{{short description|American ice hockey forward (born 1992)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | name = Emily Fluke | image = Emily_Fluke.jpg | caption = Emily Fluke in the Isobel Playoffs 3-8-2020 | image_size = 230px | alt = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|9|3|mf=y}} | birth_place = Bourne, Massachusetts, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 5 | weight_lb = | position = Forward | shoots = Right | league = PHF | team = Connecticut Whale | former_teams= Toronto Six<br>Boston Pride<br>Middlebury Panthers | sex = f | ntl_team = | career_start = 2011 | career_end = }} '''Emily Fluke''' (born September 3, 1992) is an American ice hockey forward, currently playing for the Connecticut Whale of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF). A two-time PHF All-Star, she formerly served as captain of the Connecticut Whale and is currently the 9th leading scorer in league history.
==Career== Across 109 NCAA Division III games with Middlebury Panthers, Fluke scored 115 points. She led the entire New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) in scoring in her senior year, being named NESCAC Player of the Year and New England Hockey Writers Association's Division II-III Women's Player of the Year.
After graduating, she took a year off hockey.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rice|first=Dan|date=2017-11-16|title=Connecticut Whale: Q&A with Emily Fluke|url=https://thehockeywriters.com/connecticut-whale-qa-with-emily-fluke/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923225655/https://thehockeywriters.com/connecticut-whale-qa-with-emily-fluke/|archive-date=September 23, 2020|access-date=2020-09-29|website=The Hockey Writers|language=en-US}}</ref> She returned to the ice in 2017 to sign her first professional contract with the Connecticut Whale of the PHF.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2018-08-27|title=Whale Star Emily Fluke Finds Inspiration in Memorable WNBA Event|url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/whale-star-emily-fluke-finds-inspiration-in-memorable-wnba-event/n-5394589|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813200657/https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/whale-star-emily-fluke-finds-inspiration-in-memorable-wnba-event/n-5394589|archive-date=August 13, 2022|access-date=2020-09-29|website=OurSports Central|language=en|type=Press Release}}</ref> In her rookie PHF season, she scored 11 points in 16 games, leading her team in goals, assists, and points, and was one of only two players on the team to finish with a positive plus/minus rating.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Oliver|first=Nathaniel|date=2019-10-09|title=Boston Pride Even Stronger With Emily Fluke Signing|url=https://thehockeywriters.com/boston-pride-add-emily-fluke/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028183207/https://thehockeywriters.com/boston-pride-add-emily-fluke/|archive-date=October 28, 2020|access-date=2020-09-28|website=The Hockey Writers}}</ref> Her first career PHF goal came in her hometown, a game-winning goal against the Boston Pride in her second game of the season. She would be named team captain for the Whale for the 2018–19 season. That season, her second in the league, she scored 11 points in 16 games, leading the team in assists, and was named to the NWHL All-Star Game for the second year in a row.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bryant|first=Casey|date=2020-09-21|title=All-Time Starting Lineup: Connecticut Whale|url=https://www.theicegarden.com/2020/9/21/21425526/all-time-starting-lineup-connecticut-whale|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201004191656/https://www.theicegarden.com/2020/9/21/21425526/all-time-starting-lineup-connecticut-whale|archive-date=October 4, 2020|access-date=2020-09-28|website=The Ice Garden}}</ref>
After two years with the Whale, she signed with the Boston Pride ahead of the 2019–20 season.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Murphy|first=Mike|date=2019-10-11|title=What Emily Fluke brings to the Pride|url=https://www.theicegarden.com/2019/10/11/20908977/what-emily-fluke-brings-to-the-boston-pride-nwhl-womens-hockey|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024163405/https://www.theicegarden.com/2019/10/11/20908977/what-emily-fluke-brings-to-the-boston-pride-nwhl-womens-hockey|archive-date=October 24, 2021|access-date=2020-09-28|website=The Ice Garden}}</ref> In her first season with the Pride, she scored 27 points in 23 games, more than doubling her total career points, as the team finished in first place during the regular season.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ingemi|first=Marisa|date=2019-10-11|title=Women's hockey notebook: New Pride signing no Fluke|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/10/11/womens-hockey-notebook-new-pride-signing-no-fluke/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021224249/https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/10/11/womens-hockey-notebook-new-pride-signing-no-fluke/|archive-date=October 21, 2019|access-date=2020-09-28|website=Boston Herald}}</ref>
In December 2020, she announced that she had signed with the expansion Toronto Six for the 2020–21 NWHL season, only the fourth player with previous PHF experience to sign with the Six.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rice|first=Dan|date=2020-12-14|title=Toronto Six: Scoring Depth, Leadership Gained with Signing of Emily Fluke|url=https://thehockeywriters.com/toronto-six-signing-emily-fluke/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201214184446/https://thehockeywriters.com/toronto-six-signing-emily-fluke/|archive-date=December 14, 2020|access-date=2021-01-07|website=The Hockey Writers|language=en-US}}</ref> She returned to the Whale for the 2021–22 season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moed |first=Alexis |date=October 28, 2021 |title=Fan favorite Emily Fluke returns to Whale |url=http://whale.premierhockeyfederation.com/news/fan-favorite-emily-fluke-returns-to-whale |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=whale.premierhockeyfederation.com |archive-date=October 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030151321/https://whale.premierhockeyfederation.com/news/fan-favorite-emily-fluke-returns-to-whale |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Career statistics== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="101" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="101" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team !! League !! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM !! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 2017–18 ||Connecticut Whale || PHF | 16 || 4 || 7 || 11 || 20 | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |-bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2018–19 || Connecticut Whale || PHF | 16 || 3 || 8 || 11 || 4 | 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 |- | 2019–20 ||Boston Pride || PHF | 23 || 9 || 18 || 27 || 16 | 1 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2 |-bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |2020–21 |Toronto Six |PHF |6 |1 |1 |2 |4 |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |- |2021–22 |Connecticut Whale |PHF |19 |5 |8 |13 |0 |2 |0 |0 |0 |0 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | PHF totals ! 80 !! 22 !! 42 !! 64 !! 44 ! 6 !! 2 !! 1 !! 3 !! 2 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{icehockeystats}} * {{Twitter|FlukeEmily}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fluke, Emily}} Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century American sportswomen Category:American women's ice hockey forwards Category:Boston Pride players Category:Connecticut Whale (PHF) players Category:Ice hockey players from Massachusetts Category:Middlebury Panthers athletes Category:Middlebury Panthers women's ice hockey Category:People from Bourne, Massachusetts Category:Sportspeople from Barnstable County, Massachusetts Category:Toronto Six players