Kristin Lewicki (born June 10, 1995) is an American

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forward, currently playing with the

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of the

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(NWHL).

Career

From 2013 to 2017, she attended

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, scoring 179

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in 113

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games with the Adrian Bulldogs. After graduating, she signed her first professional contract with the NWHL's

. She scored seven points in fourteen games in her

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professional season. She was named to Team Leveille at the 2018 NWHL All-Star Game, and won fastest skater at the Skills Competition. She left the Beauts to sign with the

Metropolitan Riveters The Metropolitan Riveters (originally the New York Riveters) are a professional women's ice hockey team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with home games at the American Dream Meadowlands ice rink. They were one of the four charter franchis ...

for the

2018–19 NWHL season The 2018–19 NWHL season is the fourth season of the National Women's Hockey League. All four teams from the previous three seasons returned: the Boston Pride, Buffalo Beauts, Connecticut Whale, and the Metropolitan Riveters while the Minnesota ...

, the first player from another team to join the Riveters that off-season. Despite being the reigning

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champions, the Riveters suffered a number of problems that year, including the worst opening season stretch in league history, and Lewicki's production dropped significantly, only scoring one

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in sixteen games. After the

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(CWHL) in May 2019, she left the NWHL to join the newly formed

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(PWHPA). After spending most of the season with the organisation, she returned to the NWHL to re-join the Beauts, scoring six points in the last six games of the 2019–20 NWHL regular season. She re-signed with the Beauts 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 ...

Style of play

Lewicki is noted for her speed and acceleration. During the 2017–18 season, she was also relied on by the Beauts for her

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skills, taking the third most face-offs on the team.

Personal life

Lewicki has a degree in criminal justice with a minor in sports management from Adrian College.

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewicki, Kristin 1995 births Living people American women's ice hockey forwards People from Moundsville, West Virginia Ice hockey people from West Virginia Buffalo Beauts players Professional Women's Hockey Players Association players Metropolitan Riveters players Adrian Bulldogs women's ice hockey players