Denna Laing
| Denna Laing | |||
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| Born |
May 12, 1991 Marblehead, Massachusetts |
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| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Weight | 154 lb (70 kg; 11 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
NWHL Boston Pride CWHL Boston Blades NCAA (Div 1) Princeton University |
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| Playing career | 2010–2015 | ||
Denna Christine Laing (born May 12, 1991) is a retired American-born women’s ice hockey player who was with the Boston Pride of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) until her career ending injury. At the collegiate level, she accumulated 77 points while competing for the Princeton Tigers women's ice hockey program from 2010-14. She was also the captain her junior and senior year.
Selected in the 8th round of the 2014 CWHL Draft, Laing played for the Boston Blades during the 2014-15 season, accumulating two points in 18 games played. She competed in all postseason games and helped the Blades capture the 2015 Clarkson Cup.
Laing participated in the 2015 Women's Winter Classic, the first outdoor professional women’s hockey game. During the first period, Laing went into the boards head first. Removed from the ice on a stretcher, she was taken to the hospital. On January 8, 2016, Laing's family announced that she had suffered a severe spinal cord injury and that she had limited movement of her arms and no feeling in her legs.
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