Taylor Turnquist
{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1997)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Taylor Turnquist
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|8|14}}
| birth_place = Blaine, Minnesota, U.S.
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 5
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| position = Defenseman
| shoots = Right
| league = NWHL
| team = Minnesota Whitecaps
| former_teams = {{plainlist|
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| sex = f
| ntl_team = USA
| career_start = 2016
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Taylor Turnquist (born August 14, 1997) is an American ice hockey player who played for the now defunct Minnesota Whitecaps in the Premier Hockey Federation.
Career
Turnquist attended Spring Lake Park High School, where she mostly played as a forward.{{Cite web |last=Russo |first=Michael |title=Wild's Nico Sturm and Pride's Taylor Turnquist inspire each other through life and hockey |url=https://theathletic.com/2564589/2021/05/04/wilds-nico-sturm-and-prides-taylor-turnquist-inspire-each-other-through-life-and-hockey/ |access-date=March 6, 2022 |website=The Athletic |language=en}} Turnquist won national titles as a regular defender for the Clarkson University Golden Knights in 2017 and 2018. In 158 NCAA games over 4 years at Clarkson, Turnquist scored 8 goals and 40 points. As a senior she served as an assistant captain. She was versatile and willing enough to play some games at forward due to team injuries in her senior season.{{cite web|title=Taylor Turnquist bio|url=https://clarksonathletics.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/taylor-turnquist/6469|publisher=Clarkson Golden Knights Athletics}}
Turnquist was drafted in the 4th round of the 2020 NWHL Draft and signed a one-year deal with the Boston Pride on July 22, 2020.
Personal life
Turnquist is the daughter of Steve and Andrea, and has a brother, Luke. She grew up as a fan of the Minnesota Wild and Mikko Koivu. She is engaged{{Cite Instagram |user=nicosturm7 |postid=https://www.instagram.com/p/CwqyqX8gUFW |title=How does forever sound @taylorturnquist ? |date=September 1, 2023}} to Florida Panthers forward Nico Sturm, whom she met when both were freshmen at Clarkson.
Turnquist majored in business at Clarkson University.
Career stats
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular Season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM | ||||||||||
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| 2016–17 | Clarkson University | NCAA
| 41 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2017-18 | Clarkson University | NCAA
| 40 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8
| - | - | - | - | - |
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| 2018-19 | Clarkson University | NCAA
| 40 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 26
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2019–20 | Clarkson University | NCAA
| 37 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 20
| - | - | - | - | - |
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| 2020-21 | Boston Pride | NWHL
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| colspan="3" | NWHL totals
! | ! |
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Honours
References
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External links
- {{Ice hockey stats|nhl=|elite=495779|espn=|euro=|hr=|hockeydb=|legendsm=|legends=|legendstype=|tsn=}}
- {{Twitter|TaylorTurny}}
- {{Instagram|taylorturnquist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Turnquist, Taylor}}
Category:American women's ice hockey defensemen
Category:Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey players
Category:Ice hockey players from Minnesota
Category:People from Blaine, Minnesota