Laura Kluge

Photo by: Maddie MacFarlane

Photo by: Maddie MacFarlane

Photo by: Maddie MacFarlane

Photo by: Maddie MacFarlane

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-10
Class:
Senior
Shoots/Catches:
L
Hometown:
Berlin, Germany

2019-20 (Junior): Played in 23 games for the Huskies.. tallied one goal and nine assists for a 10 point season... charted 33 shots on goal and 11 blocked shots... honored as a WCHA Scholar-Athlete for her second time and named to the WCHA All-Academic Team for the second time in her career

2018-19 (Sophomore): Played in 27 games for the Huskies ... made 44 shots on goal and had 12 point in her season ... recorded her first ever and only SCSU team season short-handed goal December 30 against Lindenwood in a 2-1 victory ... recorded 11 blocked shots ... honored as a WCHA Scholar-Athlete and named to the WCHA All-Academic Team for the first time in her career ... traveled to the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championships April 4-14 in Espoo, Finland to represent Team Germany; appeared in five games and recorded one assist.

2017-18 (Freshman): Played 30 games in her rookie season ... led the team with 17 assists and 24 points and ranked third with seven goals ... her 24 points tied for the seventh-highest scoring freshman season in program history ... her assist and point totals ranked third and fourth, respectively, among WCHA rookies ... tied for the team lead with two game-winning goals, scoring the deciding tallies in SCSU's 3-2 win over UConn on September 30 and its 5-0 win over Minnesota State on January 5 ... charted 63 shots on goal, which ranked third on the team ... blocked eight shots ... twice named WCHA Rookie of the Week for a pair of four-point weekends: October 27-29 at Minnesota State and Jan. 2-6 vs. the Mavericks.

Before SCSU: Played the 2016-17 season with Linköping HC in Sweden, where she scored seven goals and 18 points in 34 regular season games ... represented Germany at the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championships and notched a goal and four points in six games to help her country to a Cinderella semifinal appearance and fourth place finish ... she has represented Germany in three U-18 World Junior Championships and three world championships ... paced all players at the 2016 IIHF Women's Div. I World Championships with six goals and tied for the tournament lead with nine points en route to being named Best Forward ... prior to playing in Sweden, she skated with OSC Eisladies Berlin in Germany and racked up 47 goals and 84 points from 2012-16.

Personal: Daughter of Thomas and Doreen Kluge ... intends to major in business administration at SCSU ... participated in figure skating, ballet, speedskating, soccer and basketball growing up before taking up hockey.