Lotti Odnoga Explained

Birth Date:19 January 1999
Birth Place:Győr, Hungary
Height M:1.75
Weight Kg:71
Position:Defense
Shoots:Left
League:SDHL
Team:SDE Hockey
Sex:f
Ntl Team:HUN
Career Start:2013

Lotti Odnoga (born 19 January 1999) is a Hungarian ice hockey defenseman and member of the Hungarian national team, playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with SDE Hockey.

Playing career

Odnoga developed in the minor ice hockey department of Győri ETO HC in her home city of Győr in northwestern Hungary. She played on boys’ teams with Győri ETO HC throughout her childhood.[1] At age 14, she began to also play with the KMH Budapest senior women's team in the Elite Women's Hockey League (EWHL), making her debut in the 2013–14 season. Odnoga continued to split her time between the Győri ETO HC junior men's teams and KMH Budapest during the 2014–15 season, appearing in fifteen games with KMH and recording 10 points on 4 goals and 6 assists.

The 2015–16 season saw Odnoga relocate to the United States to attend Vermont Academy, a private boarding school in Saxtons River, Vermont. She became interested in attending the school after speaking with the Vermont Academy ice hockey coach at an international ice hockey camp in Lake Placid, New York during the summer of 2015, however, playing ice hockey and studying in the United States had long been a dream of hers. At Vermont Academy, she was a three-sport athlete, participating in association football, ice hockey, and tennis, and a ten-time letter winner.[2] In her senior year, Odnoga served as captain of the tennis team and earned Division II All-NEPSAC First Team ice hockey honours and was named to the NEPSAC Class D Ice Hockey Tournament All-Star Team.[3] [4]

As high school graduation approached, Odnoga received scholarship offers to play NCAA Division I ice hockey at a number of schools, including Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), the University of Vermont, and Boston University, among others,[5] but ultimately committed to Dartmouth College due to its small size, Ivy League reputation, and her familiarity with and affinity for the area – Dartmouth campus is less than 50miles from Vermont Academy.[6]

In her rookie season with the Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey program, she ranked fourth on the team in points, with 12 points in 29 games, and led the team in assists, with 10. She also led the team in penalty minutes, with 42 PIM – twelve more minutes than her second ranked teammate. Odnoga continued to be a leading defenseman for the Big Green in her sophomore season, again ranking fourth for points, with 11 points in 29 games, and tying with forward Gabby Billing for most assists, with 9.[7] Her performance in the 2019–20 season merited selection to the All-Ivy Honorable Mention team, making Odnoga the only Dartmouth Big Green player to earn All-Ivy lauds that season.[8]

She concluded her collegiate career with the St. Thomas Tommies women's ice hockey program in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) conference during the 2022–23 season.

Personal life

Odnoga’s older brother, Mátyás, is a professional ice hockey player and has played with several Hungarian clubs in the Erste Liga.[9]

She studied at Révai Miklós Gimnázium in Győr before moving to the United States to complete her secondary education and credits the school with providing a solid foundation in the English language.

As a child, Odnoga competed in equestrian sports at the national and regional levels, participating primarily in dressage and show jumping events.[10] [11]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

  Regular season Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
2013-14KMH BudapestEWHL1201110
2014-15KMH BudapestEWHL15461026
2018-19Dartmouth Big GreenNCAA292101242
2019-20Dartmouth Big GreenNCAA28291124
2020-21Dartmouth Big GreenNCAA00000
2020-21MAC BudapestEWHL6134220110
2021-22Dartmouth Big GreenNCAA2323517
NCAA34 2 3 5 12
EWHL totals33510153820110
Sources: USCHO[12]

International

YearTeamEventResult GPGAPtsPIM
2014Hungary U18WW188th50004
2015Hungary U18WW18 13th51234
2015Hungary18th50006
2016Hungary U18WW18 D113th50112
2016HungaryWW D1B15th50000
2017Hungary U18WW18 12th520214
2017HungaryWW D1A13th500016
2018HungaryWW D1A11th50002
2019HungaryWW D1A9th50332
2021Hungary WW 9th4 0 1 1 4
2022Hungary WW 8th6 0 0 0 2
Hungary WW 9th4 0 1 1 4
Junior totals2033624
Senior totals3905536

