Anna Segedi (born December 19, 2000), also known by the Chinese name Zhang Xifang (Chinese: 张喜芳), is an American ice hockey player and member of the Chinese national ice hockey team, currently[update] playing with the St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey program in the ECAC Hockey conference of NCAA Division I.
| Anna Segedi | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | December 20, 2000 | ||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NCAA team Former teams |
St. Lawrence Saints KRS Vanke Rays | ||
| National team |
 China | ||
| Playing career | 2019–present | ||
| Zhang Xifang | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Chinese | 張喜芳 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 张喜芳 | ||||||
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Playing career
editBorn in China, Segedi grew up in Commerce Township, Michigan, a western suburb of Metro Detroit in the United States. She played minor ice hockey in the Tier 1 Elite B Hockey League (T1EBHL) with Detroit-based Honeybaked 14U from 2012 to 2014 and in the T1EHL 16U league with Belle Tire Girls Minor Midget in the 2014–15 season, ranking third in the league for scoring and leading the team to the 16U national title. Her junior career was played with Belle Tire Girls 19U in the T1EHL 19U and USA Hockey Girls Tier I 19U, with whom she won the national championship title in 2017, a national championship silver medal in 2018, a national championship bronze medal in 2019, and claimed three consecutive Michigan state titles.[1][2]
NCAA
editSegedi joined the St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey program in the ECAC Hockey conference of the NCAA Division I as a freshman in the 2019–20 season. She found success in her first month of NCAA play, scoring six goals and five assists – including a hat-trick against New Hampshire – and was named the Women's Player of the Week for 7 October 2019 and the Women's Rookie of the Month for October 2019 by ECAC Hockey.[3][4] She concluded her rookie season ranked second of all St. Lawrence skaters in scoring, with 11 goals and 12 assists for 23 points in 36 games.
Her sophomore season continued to build on her success and saw Segedi lead the team in scoring, with four goals and eight assists for 12 points in 13 games of the COVID-19 shorted season. She was named the February 2021 Army ROTC Player of the Month by ECAC Hockey after averaging more than a point per game across the month and recording three multi-point performances.[5]
ZhHL
editPresented with the opportunity to try out for the Chinese women's national ice hockey team at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Segedi paused her college ice hockey career and signed to play professionally with the KRS Vanke Rays in the summer of 2021. The team's roster for 2021–22 comprised only players eligible to represent China at the upcoming Olympics, giving head coach Brian Idalski extensive time to assess individual play before building the national team.[6] Segedi made a convincing case for her place on the national team, scoring a hat-trick against 7.62 Voskresensk and ranking third on the team for goals (fourth for points). She was named the ZhHL Rookie of the Month in September 2021.[1]
International play
editAs a teen, Segedi participated in several USA Hockey Girls U18 Development Camps.[7]
She was officially named to the Chinese roster for the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics on 28 January 2022.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b "Beijing 2022 – Athletes: Xifang ZHANG". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
- ^ Caples, Michael (November 7, 2019). "Anna Segedi named ECAC rookie of the month". MiHockey. Archived from the original on February 2, 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
- ^ "Segedi, Hoskin, Auby Named Weekly Award Winners". ECAC Hockey (Press release). October 7, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2022.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "ECAC Hockey Announces Women's Award Winners for October". ECAC Hockey (Press release). November 5, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2022.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Segedi, Morgan, Mobley Named to February Honor Roll". ECAC Hockey (Press release). March 2, 2021. Archived from the original on March 4, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
- ^ Галькевич, Семён [Galkevich, Semyon] (September 17, 2021). "Американский тренер сборной Китая: хочу жить в России как можно дольше" [American coach of the Chinese national team: I want to live in Russia as long as possible]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). Archived from the original on September 17, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "St. Lawrence Saints Women's Hockey 2020-21 Roster: 51 Anna Segedi". St. Lawrence University Athletics. Archived from the original on February 2, 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
- ^ Potts, Andy (February 2, 2022). "Chinese women target QF". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on February 3, 2022. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
External links
edit- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- Zhang Xifang at Olympedia
