Jonna Albers (born February 28, 1994) is an American

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player, currently playing in the

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(PHF) with the Minnesota Whitecaps, who she won an

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with in 2019. Prior to that, she captained the

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team, twice earning a Hockey East All-Star Honorable Mention.

Career

As a youth player, Albers was a finalist for the Minnesota Ms. Hockey award in 2012, and set the

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scoring records in points and assists. From 2012 to 2017, she attended the

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, scoring 106 points in 122

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games. She originally planned on retiring from hockey after her

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career, until the expansion to Minnesota was announced by the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL; renamed PHF in 2021). After the 2018–19 season, she was named NWHL Newcomer of the Year, and was named to both the 2019 and 2020 NWHL All-Star teams, playing as one of the top scorers for the Whitecaps. In 2019, the Whitecaps won the

, and made it to the finals in 2020, before the

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indefinitely postponed the game.

Personal life

Outside of hockey, Albers works as an engineer.

Career statistics

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Albers, Jonna 1994 births Living people American women's ice hockey forwards Isobel Cup champions Minnesota Whitecaps players New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey players People from Elk River, Minnesota 21st-century American sportswomen