Lotti Odnoga (born 19 January 1999) is a Hungarian

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and member of the Hungarian national team, playing in the

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(SDHL) with

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Playing career

Odnoga developed in the

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department of Győri ETO HC in her home city of

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in northwestern

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. She played on boys’ teams with Győri ETO HC throughout her childhood. At age 14, she began to also play with the KMH Budapest senior women's team in the

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(EWHL), making her debut in the 2013–14 season. Odnoga continued to split her time between the Győri ETO HC junior men's teams and KMH Budapest during the 2014–15 season, appearing in fifteen games with KMH and recording 10 points on 4

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and 6 assists. The 2015–16 season saw Odnoga relocate to the United States to attend

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, a

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. She became interested in attending the school after speaking with the Vermont Academy ice hockey coach at an international ice hockey camp in

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during the summer of 2015, however, playing ice hockey and studying in the United States had long been a dream of hers. At Vermont Academy, she was a three-sport athlete, participating in association football, ice hockey, and tennis, and a ten-time

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. In her

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year, Odnoga served as captain of the tennis team and earned Division II All-

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First Team ice hockey honours and was named to the NEPSAC Class D Ice Hockey Tournament All-Star Team. As high school graduation approached, Odnoga received scholarship offers to play NCAA Division I ice hockey at a number of schools, including

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(RPI), the

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, and

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, among others, but ultimately committed to

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due to its small size,

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reputation, and her familiarity with and affinity for the area – Darmouth campus is less than from Vermont Academy. In her

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season with the

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program, she ranked fourth on the team in points, with 12 points in 29 games, and led the team in assists, with 10. She also led the team in

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, with 42 PIM – twelve more minutes than her second ranked teammate. Odnoga continued to be a leading defenseman for the Big Green in her

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season, again ranking fourth for points, with 11 points in 29 games, and tying with forward Gabby Billing for most assists, with 9. Her performance in the 2019–20 season merited selection to the All-Ivy Honorable Mention team, making Odnoga the only Dartmouth Big Green player to earn All-Ivy lauds that season. She concluded her collegiate career with the St. Thomas Tommies women's ice hockey program in the

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(WCHA) conference during the 2022–23 season.

Personal life

Odnoga’s older brother, Mátyás, is a

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player and has played with several Hungarian clubs in the Erste Liga. She studied at Révai Miklós Gimnázium in Győr before moving to the United States to complete her

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and credits the school with providing a solid foundation in the English language. As a child, Odnoga competed in

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at the national and regional levels, participating primarily in

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and

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events.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Sources: USCHO

International

Awards and honors

* 2015 World U18 Championship – Division I, Best Player on Team *2015 Héraklész Program Best Female Ice Hockey Player *2019–20 All-

Honorable Mention *

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, Top-3 Player on Team as selected by coaches * 2021–22 MJSZ Best Hungarian Women's Defenseman

References

External links

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Lotti Odnoga
at the 2021–22 Dartmouth Big Green Women's Ice Hockey Roster {{DEFAULTSORT:Odnoga, Lotti 1999 births Living people Hungarian women's ice hockey defencemen Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey players Expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in the United States KMH Budapest (women) players MAC Budapest (women) players People from Győr St. Thomas (Minnesota) Tommies women's ice hockey players Vermont Academy alumni