Kristin O'Neill

Kristin O'Neill (born March 30, 1998) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for PWHL San Jose of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and member of the Canadian national team, with whom she won silver at the 2026 Winter Olympics. She previously played for the Montreal Victoire and New York Sirens.

Playing career Junior Later that year, she won the Provincial Women's Hockey League championship with the Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres. With the same Sabres team, she would also gain a silver medal at the 2015 OWHA Provincial championships.

During her final season (2015–16) in the Provincial Women's Hockey League, she was bestowed the captaincy of the Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres. Leading the team in goals, assists and points, she ranked sixth overall in the league. In addition, she was part of the Team Ontario Red roster that won the gold medal at the 2015 Canadian Under-18 Women's Nationals.

College As a freshman, O'Neill ranked second in scoring on the Cornell Big Red. Finishing as the NCAA's leading scorer in shorthanded goals with five, she placed seventh in the nation among all freshman with 0.84 points per game.

O'Neill experienced greater success as a sophomore. In addition to leading the Big Red in scoring, she tied for the NCAA lead in shorthanded goals, scoring four, while her seven game-winning goals tied for fourth in the nation. Recognized as the Ivy League Player of the Year, she also gained spots on the ECAC and Ivy League First-Team All-Stars, respectively.

Professional PWHL Montreal of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) selected O'Neill in the second round, seventh overall, of the 2023 PWHL Draft. On October 30, she joined Montreal on a three-year contract. At the end of December, O'Neill was named one of Montreal's alternate captains for road games.

During the 2024–25 season, O'Neill recorded one goal and four assists in 30 regular season games, and one goal and one assist in four playoff games during the 2025 PWHL playoffs. Following the season, at the 2025 PWHL Draft, she was traded to the New York Sirens along with the 28th overall pick in exchange for forward Abby Roque. During the 2025–26 season, she recorded four goals and one assist in 30 games.

During the league's expansion to 12 teams ahead of the 2026–27 season, she was left unprotected by the Sirens and accepted an Expansion Foundational Offer (EFO) with PWHL San Jose on June 6, 2026.

International play In 2013, O'Neill participated with Team Ontario Blue at the 2013 Canadian Under-18 Women's Nationals, securing a silver medal. O'Neill was named to the Ontario team, which captured the silver medal in women's ice hockey at the 2015 Canada Winter Games.

O'Neill and Jamie Lee Rattray recorded the assists on Loren Gabel's first career goal for the Canadian team in a 2–1 preliminary round loss on November 7, 2018, versus the United States at the 4 Nations Cup.

On January 9, 2026, she was named to Canada's roster to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics. On February 7, 2026, O'Neill was one of six Canadian skaters making their Olympic debut as Canada played Switzerland. Two days later, O'Neill contributed a goal as Canada prevailed over Czechia in a 5-1 final. She was part of the squad which won the silver medal following a 2-1 loss against the United States, in which she scored the opening goal, on February 19, 2026.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2012–13 Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres Prov. WHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2013–14 Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres Prov. WHL 33 15 17 32 46 7 2 2 4 6 2014–15 Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres Prov. WHL 33 15 18 33 34 10 1 6 7 10 2015–16 Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres Prov. WHL 31 19 18 37 46 7 6 4 10 6 2016–17 Cornell University ECAC 31 14 12 26 34 — — — — — 2017–18 Cornell University ECAC 31 20 21 41 30 — — — — — 2018–19 Cornell University ECAC 33 22 16 38 32 — — — — — 2019–20 Cornell University ECAC 30 25 15 40 38 — — — — — 2020–21 Team Bauer PWHPA 4 2 0 2 4 — — — — — 2021–22 Team Harvey's PWHPA 4 1 3 4 8 — — — — — 2022–23 Team Adidas PWHPA 20 9 12 21 12 — — — — — 2023–24 PWHL Montreal PWHL 23 4 5 9 8 3 2 0 2 0 2024–25 Montreal Victoire PWHL 30 1 4 5 24 4 1 1 2 2 2025–26 New York Sirens PWHL 30 4 1 5 14 — — — — —PWHL totals 83 9 10 19 46 7 3 1 4 2

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2015 Canada U18 5 1 2 3 4 2015 Ontario Red U18 5 1 1 2 10 2016 Canada U18 5 2 3 5 4 2017 Canada WNC 4 0 1 1 6 2018 Canada WNC 5th 8 1 1 2 10 2018 Canada 4NC 3 0 2 2 2 2021 Canada WC 3 0 0 0 0 2022 Canada WC 7 1 2 3 2 2023 Canada WC 7 0 0 0 0 2024 Canada WC 7 2 3 5 2 2025 Canada WC 7 2 3 5 0 2026 Canada OG 7 3 2 5 2 Senior totals 38 8 10 18 6

Awards and honours 2017 ECAC All-Rookie Team 2017 Ivy League Rookie of the Year 2017 Ivy League Second All-Star Team 2016-17 NCAA leader in shorthanded goals (5) 2018 Ivy League Player of the Year Award 2017-18 First Team All-Ivy 2019-20 First Team All-Ivy