Awards and honors

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gábor. Szabó. 2015-12-16. Jégkorong - Nagy álma vált valóra Odnoga Lottinak. live. 2021-07-14. Kisalföld. hu. 14 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210714164630/https://www.kisalfold.hu/sport/helyi-sport/jegkorong-nagy-alma-valt-valora-odnoga-lottinak-4765822/.
  2. Web site: 2021-22 Women's Hockey Roster: 21 Lotti Odnoga. live. 2021-07-14. Dartmouth College Athletics. en. 14 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210714164633/https://dartmouthsports.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/lotti-odnoga/34409.
  3. Web site: Staffieri. Mark. 2019-10-01. IIHF: Lotti Odnoga Team Hungary. 2021-07-14. Women's Hockey Life. en-US. 14 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210714164629/https://womenshockeylife.com/iihf-lotti-odnoga-hungary/. live.
  4. Web site: NEPSGIHA 2017-2018 All-NEPSAC Teams. live. 2021-07-14. New England Preparatory School Athletic Council. 14 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210714164629/https://www.nepsac.org/sites/nepsac.org/files/files/Private_User/laurie.sachs@rivers.org/NEPSGIHA%202017-2018%20All-NEPSAC%20Teams.pdf.
  5. Web site: 2018-01-31. Odnoga Commits to Dartmouth. live. 2021-07-14. Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation. en. 14 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210714164629/https://www.visegradhockey.hu/odnoga-commits-to-dartmouth.
  6. Web site: 2018-01-29. Girls' Ice Hockey Defenseman Lotti Odnoga '18 Commits to Dartmouth. live. 2021-07-14. Vermont Academy. en. 14 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210714164629/https://www.vermontacademy.org/sports-detail?pk=1159824.
  7. Web site: 2020-04-08. Odnoga Lotti: Jövőre még erősebbek leszünk. live. 2021-07-14. Jégkorongblog. hu-HU. 22 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210922195938/http://www.jegkorongblog.hu/2020/04/08/odnoga-lotti-jovore-meg-erosebbek-leszunk/.
  8. Web site: Brackett. Charlotte. 2020-02-27. Odnoga Named to All-Ivy Honorable Mention Team. live. 2021-07-14. Dartmouth College Athletics. en. 14 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210714164629/https://dartmouthsports.com/news/2020/2/27/womens-ice-hockey-odnoga-named-to-all-ivy-honorable-mention-team.aspx.
  9. Web site: Player Profile – Mátyás Odnoga. live. 2021-07-14. Elite Prospects. en. 27 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200927040447/https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/116724/matyas-odnoga.
  10. Web site: Sipos . Viola . I. Abdai Pünkösdi Gyermek Ügyességi Versenyről - beszámoló, eredmények . Zsejkepusztai Lovas Egylet [Equestrian Association of Zsejkepuszta] . 2022-12-21 . hu . 2010-05-24 . 21 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221221195135/https://www.lovasok.hu/index-archive.php?i=44648 . live .
  11. Web site: Korábbi Gyermek Ügyességi lovas verseny Abdán . Lovasok.hu . 2022-12-21 . hu . 2010-09-18 . 21 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221221195133/https://www.lovasok.hu/index-archive.php?i=60288 . live .
  12. Web site: Lotti Odnoga: Career Statistics. live. 2021-07-14. US College Hockey Online. en-us. 14 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210714181047/https://www.uscho.com/stats/player/wid,13984/lotti-odnoga/.
  13. Web site: February 2016. A 2016-os Héraklész Gála díjazott utánpótláskorú sportolói (a 2015-ös eredmények alapján). live. 2021-07-14. Hungarian Olympic Committee. hu. 14 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210714181047/http://olimpia.hu/images/utanpotlas/heraklesz2016/heraklesz_dijazottak2015%20alapjan.pdf.
  14. Web site: 26 February 2020. Women's Ice Hockey Sweeps Ivy League Major Awards, Five Named All-Ivy. live. 12 April 2021. Cornell Big Red. 12 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210412160852/https://cornellbigred.com/news/2020/2/26/womens-ice-hockey-sweep-ivy-league-major-awards-five-named-all-ivy.aspx.
  15. Web site: Jégkorong - átadták a legjobbaknak járó díjakat a szövetség közgyűlésén . . 2022-12-21 . hu . Press release . 2022-06-01 . 21 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221221195134/https://www.szekesfehervar.hu/jegkorong-atadtak-a-legjobbaknak-jaro-dijakat-a-szovetseg-kozgyulesen . live .