Dominique Kremer (born June 9, 1997) is an American
ice hockey
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defender, currently playing with the
Buffalo Beauts
The Buffalo Beauts are a professional ice hockey team based in Amherst, New York, United States. The team was established in 2015 as one of the four founding franchises of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF), originally named the National Women' ...
of the
Premier Hockey Federation
The Premier Hockey Federation (PHF), formerly the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL), is a women's professional ice hockey league located in the United States and Canada. The league was established in 2015 with four league-owned teams and ha ...
(PHF).
Playing career
Kremer began skating at the age of three, playing hockey for the first time two years later. She later played with the St. Louis Lady Blues organisation, before attending
Shattuck-St. Mary's
Shattuck-St. Mary's (also known as Shattuck-St. Mary's School, Shattuck, or simply SSM) is a Mixed-sex education, coeducational Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopal-affiliated boarding school in Faribault, Minnesota, United States. Est ...
in Minnesota for high school.
From 2015 to 2019, she attended
Merrimack College
Merrimack College is a private Augustinian university in North Andover, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1947 by the Order of St. Augustine with an initial goal to educate World War II veterans. Its campus has grown to a campus with nearly 40 bu ...
, scoring 56
points in 138
NCAA Division I
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games with the
Merrimack Warriors women's ice hockey
The Merrimack Warriors women's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I women's college ice hockey program. The Warriors are a new member of Hockey East. They play at the 2,549-seat J. Thom Lawler Arena in ...
team of the
Hockey East
The Hockey East Association, also known as Hockey East, is a college ice hockey conference which operates entirely in New England. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference.
Hockey East came into existence in 1984 for ...
conference. She scored her first collegiate career
goal
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A goal is roughly similar to a purpose or ai ...
as a
rookie
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on the October 3, 2015 against
St. Cloud State
St. Cloud State University (SCSU) is a public university in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Founded in 1869, the university is one of the largest institutions in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. Its enrollment in 2020 was approximate ...
. During the
2018–19 season, Kremer served as an
alternate captain
In ice hockey, the captain is the player designated by a team as the only person authorized to speak with the game officials regarding rule interpretations when the captain is on the ice. At most levels of play each team must designate one captai ...
for Merrimack and was named to the All-WHEA Third Team.
She was drafted 17th overall by the
Connecticut Whale in the
2018 NWHL Draft. Instead of joining the PHF after graduating, she signed her first professional contract with
Djurgårdens IF
Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm.
Name
The club is named ...
of the
Swedish Women's Hockey League
The Swedish Women's Hockey League ( sv, Svenska damhockeyligan), abbreviated SDHL, is the elite league for women's ice hockey in Sweden. It was established in 2007 as the by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association and was renamed prior to the 2016– ...
(SDHL), stating that she felt the SDHL was the league that offered the highest skill level. She scored 16 points in 36 games in her rookie SDHL season, the highest scoring defender on her team.
After originally planning to continue playing in Sweden, restrictions caused by the
COVID-19 pandemic
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prompted her to return to North America to sign in the PHF, joining the
Buffalo Beauts
The Buffalo Beauts are a professional ice hockey team based in Amherst, New York, United States. The team was established in 2015 as one of the four founding franchises of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF), originally named the National Women' ...
for the
2020–21 NWHL season
The 2020–21 NWHL season was the sixth season of the National Women's Hockey League in North America. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the season was held in a bubble in Lake Placid, New York, from January to February 2021, with all five tea ...
. She was the first player signed by newly named Beauts general manager Nate Oliver.
Personal life
At Merrimack College, she majored in
international studies
International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such as ...
and
French, with a minor in
pre-law
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The American Bar Association requires law schools to admit only students with an accredited Bachelor's Degree or its ...
.
Career statistics
References
External links
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1997 births
Living people
American women's ice hockey defensemen
Ice hockey people from Iowa
People from Black Hawk County, Iowa
Buffalo Beauts players
Djurgårdens IF Hockey players
Merrimack Warriors women's ice hockey players
American expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden