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Alexa Vasko

Canadian ice hockey player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ124220410
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Alexa Vasko (born February 7, 1999) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for PWHL Hamilton of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She previously played for the Ottawa Charge, PWHL Toronto, and played college ice hockey at Mercyhurst.

Playing career

College

Vasko began her collegiate career for Mercyhurst during the 2018–19 season. During her freshman year, she recorded one goal and ten assists in 37 games. During the 2018–19 season in her sophomore year, she recorded 12 goals and six assists in 33 games.

On May 15, 2019, Vasko was named co-captain for the 2019–20 season. In her junior year, she recorded ten goals and 17 assists in 34 games, and blocked 36 shots. Following the season, she was named the Best Defensive Forward in the CHA. She served as captain her final three years at Mercyhurst. During the 2020–21 season in her senior year, she recorded five goals and nine assists in 18 games, in a season that was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the season, she was named to the All-CHA Second Team.

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Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1999, 2018, 2019, 2020—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1999-02-07. The account is most persuasive where Alexa, Vasko and Canadian can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from Alexa Vasko” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.