USA Hockey's Hilary Knight voted IIHF's first female player of the year -
The IIHF announced Knight received 40.9% of the votes submitted by more than 50 media members, representing 16 countries, and a select group of federation officials. U.S. defender Caroline Harvey was second at 18.2%, followed by Slovakia’s 15-year-old Nela Lopusanova .
In 13 tournament appearances, Knight leads all world championship players with 61 career goals and 101 career points. Knight has been the face of the U.S. women’s team, having also won a gold and three silver medals in four Olympic tournaments
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