Amy Menke is an American professional

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forward, currently playing with the Minnesota section of the

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. She has previously won both the

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and the ZhHL championship.

Career

Across 146

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games, Menke scored 108 points, serving as the

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team captain in her senior year. Just weeks after her graduation, the university controversially announced that it was cutting its women's hockey programme. She wrote an article in

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in response, stating that "Our program was a big family, and it died that day." She was drafted 17th overall by the

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in the

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. She joined the independent

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ahead of the 2017–18 season. She would spend part of the season in

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, joining

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in the

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for their playoff push. She stayed with the Whitecaps as the team joined the NWHL, scoring 10 points in 15 games in 2018–19. She would score in the championship games as the Whitecaps won the

for the first time. After the collapse of the

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in May 2019, she joined the over 200 players taking part in the ForTheGame movement, which later led to the creation of the

, sitting out from North American women's hockey leagues with the goal securing better investment and conditions for the sport. In August 2019, she signed with China-based

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, who had decided to switch to the ZhHL from the CWHL. She scored 17 points in 24 games for the club in 2019-20 as they won the Russian championship. She was named to the roster for the Minnesota hub of the

ahead of the 2020–21 season.

Personal life

Outside of hockey, Menke has worked. She has previously served as head coach for the Shakopee High School girls' hockey team.

References

External links

* 1995 births Living people Professional Women's Hockey Players Association players Minnesota Whitecaps players Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays players Djurgårdens IF (men's hockey) players {{US-icehockey-bio-stub