Ice hockey player
| Jenna McParland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 McParland in 2019 | |||
| Born |
(1992-05-12) May 12, 1992 (age 32) Schreiber, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Weight | 143 lb (65 kg; 10 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| NWHL team | Toronto Six | ||
| Played for |
PWHPA Markham Thunder Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs | ||
| National team |
 Canada | ||
| Playing career | 2011–present | ||
Jenna McParland (born May 12, 1992) is a Canadian ice hockey forward, currently playing for the Toronto Six in the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL).
Playing career
Across 141 NCAA Division I games with the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs, McParland scored 116 points.
She was drafted 6th overall by the Brampton Thunder in the 2015 CWHL Draft. After graduating, she signed with Brampton in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL). She would play the next four seasons with the club, until the collapse of the CWHL in 2019. In 2018, she won the Clarkson Cup with the team.
In May 2019, she joined the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA), and would spend the 2019–20 season with the organisation. In 2020, she signed with the expansion Toronto Six of the NWHL, but chose to opt-out of the 2020-21 COVID-19 bubble season.
International play
She played for Team Canada at the 2010 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, scoring 7 points in 5 games as the country won gold.
Personal life
She attended Robert F. Hall Catholic Secondary School in Caledon, Ontario. Her brother, Nick McParland, played three years in the ECHL.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2015–16 | Brampton Thunder | CWHL | 24 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | Brampton Thunder | CWHL | 24 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2017–18 | Markham Thunder | CWHL | 21 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Markham Thunder | CWHL | 24 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | ||
| 2019–20 | Independent | PWHPA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| CWHL totals | 93 | 30 | 33 | 63 | 48 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 12 | ||||
References
- https://theix.substack.com/p/hockey-friday-with-erica-l-ayala Archived August 13, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
- Dunick, Leith (August 23, 2015). "Schreiber's McParland goes sixth overall in CWHL draft". Dougall Media. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- Staffieri, Mark (February 2, 2018). "Jenna McParland Making it Happen with Markham Thunder". Women's Hockey Life. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- Bevis, Hannah (October 13, 2017). "CWHL 2017-18 Season Preview: Markham Thunder". The Ice Garden. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- "PWHPA Unifor Showcase: Toronto • Weekend Recap". Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (Press release). September 26, 2019. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- "Game on: Women's hockey union takes 1st tangible step". NBC Sports. September 23, 2019. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- Murphy, Mike (May 22, 2020). "Toronto's offense already looks dangerous". The Ice Garden. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- Grgas-Wheeler, Kelly (February 2, 2015). "Crowd pleaser". Minnesota Hockey Magazine. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database