Brittany Howard

Brittany Howard (born November 20, 1995) is a Canadian ice hockey player, currently playing in the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) with the Toronto Six. She played college ice hockey with the Robert Morris Colonials women's ice hockey program and was the first Colonial player to win the CHA Player of the Year award. Howard was drafted in the third round of the 2017 NWHL Draft by the Buffalo Beauts after being named the top prospect in the nation. Rather than sign with the Beauts, she chose to join the Toronto Furies of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) and went on to spend three seasons with the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) following the collapse of the CWHL in 2019. Playing career Junior Howard attended Parkside Collegiate Institute in her hometown of St. Thomas, Ontario, where she was named MVP of her basketball team, received the Award of Excellence, and was a three-time honor student. Howard played four seasons of junior hockey in London, Ontario with the London Devilettes of the Provincial Women's Hockey League. On October 21, 2012, Howard scored seven points to tie the league single-game record in a 7–3 win against the Kitchener-Waterloo Rangers. Howard was an alternate captain and led the Devilettes in scoring in her final season. Along with other Devilettes Jessica Dodds and Tia Kipfer, Howard earned a place at Robert Morris in 2013, joining former Devilettes Anneline Lauziere and Erin Staniewski. All eleven graduating players from the Devilettes 2012–13 squad would move on to play for NCAA or CIS schools.