Natálie Mlýnková
| Natálie Mlýnková | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Mlýnková with the Montreal Victoire in 2025 | |||
| Born |
24 May 2001 | ||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| PWHL team Former teams |
Montreal Victoire HTI Stars HC Slavia Praha | ||
| National team |
 Czech Republic | ||
| Playing career | 2019–present | ||
|
Medal record | |||
Natálie Mlýnková (born 24 May 2001) is a Czech professional ice hockey player for the Montreal Victoire of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL), and a member of the Czech Republic women's national ice hockey team. She played college ice hockey at Vermont and Minnesota.
Playing career
College
Mlýnková played college ice hockey for Vermont. During the 2023–24 season, she led Hockey East in points, and recorded 26 points on a league-best 15 goals and 11 assists in 27 conference games. Following the season she was awarded the 2024 Cammi Granato Award as Hockey East Player of the Year. She became the second Catamount player to lead Hockey East in points.[1]
She transferred to Minnesota for her graduate year for the 2024–25 season.[2]
Professional
On 24 June 2025, Mlýnková was drafted in the second round, 12th overall, by the Montreal Victoire in the 2025 PWHL Draft.[3] On 20 November 2025, she signed a one-year contract with the Victoire.[4]
International play
Mlýnková represented the Czech national under-18 team at the IIHF World Women's U18 Championship in 2017, 2018, and 2019, and won a silver medal with the Czech national under-16 team in the girls' ice hockey tournament at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics.
She represented the Czech Republic at the IIHF World Women's Championship in 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023.[5][6]
At the 2026 Winter Olympics, Mlynkova led Czechia in goals scored with three. [7] Of note, Mlynkova became the first Czech women's player to score three goals at an Olympic tournament. [8]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2020–21 | Vermont Catamounts | HEA |
11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Vermont Catamounts | HEA |
22 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Vermont Catamounts | HEA |
36 | 23 | 19 | 42 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | Vermont Catamounts | HEA |
35 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2024–25 | Minnesota Golden Gophers | WCHA |
39 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NCAA totals | 143 | 64 | 67 | 131 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
International
| Regular season | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
| 2019 | Czechia | WC | 6th |
5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2021 | Czechia | WC | 7th |
6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2022 | Czechia | WC |  |
7 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 2 | |
| 2023 | Czechia | WC | |
7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2025 | Czechia | WC | 4th |
7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |
| Senior totals | 32 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 12 | ||||
Awards and honours
| Honors | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| College | ||
| Hockey East Player of the Year | 2024 | [1] |
References
- ^ a b "Natálie Mlýnková Named Hockey East Player of the Year". hockeyeastonline.com. 6 March 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ "Gophers Add Pair of Transfers to Bolster 2024–25 Roster". University of Minnesota Athletics. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ^ "Three Gophers Selected in 2025 PWHL Draft". gophersports.com. 24 June 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
- ^ "Montreal Victoire announce 2025-26 roster". thepwhl.com. 20 November 2025. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
- ^ "České reprezentantky odehrají v rámci přípravy na MS zápas se Slovenskem". Czech Ice Hockey Association (in Czech). 26 March 2019. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ "2019 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: CZE – Czech Republic" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ Aykroyd, Lukas (13 February 2026). "Sweden blanks Czechia to advance". IIHF. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
- ^ "Natalie Mlynkova becomes first Czech women's hockey player to score three goals at the Olympics". PWHL. 13 February 2026. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database, or ThePWHL.com
- Natalie Mlynkova at Milano Cortina 2026
- Natalie Mlynkova at Olympics.com
- Natálie Mlýnková at Olympedia
- Natálie Mlýnková at InterSportStats
- Natálie Mlýnková at Olympijskytym.cz (in Czech)
- Natálie Mlýnková on Instagram
