Jonna Albers

Jonna Albers née Curtis (born February 28, 1994) is an American former ice hockey player who played in the now defunct Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) with the Minnesota Whitecaps, who she won an Isobel Cup with in 2019. Prior to that, she captained the New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey team, twice earning a Hockey East All-Star Honorable Mention.^[1]

Jonna Albers
Albers with the Minnesota Whitecaps in 2018
Born	(1994-02-28) February 28, 1994 (age 31) Elk River, Minnesota, US
Height	5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Position	Forward
Shoots	Right
PHF team Former teams	Minnesota Whitecaps New Hampshire Wildcats
Playing career	2012–present

Career

As a youth player, Albers was a finalist for the Minnesota Ms. Hockey award in 2012, and set the Elk River High School scoring records in points and assists.^[2][3][4]

From 2012 to 2017, she attended the University of New Hampshire, scoring 106 points in 122 NCAA games.

She originally planned on retiring from hockey after her college ice hockey career, until the expansion to Minnesota was announced by the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL; renamed PHF in 2021).^[5]

After the 2018–19 season, she was named NWHL Newcomer of the Year, and was named to both the 2019 and 2020 NWHL All-Star teams,^[6] playing as one of the top scorers for the Whitecaps.^[7][8] In 2019, the Whitecaps won the Isobel Cup, and made it to the finals in 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic indefinitely postponed the game.^[9]

Personal life

Outside of hockey, Albers works as an engineer.^[10][11]

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2018-19	Minnesota Whitecaps	NWHL		16	8	11	19	12		2	0	1	1	0
2019-20	Minnesota Whitecaps	NWHL		21	14	22	36	10		1	0	1	1	2
2020–21	Minnesota Whitecaps	NWHL		4	1	0	1	0		2	0	4	4	0
2021–22	Minnesota Whitecaps	PHF		20	9	15	24	18		2	0	3	3	2
PHF totals				61	32	48	80	40		7	0	9	9	4

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
• Jonna Albers on Instagram
• Jonna Albers on Twitter