Jessica Koizumi
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April 15, 1985 Honolulu, HI, USA |
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| Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 143 lb (65 kg; 10 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Shoots | Left | ||||||||||||||||||||
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NWHL team Former teams |
Connecticut Whale Montreal Stars Boston Blades |
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| National team |
 United States
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| Playing career | 2003–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Jessica Koizumi (born April 15, 1985) was a former member of the United States national women's ice hockey team. Koizumi also competed for the Minnesota Whitecaps of the WWHL and for the Montreal Stars and the Boston Blades of the CWHL, capturing the Clarkson Cup in 2013 and 2015. Of note, she would score the first goal in the history of the NWHL, as the Connecticut Whale prevailed by a 4-1 tally against the New York Riveters. She was born in Honolulu, Hawaii but was raised in Simi Valley, California.
Koizumi, who earned a gold medal as a member of the U.S. Women’s National Team at the 2008 IIHF World Women’s Championship, joined the Yale women’s ice hockey staff as an assistant coach for the 2010–11 season. Koizumi played for the University of Minnesota-Duluth while Yale’s head coach Joakim Flygh was an assistant there, and she captained UMD to the NCAA Frozen Four championship game in 2007.
In addition to her gold medal at the 2008 IIHF Women’s World Championship in China, Koizumi also was part of the U.S. team’s second-place finish at the 2007 Four Nations Cup. She was on the U.S. Women’s Select Team in 2008–09 while getting her master's degree in education from Minnesota-Duluth. She also played for the U.S. Under-22 Select Team in the series with Canada in 2004 and 2006.
Prior to joining the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs, she participated for Cal Selects Hockey Club from 1999–2003, and was recognized as the Cal Selects Player of the Year for 2002–03. Koizumi competed for the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs and finished her career ranked seventh all-time on the Bulldogs scoring list. She accumulated 155 points (84 goals, 71 assists). In 2006–07, she led the Bulldogs with six game-winning goals. Koizumi was also a two sport star, as she also participated in softball with the Bulldogs.
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