Nina Jobst-Smith
{{short description|German-Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
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| birth_place = Slough, Berkshire, England{{cite web |url=https://bisslhockey.de/389-nationalspielerin-nina-jobst-smith-im-interview/ |title=Nationalspielerin Nina Jobst-Smith im Interview |work=bisslhockey.de | language=de |access-date=2025-07-05}}{{cite web |title=2024-25 Women's Hockey Roster: 28 Nina Jobst-Smith |url=https://umdbulldogs.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/nina-jobst-smith/7783 |access-date=2025-07-05 |website=UMD Athletics |language=en}}
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| height_cm = 170
| weight_kg = 68
| position = Defence
| shoots = Right
| league = NCAA
| team = Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs
| former_teams = ECDC Memmingen
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| ntl_team = GER
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Katarina Mina Louise "Nina" Jobst-Smith (born 30 August 2001) is a German-Canadian ice hockey player for Minnesota Duluth in the NCAA Division I. She is also a member of Germany women's national ice hockey team.
Playing career
As a teen, she played the 2018–19 season with ECDC Memmingen in the German Women's Ice Hockey League (DFEL) and the EWHL Super Cup.{{cite news |last1=Jay |first1=Michelle |date=2021-08-19 |title=2021 Worlds: Team Germany preview |language=en |work=The Ice Garden |url=https://www.theicegarden.com/2021/8/19/22392349/2021-iihf-womens-world-championships-team-germany-preview |access-date=2022-12-14}}
In 2020, she began her college ice hockey career with Minnesota Duluth in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA).
In the 2025 PWHL Draft, Jobst-Smith was drafted in the third round, nineteenth overall, by PWHL Vancouver, a pick Vancouver acquired in a trade with the Toronto Sceptres.{{Cite web |date=2025-06-25 |title=2025 PWHL Draft |url=https://www.thepwhl.com/en/draft |access-date=2025-06-26 |website=www.thepwhl.com |language=en}}
International play
Jobst-Smith represented Germany at the IIHF World Women's Championship in 2021, 2022, and 2023, and at the Olympic qualification tournament for the 2022 Winter Olympics.{{cite web |last1=Podnieks |first1=Andrew |author1-link=Andrew Podnieks |date=2021-08-22 |title=Welcome to the (WW) Show! |url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2021/ww/news/27418/welcome_to_the_ww_show |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=International Ice Hockey Federation |language=en}}{{cite web |date=2021-08-23 |title=2021 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: GER - Germany |url=https://www.iihf.com/pdf/929/ihw9290ger_33_1_3_ger |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=International Ice Hockey Federation |language=en}}{{cite web |date=2022-08-24 |title=2022 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: GER - Germany |url=https://www.iihf.com/pdf/164/ihw1640ger_33_1_0 |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=International Ice Hockey Federation |language=en}} She was selected by the coaches as one of Germany's top-three players at the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-03 |title=2022 IIHF Women's World Championship – Best Players of Each Team Selected by Coaches |url=https://www.iihf.com/pdf/164/ihw164000_85l_6_0 |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=International Ice Hockey Federation}}
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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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 |
| 2020–21
| University of Minnesota Duluth | WCHA | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2021–22 | University of Minnesota Duluth | WCHA | 40 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022–23
| University of Minnesota Duluth | WCHA | 39 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2023–24 | University of Minnesota Duluth | WCHA | 34 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — |
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! colspan="3"|NCAA totals ! 134 ! 10 ! 39 ! 49 ! 37 ! — ! — ! — ! — ! — |
=International=
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! Year !! Team !! Event !! Result ! rowspan="97" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | |||||||
| 2021 | {{Nwiht|Germany}} | WC | 8th
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2022 | Germany | WC | 9th
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | Germany | {{Abbr|OGQ|Olympic Games qualification tournament}} | {{Abbr|DNQ|Did not qualify}}
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
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! colspan=4 | Senior totals ! 13 !! 1 !! 4 !! 5 !! 2 |
References
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External links
- {{Ice hockey stats}}
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Category:Canadian women's ice hockey defencemen
Category:German women's ice hockey defencemen
Category:Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey players
Category:Ice hockey people from North Vancouver