Micaela Long (born November 16, 1987) is an American professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

player, most recently for the Connecticut Whale 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). Long previously played for the

Boston Blades The Worcester Blades were a professional women's ice hockey team in the Canadian Women's Hockey League, based in Worcester, Massachusetts, and played their home games at the Fidelity Bank Worcester Ice Center. The team began play in the 2010–11 ...

of the

Canadian Women's Hockey League The Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL; french: Ligue canadienne de hockey féminin ‒ LCHF) was a women's ice hockey league. Established in 2007 as a Canadian women's senior league in the Greater Toronto Area, Montreal, and Ottawa, the league ...

(CWHL).

Personal life

Between 2006 and 2010, Long played in the

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for the

University of New Hampshire The University of New Hampshire (UNH) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Durham, New Hampshire. It was founded and incorporated in 1866 as a land grant college in Hanover in connection with Dartmouth College, mo ...

. In addition to her playing career, Long works as a teacher at the American School for the Deaf. Long married Alex Desjarlais on July 29, 2021, in a private New Hampshire wedding on Lake Winnepesaukee. The couple currently resides in Connecticut.

Playing career

CWHL

Long played in the 2010/2011 and 2011/12 CWHL seasons with the

Premier Hockey Federation

On 17 July 2015, it was announced that Long would be joining the Connecticut Whale for the PHF's inaugural season. Long appeared in 17 regular season games and two playoff games for the franchise in their 2015–16 season. In July 2016, Long signed a one-year, $13,500 contract to continue with the Connecticut Whale for the

2016–17 NWHL season The 2016–17 NWHL season is the second season of operation of the National Women's Hockey League. All four teams from the inaugural season returned for this season: the Boston Pride, Buffalo Beauts, Connecticut Whale, and New York Riveters. L ...

. During the first NWHL game of 2016, a hit by Long on

New York 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 franchi ...

captain Ashley Johnston sparked a

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between the New York Riveters and Connecticut Whale. Long and Riveters player

Elena Orlando Elena Orlando (born June 15, 1992) is an American ice hockey defenseman. She most recently played in the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) with the Buffalo Beauts during the 2021–22 season. Having played in the PHF since its inaugural 2015–1 ...

were each subsequently suspended for one game by the NWHL's Player Safety Committee.

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* 1987 births American women's ice hockey forwards Living people Connecticut Whale (PHF) players New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey players {{US-icehockey-bio-stub