Janine Weber
Janine Weber (born 19 June 1991) is an Austrian professional ice hockey player. Weber currently is a member of the Connecticut Whale of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF). She previously played for the Boston Pride, the New York Riveters and the Canadian Women's Hockey League's Boston Blades. With the Blades, Weber scored the goal game-winning goal of the 2015 Clarkson Cup. In addition to her American hockey experience, she is also a member of the Austria women's national ice hockey team. Playing career. She made her international debut with the Austria women's national  under-18 ice hockey team at the 2008 U18 Women's Worlds. At the 2013 IIHF Division I Group A Women's World Championships, Weber finished the tournament as the scoring champion. EWHL. A former member of the Vienna Sabres in the Elite Women's Hockey League (EWHL), Weber accumulated 182 points in 81 career games. NCAA. Pursuing graduate studies in education, Weber enrolled at Providence College. Eligible to skate one season with the Providence Friars program, she suited up for the program during their 2013–14 season. Making her NCAA debut on 4 October 2013 against Union College, Weber also logged  her first NCAA point. Of note, Weber would log the game-winning goal for Providence in the 19th Annual Mayors Cup, a yearly hockey match that takes place between the two Providence-based NCAA programs, Providence College and the Brown Bears. CWHL. Selected by the Boston Blades in the 2014 CWHL Draft, Weber made her CWHL debut on 15 November 2014, logging her first career goal in a 6–2 win against the Toronto Furies. Most of the season was spent skating on the third line with fellow rookies Corinne Buie (who played with Weber at Providence) and Jordan Smelker. Scoring  the Clarkson Cup-winning goal in 2015, Weber became the first European player to accomplish the feat. Weber's stick that she used to score the Cup-winning goal was donated to the Hockey Hall of Fame. In addition, Weber is only the second European player to win the Clarkson Cup, following Katka Mrazova who won said Cup with the Blades in 2013. NWHL. In the spring of 2015, Weber attended the training camp of the Connecticut Whale, part of the National Women's Hockey League. Eventually, she would sign with the New York Riveters, making her not only the  first player in franchise history to sign with the club, but the first player in the history of the NWHL to be signed to a contract. Weber would appear in the 1st NWHL All-Star Game, becoming the first European to compete in the All-Star Game. She would score a goal in a 4-0 win on 20 November 2016, against the Connecticut Whale, which was the first shutout in Riveters history. After two years with the Riveters, Weber signed with the Boston Pride for the 2017–18 season as a free agent. In January 2020, Weber signed with the  Connecticut Whale.