Hayley Scamurra (born December 14, 1994) is an American professional ice hockey player for the Montreal Victoire of the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL), and a member of the United States women’s national ice hockey team. She previously played for the Ottawa Charge and Toronto Sceptres of the PWHL. She played college ice hockey at Northeastern, where she played for four seasons.
She is the daughter of former Washington Capitals player Peter Scamurra. Before playing college hockey, she was one of the only few American players to compete in the Ontario Junior women’s league, playing for the Oakville Jr. Hornets and Burlington Jr. Barracudas.
Playing career
College
Scamurra played four seasons as a forward for the Northeastern Huskies, where she played in 123 games and scored 111 points, tied for 21st all-time in school history.[1][2] She was often paired with Kazmaier Award winner Kendall Coyne as a linemate.
In her freshman season (2013–14), she was chosen as a Hockey East Pro Ambitions All-Rookie Forward,[3] as well as the Rookie of the Month for February 2014.
In her sophomore season (2014–2015), she was third on the team in goals, despite playing in only 19 contests.
Her junior season (2015–16) was her breakout year, as she amassed 43 points and had a plus/minus rating of +43. She was a key teammate of Coyne, assisting on her 50th goal of the year.
In her final season (2016–17), Scamurra scored 8 goals and an impressive 23 assists, despite losing Kendall Coyne as a linemate. She was named the WHEA Best Defensive Forward.[4]
Professional
In the 2016 NWHL Draft, Scamurra was chosen by the Buffalo Beauts as the 10th overall pick and the third chosen by Buffalo.[5] She signed with the Beauts on March 10, 2017, to help with the end of season push for the Isobel Cup[6] and was able to appear in the final regular season game, against the Connecticut Whale. She scored a goal in the first period of that game.
In her first appearance at the Isobel Cup playoffs, Scamurra scored 4 points (1 G, 3 A) in two games, including an assist in the championship game. The Buffalo Beauts defeated the Boston Pride and won the Isobel Cup as 2016-17 NWHL champions.[7]
During the 2017–18 NWHL season, Scamurra led the Beauts in goals and tied for the team lead in points. She was named Rookie of the Year and was voted one of the three stars of the season by the fans.[8] She was named to the all-star game, where she scored a hat-trick and was named co-MVP.[9] The Beauts lost in the NWHL Championship to the Metropolitan Riveters.
In the 2018–19 NWHL season, Scamurra led the league in scoring with 20 points (10 G, 10 A).[10] She was named to her second all-star game.[11] The Beauts again reached the NWHL finals, achieving this feat for the third consecutive season, before ultimately losing in overtime to the Minnesota Whitecaps.[12]
Following three seasons as a member of the PWHPA, Scamurra was drafted 29th overall in the 2023 PWHL Draft by Ottawa.[13]
On January 2, 2024, Scamurra scored the first goal in PWHL Ottawa history.[14] At the time it was the highest attended game in professional women’s ice hockey history.[15] Hayley again scored in another record setting game, on January 28, 2024 in front of 8,646 fans at TD Arena, the record up to then for largest crowd for a professional women’s hockey game in history.[16] On December 30, 2024, she, she was traded to the Toronto Sceptres, along with Savannah Harmon, in exchange for Jocelyne Larocque and Victoria Bach.[17] She finished the 2024–25 season with one goal and two assists in 19 regular season games for the Sceptres. During the 2025 PWHL playoffs, she recorded one goal in four games. On June 17, 2025, she signed a two-year contract with the Montreal Victoire.[18]
International play
On January 25, 2019, Scamurra was named to the U.S. Women’s National Team Roster for the 2019 Rivalry Series against Team Canada February 12–17, 2019 in London and Toronto, Ontario, and Detroit.[19][20]
On January 2, 2022, Scamurra was named to Team USA’s roster to represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics, where she won a silver medal with the team in Beijing, China.[21][22] In the Olympics, Scamurra scored a pivotal goal to put Team USA up 3-0 in the semi-final game against Finland.[23]
Awards and honors
- First goal in PWHL Ottawa Team History[14]
- (2x) World Champion (2019, 2023)[22]
- Olympic Silver Medal (2022)
- NWHL Players’ Association Top Player of the Year Award (2018–19)[24]
- NWHL Leading Scorer Award (2018–19)[25]
- (2x) NWHL All-Star (2018, 2019)[26][11]
- Co-MVP, 3rd NWHL All-Star Game[27]
- NWHL Co-Player of the Week, Awarded February 5, 2018[28]
- NWHL Rookie of the Year[29][8]
- WHEA Best Defensive Forward[30]
- WHEA All-Rookie Team[31]
- WHEA Rookie of the Month in February 2014[32]
