Lenka Serdar
Lenka Serdar | |||
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Born |
Lexington, Massachusetts, US | 21 July 1997||
Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb) | ||
Position | Forward | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
PHF team Former teams | |||
National team | Czech Republic | ||
Playing career | 2015–present |
Lenka Slezak Serdar (born 21 July 1997) is a Czech-American ice hockey player and member of the Czech national team, currently signed with the Connecticut Whale of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) for the 2022–23 season.
Serdar represented the Czech Republic at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship and in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[1][2]
Playing career
Serdar grew up playing ice hockey in and around her home town of
NCAA
Her
Europe
To continue playing ice hockey after college, Serdar relocated to Europe in 2019. She signed with ECDC Memmingen of the German Women's Ice Hockey Bundesliga (DFEL) for the 2019–20 season and led the team in scoring with 26 goals and 49 points in 21 regular season games. In the 2019–20 regular season of the EWHL Supercup, she led all ECDC Memmingen players with six goals and 10 points in 8 games; however, the team withdrew from the Final 4 Tournament and did not contend for the Supercup, being replaced by the fifth-ranked EHV Sabres.[7]
Serdar signed with HC Příbram of the Czech Women’s Hockey Extraliga for the 2020–21 season. The season was significantly delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic; ultimately, HC Příbram could play only four regular season games. Serdar was explosive in the limited season, leading the league in goals (9), assists (9), and points (18).
When the Extraliga playoffs were cancelled, she sought other opportunities to play and opted to sign with TPS Naiset of the Finnish Naisten Liiga through the end of the 2020–21 season and playoffs. Despite playing in five regular season games, she ranked 20th in the league for scoring, notching three goals and 6 points.[8] In the playoff quarterfinals, sixth-seed TPS faced third-seed HIFK Naiset in a best-of-three series. TPS tallied only two goals in the series, and Serdar played a part in both, assisting on captain Elina Heikkinen’s goal and potting an empty net goal of her own in the second game.
Ahead of the
International play
As a junior player, Serdar was invited to and attended several under-18 development camps hosted by USA Hockey.[10]
She first played with the Czech national team after moving to Germany in 2019, appearing in international friendlies during the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons. Her major tournament debut was the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship, and she has stated her desire to qualify for and play in the Olympic Games with the Czech national team.[11]
Personal life
Serdar is a
She attended
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2013–14 | NAHA White | JWHL | 30 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
2014–15 | NAHA White | JWHL | 28 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 27 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
2015–16 | Cornell Big Red | NCAA
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31 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
2016–17 | Cornell Big Red | NCAA | 34 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
2017–18 | Cornell Big Red | NCAA | 33 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
2018–19 | Cornell Big Red | NCAA | 36 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
2019–20 | ECDC Memmingen | DFEL | 21 | 26 | 23 | 49 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||
2020–21 | HC Příbram | Extraliga žen | 4 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
2020–21 | TPS | Naisten Liiga | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
2021–22 | Linköping HC
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SDHL | 35 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | ||
NCAA totals | 134 | 21 | 42 | 63 | 70 | – | – | – | – | – |
Sources: Elite Prospects,[13] JWHL,[14] USCHO[15]
International
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2021 | Czech Republic | WW | 7th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
2022 | Czech Republic | OG | 7th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Totals | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Source: IIHF[16]
References
- ^ "Ženská reprezentace zná nominaci na MS v Calgary". Czech Ice Hockey Association (in Czech). 9 August 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- IIHF. 17 April 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ a b "2018-19 Women's Ice Hockey Roster: #17 Lenka Serdar". Cornell University Athletics. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ "2014-2015 JWHL All Star Game" (PDF). Junior Women's Hockey League (Press release). Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ Pave, Marvin (9 December 2016). "Lexington's Lenka Serdar a central force for Cornell hockey". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ "Women's Ice Hockey All-Ivy, Postseason Awards Announced". Ivy League. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ Sinzenich, Tim (29 November 2019). "Supercup Final Four in Budapest". Frauen-Eishockey.com. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ "2020–21 Naisten Liiga, alkusarja – Pistepörssi". tilastopalvelu.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Ice Hockey Association. 29 November 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ Bodin, Uffe (7 May 2021). "Tjeckisk landslagstjej klar för Linköping". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ "Girls Select U18: Day Three Recap". USA Hockey. 15 July 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ a b Voltr, Martin (29 January 2021). "Lenka Serdar, posila nároďáku: Jsem Češka a jsem na to moc hrdá". Hokej.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ Podnieks, Andrew (22 August 2021). "Welcome to the (WW) Show!". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ "Lenka Serdar Player Statistics, Regular Season + Postseason". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ "North American Hockey Academy (Wellesley MA) – 2013-14 Regular Season Roster – #47 Lenka Serdar (F)". Junior Women's Hockey League. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ "Lenka Serdar: Career Statistics". US College Hockey Online. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Player Statistics by Team: CZE – Czech Republic". International Ice Hockey Federation. 29 August 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- Lenka Serdar at Olympedia