Lotti Odnoga (born 19 January 1999) is a Hungarian ice hockey defenseman and member of the Hungarian national team, currently playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with SDE Hockey.

Lotti Odnoga
Born (1999-01-19) 19 January 1999 (age 25)
Győr, Hungary
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 71 kg (157 lb; 11 st 3 lb)
Position Defense
Shoots Left
SDHL team
Former teams
SDE Hockey
National team  Hungary
Playing career 2013–present

Playing career

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Odnoga developed in the minor ice hockey department of Győri ETO HC in her home city of Győr in northwestern Hungary. She played on boys’ teams with Győri ETO HC throughout her childhood.[1] At age 14, she began to also play with the KMH Budapest senior women's team in the Elite Women's Hockey League (EWHL), making her debut in the 2013–14 season. Odnoga continued to split her time between the Győri ETO HC junior men's teams and KMH Budapest during the 2014–15 season, appearing in fifteen games with KMH and recording 10 points on 4 goals and 6 assists.

The 2015–16 season saw Odnoga relocate to the United States to attend Vermont Academy, a private boarding school in Saxtons River, Vermont. She became interested in attending the school after speaking with the Vermont Academy ice hockey coach at an international ice hockey camp in Lake Placid, New York during the summer of 2015, however, playing ice hockey and studying in the United States had long been a dream of hers.[1] At Vermont Academy, she was a three-sport athlete, participating in association football, ice hockey, and tennis, and a ten-time letter winner.[2] In her senior year, Odnoga served as captain of the tennis team and earned Division II All-NEPSAC First Team ice hockey honours and was named to the NEPSAC Class D Ice Hockey Tournament All-Star Team.[3][4]

As high school graduation approached, Odnoga received scholarship offers to play NCAA Division I ice hockey at a number of schools, including Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), the University of Vermont, and Boston University, among others,[5] but ultimately committed to Dartmouth College due to its small size, Ivy League reputation, and her familiarity with and affinity for the area – Dartmouth campus is less than 50 miles (80 km) from Vermont Academy.[6]

In her rookie season with the Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey program, she ranked fourth on the team in points, with 12 points in 29 games, and led the team in assists, with 10. She also led the team in penalty minutes, with 42 PIM – twelve more minutes than her second ranked teammate. Odnoga continued to be a leading defenseman for the Big Green in her sophomore season, again ranking fourth for points, with 11 points in 29 games, and tying with forward Gabby Billing for most assists, with 9.[7] Her performance in the 2019–20 season merited selection to the All-Ivy Honorable Mention team, making Odnoga the only Dartmouth Big Green player to earn All-Ivy lauds that season.[8]

She concluded her collegiate career with the St. Thomas Tommies women's ice hockey program in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) conference during the 2022–23 season.

Personal life

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Odnoga’s older brother, Mátyás, is a professional ice hockey player and has played with several Hungarian clubs in the Erste Liga.[9]

She studied at Révai Miklós Gimnázium in Győr before moving to the United States to complete her secondary education and credits the school with providing a solid foundation in the English language.[1]

As a child, Odnoga competed in equestrian sports at the national and regional levels, participating primarily in dressage and show jumping events.[3][10][11]

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2013-14 KMH Budapest EWHL 12 0 1 1 10
2014-15 KMH Budapest EWHL 15 4 6 10 26
2018-19 Dartmouth Big Green NCAA 29 2 10 12 42
2019-20 Dartmouth Big Green NCAA 28 2 9 11 24
2020-21 Dartmouth Big Green NCAA 0 0 0 0 0
2020-21 MAC Budapest EWHL 6 1 3 4 2 2 0 1 1 0
2021-22 Dartmouth Big Green NCAA 23 2 3 5 17
2022-23 St. Thomas Tommies NCAA 34 2 3 5 12
EWHL totals 33 5 10 15 38 2 0 1 1 0

Sources: USCHO[12]

International

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Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
2014 Hungary U18 WW18 8th 5 0 0 0 4
2015 Hungary U18 WW18 D1 13th 5 1 2 3 4
2015 Hungary WW D1B 18th 5 0 0 0 6
2016 Hungary U18 WW18 D1 13th 5 0 1 1 2
2016 Hungary WW D1B 15th 5 0 0 0 0
2017 Hungary U18 WW18 D1A 12th 5 2 0 2 14
2017 Hungary WW D1A 13th 5 0 0 0 16
2018 Hungary WW D1A 11th 5 0 0 0 2
2019 Hungary WW D1A 9th 5 0 3 3 2
2021 Hungary WW 9th 4 0 1 1 4
2022 Hungary WW 8th 6 0 0 0 2
2023 Hungary WW 9th 4 0 1 1 4
Junior totals 20 3 3 6 24
Senior totals 39 0 5 5 36

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Gábor, Szabó (16 December 2015). "Jégkorong - Nagy álma vált valóra Odnoga Lottinak". Kisalföld (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  2. ^ "2021-22 Women's Hockey Roster: 21 Lotti Odnoga". Dartmouth College Athletics. Archived from the original on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b Staffieri, Mark (1 October 2019). "IIHF: Lotti Odnoga | Team Hungary". Women's Hockey Life. Archived from the original on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  4. ^ "NEPSGIHA 2017-2018 All-NEPSAC Teams" (PDF). New England Preparatory School Athletic Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Odnoga Commits to Dartmouth". Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation. 31 January 2018. Archived from the original on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Girls' Ice Hockey Defenseman Lotti Odnoga '18 Commits to Dartmouth". Vermont Academy. 29 January 2018. Archived from the original on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Odnoga Lotti: Jövőre még erősebbek leszünk". Jégkorongblog (in Hungarian). 8 April 2020. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  8. ^ Brackett, Charlotte (27 February 2020). "Odnoga Named to All-Ivy Honorable Mention Team". Dartmouth College Athletics. Archived from the original on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Player Profile – Mátyás Odnoga". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  10. ^ Sipos, Viola (24 May 2010). "I. Abdai Pünkösdi Gyermek Ügyességi Versenyről - beszámoló, eredmények" (in Hungarian). Zsejkepusztai Lovas Egylet [Equestrian Association of Zsejkepuszta]. Archived from the original on 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  11. ^ "Korábbi Gyermek Ügyességi lovas verseny Abdán". Lovasok.hu (in Hungarian). 18 September 2010. Archived from the original on 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Lotti Odnoga: Career Statistics". US College Hockey Online. Archived from the original on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  13. ^ "A 2016-os Héraklész Gála díjazott utánpótláskorú sportolói (a 2015-ös eredmények alapján)" (PDF). Hungarian Olympic Committee (in Hungarian). February 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Women's Ice Hockey Sweeps Ivy League Major Awards, Five Named All-Ivy". Cornell Big Red. 26 February 2020. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  15. ^ "Jégkorong - átadták a legjobbaknak járó díjakat a szövetség közgyűlésén". Székesfehérvár (Press release) (in Hungarian). 1 June 2022. Archived from the original on 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
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