Hilary Knight

Hilary Atwood Knight (born July 12, 1989) is an American ice hockey forward with PWHL Boston and the United States women's national team.

She previously played for the Les Canadiennes de Montréal of the CWHL and the Boston Pride of the NWHL, with whom she won the inaugural Isobel Cup.

Knight played high school hockey for Choate Rosemary Hall and college hockey at Wisconsin.

In her first year at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Knight helped the team place second in the NCAA championships.

The following year she led her team in points as the Badgers went on to win the National Championship.

In her freshman season (2007–2008), Knight ranked second on the team in goals (20) and tied for fifth on the team in assists (18).

Her points total of 38 was third overall in team scoring.

She ranked seventh in the nation in points per game for rookies and game-winning goals.

During the season, Knight had 12 multi-point games (ranked third).

For the season, Knight led the team in game-winning goals with six.

On February 2, Knight recorded a hat trick against WCHA rival North Dakota.

As a sophomore, Knight appeared in 39 games for the Badgers.

Knight led the NCAA in goal scoring (45) and points (83).

Her 16 power-play goals ranked first in the NCAA.

Based on her statistical accomplishments, Knight became the new Badgers record-holder for points, goals, and power-play goals in one season.

She recorded 24 multi-point games, 13 multi-goal games, and 11 multi-assist games.

On September 27, 2008, versus the Quinnipiac Bobcats, Knight had a career-high (and school record) five goals in one game.

In the process, she recorded her first natural hat trick.

Versus WCHA rival North Dakota (on November 16), Knight got her second hat trick of the season.

During the Frozen Four, Knight led the team in scoring with six points (three goals and three assists).

From September 26 to October 31, Knight had a nine-game point-scoring streak.

She would end the season with a six-game point streak.

On October 2, 2010, Knight had a five-point game in a 6–0 victory over RPI.

She had a natural hat trick to start the game and then had two assists.

On January 14 and 16, 2011, Knight produced eight scoring points while leading the Badgers to a two-game sweep of St. Cloud State.

Knight accumulated five points on three goals and two assists in the January 14, 10–0 win.

On February 5, 2011, Knight scored her 36th goal of the year at 2:46 in the overtime period as Wisconsin defeated the Bemidji State Beavers by a 3–2 mark at the Sanford Center.

Bemidji State goalie Alana McElhinney made 43 saves on the night, including 24 in the second period.

On September 25, 2011, Knight scored her fifth career hat trick in a 13–0 defeat of the Lindenwood Lady Lions ice hockey program.

On the 16th, she had two more goals and one assist for three points as the Badgers won 6–0.

Of her five goals, two were scored on the power play, and one of the goals on January 14 was the game-winner.

With the sweep, the Badgers increased their winning streak to 10 straight games.

Knight was the top goal scorer in Div.

1 women's hockey this season with 31.

With the US national team, she has won nine gold medals at the IIHF World Women's Championship and the gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Knight was the inaugural recipient of the IIHF Female Player of the Year award in 2023.

Knight was born in Palo Alto, California but grew up in Lake Forest, Illinois, and Hanover, New Hampshire.

After moving to Illinois her mother enrolled Knight and her three younger brothers in hockey.

She grew up in a skiing family.

Her cousin is three-time Olympic alpine skier Chip Knight.