Victoria Bach
Born (1996-07-12) July 12, 1996
Milton, Ontario
Height 5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Weight 121 lb (55 kg; 8 st 9 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
PWHL team PWHL Toronto
Played for
National team  Canada
Playing career 2012–present
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2022 BeijingTeam
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Canada
Gold medal – first place2022 Denmark
4 Nations Cup
Silver medal – second place2018 Canada

Victoria Bach (born July 12, 1996) is a Canadian women's ice hockey player with PWHL Toronto of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and the Canadian national team. A graduate of Boston University, she was the first player in the Terriers' women's ice hockey program to score more than 100 goals. She played in the CWHL with the Markham Thunder, and received the CWHL's 2018-2019 Rookie of the Year award.

Playing career

University

Across 145 NCAA games, Bach scored 198 points, setting all-time points and goals record for Boston University.[1] She was the first woman in the university's history to score 100 career goals. In her senior year, she tallied 67 points in 33 games.[2]

Bach won the Hockey East Rookie of the Year in 2014–2015.[3] She was the second Terrier player to win the award in the program's history; teammate Marie-Philip Poulin won the award in 2010–2011. She was a Hockey East First Team All-Star in 2017 and 2018, and was a top-3 finalist for the 2018 Patty Kazmaier Award.[4]

Professional

In 2017, Bach was selected 7th overall by the Metropolitan Riveters in the NWHL draft. She was then selected by the Markham Thunder in the 1st round of the 2018 CWHL Draft, the team with whom she would sign her first professional contract.[5] In 2018–19, she won the CWHL Rookie of the Year Award, putting up 32 points in 26 games with Markham, her 19 goals good for second in the league.[6]

After the collapse of the CWHL in May 2019, she joined the PWHPA.[7] Following four seasons in the PWHPA, Bach was drafted in the seventh round of the 2023 PWHL Draft by Toronto.[8]

International

Bach played for Team Canada at the 2014 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, winning a gold medal. She made her debut for the senior Canada women's national ice hockey team at the 2017 4 Nations Cup. She then served as assistant captain for the country at the 2018 4 Nations Cup.[9] In the 2019-2020 Team Canada season, Victoria was promoted to play on a line with Marie-Philip Poulin.[10][11] During the 2019-2020 Rivalry Series, she was the top scoring Canadian player.[12] She was named to the Canadian World Champhionships roster for the first time in 2020, before the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[13] She was one of 28 players invited to Hockey Canada's Centralization Camp, which represents the selection process for the Canadian women's team that shall compete in Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[14]

Personal life

Bach was born in Ontario, Canada. Member of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, First Nation. As a young woman, she started playing soccer; she switched to hockey after watching Team Canada win the gold medal in women's ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.[1]

At Boston University she completed a bachelor's degree in communication.[15]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
2018-19Markham ThunderCWHL 261913326 30110
2019-20GTA EastPWHPA ----- -----
CWHL totals 261913326 30110

References

  1. 1 2 Change, Jonathan (February 2, 2018). "Women's Ice Hockey's Victoria Bach Breaking Records". Boston University. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  2. ↑ Ingemi, Marisa (November 10, 2019). "Victoria Bach dazzling for Canada's women's hockey team". Boston Herald. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Bach Named Hockey East Rookie of the Year". Boston University Athletics. March 6, 2015. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  4. ↑ Blinn, Michael (25 December 2017). "BU's Bach tearing up college hockey". Sports Illustrated.
  5. ↑ Clinton, Jared (9 August 2018). "CWHL Draft: 10 incoming rookies who could make noise next season". The Hockey News.
  6. ↑ Jay, Michelle (27 August 2019). "2019 Women's Hockey Top 25 Under 25 | No. 2: Victoria Bach". The Ice Garden.
  7. ↑ Clinton, Jared (20 November 2019). "How blossoming national team sniper Bach is making the most of an unusual season". The Hockey News.
  8. ↑ "Four Terriers Selected in PWHL Draft". Boston University Athletics. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "2018 National Women's Team Four Nations Cup Media Guide" (PDF). Hockey Canada. n.d. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  10. ↑ "Victoria Bach scores OT winner as Canada defeats U.S. on home ice in Victoria". CBC Sports. February 4, 2020.
  11. ↑ Ingemi, Marisa (10 November 2019). "Victoria Bach dazzling for Canada's women's hockey team". Boston Herald.
  12. ↑ Aykroyd, Lucas (February 10, 2020). "IIHF - Americans win Rivalry Series". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  13. ↑ Salvian, Hailey (March 21, 2020). "Debut delayed: Rising women's hockey star goes from world stage to home alone". The Athletic.
  14. ↑ "CANADA'S NATIONAL WOMEN'S TEAM UNVEILS OLYMPIC CENTRALIZATION ROSTER: 28 players to centralize in Calgary ahead of 2022 Olympic Winter Games". hockeycanada.ca. May 12, 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  15. ↑ "Victoria Bach - Women's Ice Hockey".
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