Tereza Vanišová (; born 30 January 1996) is a Czech professional

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player for PWHL Vancouver of the

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(PWHL) and a member of the Czech Republic women's national ice hockey team.

Playing career

College

Across 129

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games played with the Maine Black Bears women's ice hockey program, Vanišová recorded 63 goals and 66 assists for 129 total

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. She was named

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Co-Rookie of the Year and the Czech Republic's Female Hockey Player of the Year in 2016–17. The next year she would be named a Hockey East All-Conference Second Team. As of 2021, Vanišová holds the Maine Black Bears women's ice hockey program's all-time career scoring record. She has been noted for her quick and creative playing style.

Professional

Vanišová won back-to-back Isobel Cup championships with the Boston Pride in 2021 and 2022. She was also a member of the Toronto Six's 2023 Isobel Cup championship team, making her one of only two players to be a three-time Isobel Cup champion. Vanišová was drafted in the seventh round, 42nd overall, by

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in the 2023 PWHL Draft. She signed a two-year contract with the team in December 2023. She was traded to

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on March 18, 2024, in exchange for defender Amanda Boulier. Vanišová recorded her first PWHL career hat trick on 13 February 2025, in a 8-3 win against the

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. On 20 February 2025, she completed a

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against the Boston Fleet: assisting on a goal in the third period, fighting Boston forward Jill Saulnier, and scoring a goal to tie the game with less than three seconds remaining in regulation. The fight was the first in the league's history, though she was only charged for roughing. During the 2024–25 season, she recorded 15 goals and seven assists in 30 regular season games. Her 15 goals ranked second in the league. During the 2025 PWHL playoffs, she recorded one goal and three assists in eight games. On 17 June 2025, she signed a two-year contract with PWHL Vancouver.

International play

With the Czech national under-18 team, she participated in the IIHF U18 Women's World Championships in

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. She represented the

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at the IIHF World Women's Championship in

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2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vanisova, Tereza 1996 births Living people Boston Pride players Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Canada Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden Czech expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Czech women's ice hockey forwards Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Isobel Cup champions Leksands IF (women) players Maine Black Bears women's ice hockey players Olympic ice hockey players for the Czech Republic Sportspeople from Strakonice Ice hockey people from the South Bohemian Region Toronto Six players Montreal Victoire players Ottawa Charge players