx |url-status=live }} The Ivy League cancelled the 2020–21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |url=https://www.uscho.com/2020/11/12/ivy-league-which-includes-mens-womens-ecac-hockey-teams-cancels-winter-sports/ |title=Ivy League, which includes men’s, women’s ECAC Hockey teams, cancels winter sports |website=USCHO.com |date=November 12, 2020 |access-date=March 23, 2024 |archive-date=March 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324023038/https://www.uscho.com/2020/11/12/ivy-league-which-includes-mens-womens-ecac-hockey-teams-cancels-winter-sports/ |url-status=live }} During the 2021–22 season, in her sophomore year, she recorded nine goals and 25 assists in 30 games and was named to the All-ECAC Hockey Third Team. During the 2022–23 season in her junior year, Daniel led the Big Red in scoring with 18 goals and 30 assists in 32 games, earning second team All-ECAC and second team All-Ivy honors.{{cite web |url=https://ecachockey.com/news/2023/3/1/womens-ice-hockey-ecac-hockey-announces-2022-23-all-league-teams.aspx |title=ECAC Hockey Announces 2022-23 Women's All-League Teams |website=ecachockey.com |date=March 2, 2023 |access-date=March 23, 2024 |archive-date=March 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324035101/https://ecachockey.com/news/2023/3/1/womens-ice-hockey-ecac-hockey-announces-2022-23-all-league-teams.aspx |url-status=live }}
During the 2023–24 season, in her senior year, Daniel again led Cornell in scoring, with 21 goals and 38 assists in 34 games. She ranked second in the nation in assists per game (1.12), third in points per game (1.74), and seventh in goals per game (0.62). Her 38 assists tied the Cornell single-season record.{{cite web |url=https://cornellsun.com/2024/03/23/izzy-daniel-24-wins-patty-kazmaier-award-first-in-womens-hockeys-history/ |title=Izzy Daniel ’24 Wins Patty Kazmaier Award, First in Women’s Hockey’s History |newspaper=The Cornell Daily Sun |first=Eli |last=Fastiff |date=March 23, 2024 |access-date=March 23, 2024 |archive-date=March 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324022603/https://cornellsun.com/2024/03/23/izzy-daniel-24-wins-patty-kazmaier-award-first-in-womens-hockeys-history/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://theathletic.com/5362207/2024/03/23/patty-kazmaier-award-2024-izzy-daniel/ |title=Cornell’s Izzy Daniel wins 2024 Patty Kazmaier Award: Why she won |publisher=The Athletic |first=Hailey |last=Salvian |date=March 23, 2024 |access-date=March 23, 2024 |archive-date=March 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323172550/https://theathletic.com/5362207/2024/03/23/patty-kazmaier-award-2024-izzy-daniel/ |url-status=live }} Following the season, she was named to the All-Ivy and All-ECAC first teams, and won Ivy League Player of the Year, ECAC Forward of the Year, and ECAC Player of the Year.{{cite web |url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/college/izzy-daniel-named-ecac-player-of-the-year |title=Izzy Daniel Named ECAC Player of the Year |publisher=The Hockey News |first=Ian |last=Kennedy |date=March 8, 2024 |access-date=March 23, 2024 |archive-date=March 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324035101/https://thehockeynews.com/womens/college/izzy-daniel-named-ecac-player-of-the-year |url-status=live }} She also won the 2024 Patty Kazmaier Award, becoming the first player from Cornell to win the award.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/39794034/cornell-forward-izzy-daniel-wins-patty-kazmaier-award |title=Cornell forward Izzy Daniel wins Patty Kazmaier Award |website=ESPN.com |date=March 23, 2024 |access-date=March 23, 2024 |archive-date=March 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323181530/https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/39794034/cornell-forward-izzy-daniel-wins-patty-kazmaier-award |url-status=live }} She appeared in 125 consecutive games at Cornell and recorded 51 goals and 107 assists.{{cite web |url=https://cornellbigred.com/news/2024/6/10/daniel-picked-18th-in-the-2024-pwhl-draft.aspx |title=Daniel Picked 18th By Toronto In The 2024 PWHL Draft |website=cornellbigred.com |date=June 10, 2024 |access-date=June 11, 2024 |archive-date=June 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611091503/https://cornellbigred.com/news/2024/6/10/daniel-picked-18th-in-the-2024-pwhl-draft.aspx |url-status=live }}
=Professional=
On June 10, 2024, Daniel was drafted in the third round, 18th overall, by PWHL Toronto in the 2024 PWHL Draft.{{cite web |url=https://cornellsun.com/2024/06/10/womens-hockeys-izzy-daniel-24-selected-no-18-overall-in-pwhl-draft/ |title=Women’s Hockey’s Izzy Daniel ’24 Selected No. 18 Overall in PWHL Draft |newspaper=The Cornell Daily Sun |first=Eli |last=Fastiff |date=June 10, 2024 |access-date=June 11, 2024 |archive-date=June 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611091502/https://cornellsun.com/2024/06/10/womens-hockeys-izzy-daniel-24-selected-no-18-overall-in-pwhl-draft/ |url-status=live }} On June 27, 2024, she signed a two-year contract with Toronto.{{cite web |last1=Kennedy |first1=Ian |title=Toronto Inks Patty Kazmaier Winner Izzy Daniel To Two-Year Deal |url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/toronto-inks-patty-kazmaier-winner-izzy-daniel-to-two-year-deal |work=The Hockey News |access-date=June 27, 2024 |date=June 27, 2024}}
Personal life
Daniel is the daughter of Greg and Beth Daniel. She has two younger brothers, Eli and Darley. She studied industrial and labor relations at Cornell University.{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/03/23/kazmaier-award-izzy-daniel-cornell/e3a22d8a-e93d-11ee-9eba-1558f848ec25_story.html |title=Cornell forward Izzy Daniel wins Patty Kazmaier Award as the top women's ice hockey player |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=March 23, 2024 |access-date=March 23, 2024}}
Career statistics
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="97" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="97" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs |
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |
| 2019–20
| ECAC | 29 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2021–22 | Cornell University | ECAC | 30 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022–23
| Cornell University | ECAC | 32 | 18 | 30 | 48 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2023–24 | Cornell University | ECAC | 34 | 21 | 38 | 59 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
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! colspan="3"|NCAA totals ! 125 ! 51 ! 107 ! 158 ! 42 ! — ! — ! — ! — ! — |
Awards and honors
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! Honors ! Year ! |
| colspan="3"|College |
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| Ivy League Rookie of the Year
| 2020 |
| Third Team All-ECAC
| 2022 |
| Second Team All-ECAC
| 2023 |
| Second Team All-Ivy
| 2023 |
| First Team All-ECAC
| 2024 |
| First Team All-Ivy
| 2024 |
| ECAC Player of the Year
| 2024 |
| Ivy League Player of the Year
| 2024 |
| Patty Kazmaier Award
| 2024 |
| CCM/AHCA First Team All-American
| 2024 |
References
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External links
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- [https://cornellbigred.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/izzy-daniel/75610 Cornell Big Red bio]
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