The Danbury Hat Tricks signed female goaltender Mariah Fujimagari to a PTO.
The 30-year-old Canadian last played for AIK in Sweden’s SDHL (Swedish Women’s Hockey League) during the 2022-23 season. The 5-foot-11-inch netminder suited up in 14 games posting a 1-11-0 record with a 4.25 goals against average and an .877 save percentage.
Fujimagari, a Markham, ON, CAN native, was on the Norfolk Admiral’s roster (ECHL) last season, but did not appear in a game. Prior to the season, she was a Kalamazoo Wings camp invite and impressed in preseason action becoming the first female goaltender to win a game in the ECHL since 1995.
From 2013-17, Fujimagari was at the University of Maine with the women’s team dressing in a total of 34 games (3.56 GAA, .890 SV%) before hopping around the women’s pro circuit (EWHL, CWHL, NWHL, and PHF). Most notably, she played for the Connecticut Whale of the NWHL and PHF from 2020-22 (6 GP, 4.41 GAA, .826 SV%).
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