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2022-23 Women's Ice Hockey Roster

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11 Alina Mueller

  • Position
    Forward
  • Height
    5-5
  • Class
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown
    Winterthur, Switzerland

Biography

AWARDS & HONORS:
• Two-time Patty Kazmaier Top-3 Finalist (2020, 2023)
• Five-time Patty Kazmaier Top-10 Finalist (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• CCM/AHCA First Team All-American (2019-20, 2020-21, 2022-23), Second Team All-American (2018-19, 2021-22)
• All-USCHO First Team (2019-20, 2022-23), Second Team (2018-19, 2021-22)
• Hockey East First Team All-Star (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2022-23)
• Hockey East Second Team All-Star (2021-22)
• Hockey East Scoring Champion (2019-20, 2020-21, 2022-23)
• NCAA All-Tournament Team (2021)
• AHCA/Krampade Academic All-Star (2021-22, 2022-23)
• New England Hockey Writers Association Division I All-Star (2019-20, 2022-23)
• New England Hockey Writers Association Division I MVP (2019-20, 2022-23)
• Three-time Hockey East Player of the Year (2019-20, 2020-21, 2022-23)
• Hockey East Tournament MVP (2020, 2022, 2023)
• Hockey East All-Tournament Team (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• Pro Ambitions Rookie of the Year in Hockey East (2018-19)
• Hockey East All-Rookie Team (2018-19)
• Hockey East All-Academic Team (2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2022-23)
• Registered 22-game point streak (Oct. 6 - Jan.19), the longest in the NCAA during the 2018-19 season
• Second rookie in Northeastern history with 50+ points in a season (2018-19)
• Owns the Northeastern program record for points (254), assists (156) and game-winning goals (28)
• Hockey East Career Points Leader (175)
• Owns Hockey East Tournament scoring record with 33 points
• Northeastern was 116-7-7 when Mueller recorded a point

2022-23:
  • Posted 27 goals, 33 assists and 60 points in 38 games played
  • Northeastern was 30-0-0 when Mueller recorded a point
  • Her 60 points marked the fourth-best mark in the nation and her nine-game winning goals tied to lead the NCAA
  • Recorded her first NCAA hat trick against LIU (Oct. 1)
  • Tallied the game-winning goal against Cornell to secure Northeastern's Smashville Showcase victory (Nov. 26)
  • Earned Hockey East Tournament MVP honors after posting eight points in three games

2021-22:
  • Posted 11 goals and 28 assists for 39 points in 21 games played
  • Led the nation averaging 1.86 points per game
  • Set the program record for career assists with 119 against Merrimack (Feb. 26)
  • Scored the game-winning goal in the Hockey East Championship game against UConn (Mar. 5)
  • Earned Hockey East Tournament MVP honors after posting seven assists and two goals over three games
2020-21:
  • Tallied first goal of the season in 4-1 win over Boston College (12/11)
  • Had an assist in 3-1 win over Maine (1/3)
  • Notched a goal and assist against UNH (1/9)
  • Tallied two goals and three assist in home-and-home against Providence College (1/22-1/23)
  • Had a goal and assist against UConn (1/26)
  • Had two helpers in 6-0 win over Merrimack (1/30)
  • Notched one goal and eight assists in home-and-home against Holy Cross (2/5-2/6)
  • Had one goal and three assists in home-and-home against UNH (2/13-2/14)
  • Tallied a goal in 4-1 win over Vermont (2/20)
  • Recorded two points (1-1-2) in the Hockey East Quarterfinal vs. UNH (2/28)
  • Recorded two points (1-1-2) in the Hockey East Semifinal vs. UConn (3/3)
  • Scored a goal and assist in the NCAA Quarterfinal matchup vs. Robert Morris (3/15)
  • Assisted on Chloe Aurard's goal in the NCAA Championship game vs Wisconsin (3/20)
2019-20: 
  • Led all Hockey East players with 27 goals, 39 assists and 66 points
  • Top-3 Patty Kazmaier Finalist and First-Team All-American
  • The Huskies posted a 23-0-0 record when Mueller recorded a goal in a game
  • Posted 10 game-winning goals, a single-season record at Northeastern and tied for first in the country
  • Scored the first goal of the season and four points in the season-opening victory over Union (Oct. 4)
  • Notched a career-high five points at Vermont in the 10-2 victory (Jan. 25)
  • Recorded her 100th career point in the 3-2 OT victory against UConn (Jan. 31) off an assist on the game-winner that clinched the regular season title for the Huskies, Mueller is the second fastest Northeastern player in the Hockey East era (2002) to reach 100 career points, behind only Kendall Coyne
  • Assisted the game-winning goal against Harvard in the first round of the Beanpot (Feb. 4)
  • Recorded two points and the game-winning goal in the 3-1 victory over Maine in the Hockey East semifinals (March 7)
  • Posted four points (1-3-4) in the 9-1 victory over UConn in the Hockey East title game and was named to the All-Tournament Team and Tournament MVP, while helping the Huskies to their third-straight title.

