Cayla Barnes

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Cayla Barnes
Date of birth January 7, 1999
place of birth Eastvale , California , USA
size 160 cm
Weight 66 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Career stations
until 2017 New Hampton School
East Coast Wizards
since 2017 Boston College

Cayla Marie Barnes (born January 7, 1999 in Eastvale , California ) is an American ice hockey player who has been playing the position of defender at Boston College in Hockey East since the 2017/18 season . Barnes has been a member of the United States Women's National Ice Hockey Team and an Olympic and World Champion since 2016 .

Career

Barnes spent her junior years through the summer of 2017 with the East Coast Wizards in the New England Women's Hockey League , based in Bedford , Massachusetts , and the New Hampton School , her high school . During this time, the defender took part in the U18 World Junior Championships in 2015 , 2016 and 2017 . She finished each time by winning the gold medal, making her the only three-time world champion in this age group. She was also named the tournament's best defender twice and was on the All-Star team once . In 2017, she led the US girls on the ice as team captain. She made her debut in the US women's national team at the age of 17 in December 2016 .

For the 2017/18 school year and after graduating from high school, Barnes moved to Boston College . In addition to her studies, she played there for the university team in Hockey East , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Due to her obligations with the US national team, with which she initially took part in the 4 Nations Cup , she only played sporadically in league games. In January 2018 she was finally nominated as the youngest team member for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , where she won the gold medal with the Americans.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM +/- Sp T V Pt SM +/-
2017/18 Boston College Hockey East 5 0 0 0 4th +2
2018/19 Boston College Hockey East 36 4th 19th 23 44 +9
NCAA overall 41 4th 19th 23 48 +11

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM +/-
2015 United States U18 World Cup 1st place, gold 5 0 0 0 0 ± 0
2016 United States U18 World Cup 1st place, gold 5 0 6th 6th 2 +10
2017 United States U18 World Cup 1st place, gold 5 3 3 6th 4th +5
2018 United States Olympia 1st place, gold 5 0 0 0 0 +3
2019 United States WM 1st place, gold 7th 2 4th 6th 4th +8
Total juniors 15th 3 9 12 6th +15
Women overall 12 2 4th 6th 4th +11

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Barnes, Cayla
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barnes, Cayla Marie (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1999
PLACE OF BIRTH Eastvale , California