Rebekah Kolstad

Rebekah “Becky” Kolstad (born January 21, 1997), also known by the Chinese name Li Beika , is an American ice hockey forward who is currently an unrestricted free agent. She is a former member of the Chinese women's national ice hockey team that participated at the 2022 Winter Olympics and a former member of the KRS Vanke Rays.

She played four years of college ice hockey split between the University of North Dakota and Minnesota State University.

Playing career Early life Kolstad is the daughter of Teresa and Blain Kolstad. She grew up in Mankato, Minnesota, and started playing hockey when she was four. She played six seasons with her high school hockey team, Mankato East High School, and accumulated 233 points.

College Kolstad joined the Division I Fighting Hawks program as a freshman for the 2015–16 season. She skated in all 35 games and recorded 2 points and 26 penalty minutes. Her first assist came in her second game on October 3; an assist against RPI.

She found more offense in her sophomore season, finishing the 2016–17 season with 11 points (6 G, 5 A). Her penalty minutes also increased from 26 PIM the previous season to 45 PIM. Kolstad saw her best offensive season in her senior year, recording 17 points in 35 games and she had a career high 70 shots on goal, and finishing second on the team in goals. She was named to the WCHA All-Academic team for both seasons with the Mavericks. Following the collapse of the CWHL the Vanke Rays moved to the ZhHL.

The Vanke Rays won three games in a best-of-five series against HC Agidel Ufa, the two-time defending champions, to win the championship. where she recorded an assist in four games played. She recorded an assist on the tying goal against Japan and finished the tournament with 1 assist in 4 games. The teaam finished ninth overall.

Personal life In addition to playing on her high school hockey team, Kolstad was also on the soccer and softball teams. Her brother Isaac also played college football for North Dakota State and Minnesota state.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2015–16 University of North Dakota WCHA 35 0 2 2 26 — — — — — 2016–11 University of North Dakota WCHA 38 6 5 11 45 — — — — — 2017–18 Minnesota State University WCHA 38 17 20 37 8 — — — — — 2018–19 Minnesota State University WCHA 35 10 7 17 24 — — — — — 2019–20 KRS Vanke Rays ZhHL 27 8 5 13 42 5 1 0 1 4NCAA totals 146 33 34 67 103 — — — — —ZaHL totals 27 8 5 13 42 5 1 0 1 4

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2022 China OG 9th 4 0 1 1 0Senior totals 4 0 1 1 0

Awards and honours Award Year(s) Ref.WCHAWCHA All–Academic Award 2018 2019