2018-19: 
  • Scored her first collegiate goal and added an assist in a 3-3 tie at Boston University on Oct. 6
  • Scored the game-winning goal and added two assists in a 4-1 win at Vermont on Oct. 30
  • Led all NCAA rookies with 11 points in nine October games
  • Notched the game-winning shorthanded goal in a 3-0 victory at UNH on Nov. 9
  • Chipped in a game-winning goal and two assists in a two-game set against No. 5 Clarkson in the Friendship Series in Belfast, Northern Ireland on Jan. 5-6
  • Notched the game-winning goal and added two assists in a 5-2 win over UConn on Jan. 18
  • Assisted Kasidy Anderson's goal against UConn on Jan. 19 to extend her NCAA-leading point streak to 22 straight games
  • Added a goal and an assist in the first round of her first career Beanpot game on Feb. 5
  • Amassed two goals and two assists on the way to her first collegiate four-point game against Merrimack on Feb. 23
  • Scored in both the semifinals and finals of the WHEA Championship, helping the Huskies win the title for the second-straight year and being named to the All-Tournament Team on Mar. 9-10.

Before NU: Comes to Northeastern from the Zurich Lions and the Swiss National Team...a two-time Olympian (2014, 2018) and three-time Women's World Championship participant...helped Switzerland capture the bronze medal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics and became the youngest player in Olympic history to win a medal at the competition...led the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic tournament in scoring with 10 points in six games...named the 'Best Forward' of the competition, while also landing on the Olympic women's hockey All-Star Team...named the MVP of the Swiss Women's Hockey League A in 2017-18, while helping the Zurich Lions to the league title.

Personal: Alina Mueller...daughter of Roland and Christina Mueller...brother, Mirco, played six seasons in the NHL for the San Jose Sharks (2014-17) and New Jersey Devils (2017-20), and most recently signed with Leksands IF to play professionally in Swedish Hockey League on Feb. 1, 2021 ... enjoys wakeboarding and sports in general ... will graduate Northeastern with a behavioral neuroscience major and a minor in exercise science. 
 
CAREER STATISTICS
Season Games Goals Assists Points Shots Shot % Pen-Min +/- PPG SHG GWG
2018-19 37 21 30 51 131 .160 17-34 +34 2 1 5
2019-20 38 27 39 66 207 .130 6-12 +48 4 3 10
2020-21 25 12 26 38 124 .097 5-10 +31 1 0 2
2021-22 21 11 28 39 92 .120 1-2 +26 4 1 2
2022-23 38 27 33 60 144 .188 6-12 +45 4 1 9
TOTAL 159 98 156 254 698 .140 35-70 +184 15 6 28
 
HOCKEY EAST STATISTICS
Season Games Goals Assists Points Shots Shot % Pen-Min +/- PPG SHG GWG
2018-19 27 17 23 40 103 .165 13-26 +25 2 1 4
2019-20 27 20 24 44 143 .140 3-6 +36 2 3 7
2020-21 19 9 22 31 90 .100 3-6 +28 1 0 2
2021-22 12 7 14 21 52 .135 1-2 +15 2 1 1
2022-23 27 15 25 40 88 .170 5-10 +32 3 0 6
TOTAL 112 68 108 176 476 .143 25-50 +136 10 5 20
 
CAREER GAME HIGHS Number Most Recent
Goals 3 (3x) Feb. 25, 2023 vs. Merrimack 
Assists 4 (3x) Feb. 6, 2021 vs. Holy Cross
Points 5 (3x) Feb. 25, 2023 vs. Merrimack 
Point Streak 22 games Oct. 6, 2018 - Jan. 19, 2019 (14-21-35)

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2018-19Freshman

    Forward
    5'5"
    11
  • 11

    2019-20Sophomore

    Forward
    5'5"
    11
  • 11

    2020-21Junior

    Forward
    5'5"
    11
  • 11

    2021-22Senior

    Forward
    5'5"
    11
  • 11

    2022-23Graduate Student

    Forward
    5'5"
    11