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Canadian ice hockey forward (born 1998)

Ice hockey player
Mikyla Grant-Mentis
Born (1998-07-15) July 15, 1998 (age 26)
Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
PWHL team
Former teams		 Montreal Victoire
PWHL Ottawa
Buffalo Beauts
Toronto Six
Merrimack Warriors
Playing career 2016–present

Mikyla Grant-Mentis (born July 15, 1998) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the Montreal Victoire of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She is the all-time leading scorer of the Merrimack Warriors women's ice hockey team. In 2021, she became the first Black player to win the PHF's Most Valuable Player award.

Playing career

Grant-Mentis played four years of NCAA Division I ice hockey with the Merrimack Warriors of Merrimack College, a member institution of the Hockey East conference, located in North Andover, Massachusetts. On November 8 of her senior season, she had a four-point (two goals, two assists) game against Maine, becoming just the second player to surpass 100 points in Merrimack program history. She went on to score a hat-trick against Brown three weeks later and was recognized as the Hockey East Co-Player of the Month for November 2020. Her season totals distinguished her as the Warriors' leader in goals (20) and points (33), ranking second on the Hockey East goals leaderboard and top-10 in scoring nationally. In total, she scored 117 points (56 goals and 61 assists) in 137 games with the Warriors and is the program's all-time leading point scorer, all-time assists leader, and second all-time in goals.

Professional

At the end of February 2020, Grant-Mentis signed with the Buffalo Beauts to finish the 2019–20 NWHL season along with Merrimack teammate Léa-Kristine Demers. She scored three points (2 goal, 1 assist) in two regular season games and added another two points (1 goal, 1 assist) in the PHF playoffs semi-final qualification as the Beauts lost to the Connecticut Whale. She was named Player of the Week in her first week in the PHF.

In May 2020, she signed with the Toronto Six, joining the team ahead of their first season in the PHF. Her first PHF goal as a member of the Six took place in a January 24, 2021, contest versus the 2019 Clarkson Cup champion Minnesota Whitecaps. A 6–5 shootout loss, Grant-Mentis became the only Six player to score in the shootout round. She recorded the game-winning goal in the Six's first win in franchise history against the Boston Pride on January 26, coming back from a 1–0 deficit with a pair of third period goals by Brooke Boquist and Grant-Mentis. She become the most decorated player in a single PHF season, earning a record four accolades, including the first black player in league history to win the Most Valuable Player and Newcomer of the Year Award. Additionally, she was the leading scorer on the Six, which won the regular season title, and was tied as the league-leading scorer.

On May 9, 2022, Grant-Mentis signed a 1 year, $80 000 deal to return to the Buffalo Beauts. This deal made her to highest paid player in PHF history.

After the PHF folding following the 2022-23 season and the founding of the PWHL, Grant-Mentis went undrafted but signed a free agent contract with PWHL Ottawa.

After an underwhelming start to the season and following a stretch of healthy scratches, Grant-Mentis was released from her contract with PWHL Ottawa.

On March 10, 2024, Grant-Mentis signed a Reserve Player Contract with PWHL Montreal.

Personal life

Grant-Mentis was born July 15, 1998, in Brampton, Ontario. She is the daughter of Sandra Grant-Mentis and James Mentis. Her father played ball hockey with Team Canada and Team West Indies, and remains active with the Brampton Express of the Greater Toronto Ball Hockey League. She has two siblings, Marquis and Tre.

Grant-Mentis holds a bachelor's degree in criminology from Merrimack College.

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2013–14 Oakville Jr. Hornets Prov. WHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2014–15 Toronto Jr. Aeros Prov. WHL 38 5 20 25 8 14 2 2 4 10
2015–16 Mississauga Jr. Chiefs Prov. WHL 37 21 28 49 14 11 6 6 12 8
2016–17 Merrimack Warriors NCAA 35 9 18 27 20 — — — — —
2017–18 Merrimack Warriors NCAA 34 15 8 23 43 — — — — —
2018–19 Merrimack Warriors NCAA 35 12 22 37 29 — — — — —
2019–20 Merrimack Warriors NCAA 33 20 13 33 26 — — — — —
2019–20 Buffalo Beauts PHF 2 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 0
2020–21 Toronto Six PHF 6 5 4 9 4 1 1 1 1 0
2021–22 Toronto Six PHF 19 13 17 30 6 1 0 0 0 2
2022–23 Buffalo Beauts PHF 24 9 12 21 20 — — — — —
2023–24 PWHL Ottawa PWHL 6 0 3 3 0 — — — — —
2023–24 PWHL Montreal PWHL 7 2 0 2 4 — — — — —
PHF totals 51 29 34 63 32 3 2 2 4 2
PWHL totals 13 2 3 5 4 — — — — —

Sources: Elite Prospects, USCHO, and the PWHL.

Awards and honours

  • 2021 NWHL Most Valuable Player
  • 2021 NWHL Newcomer of the Year
  • 2021 NWHL Foundation Award (Toronto Six representative)
  • 2021 NWHL Fans' Three Stars
  • 2020–21 NWHL most goals scored

References

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