Caroline Harvey

Caroline Rose Harvey (born October 14, 2002) is an American professional ice hockey player who is a defender for the Vancouver Goldeneyes of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. Widely regarded as one of the best defensemen in the world, Harvey was named Best Defenseman at the 2023 and 2025 World Championships, becoming only the second defenseman in history to lead the United States in points at an Olympics or World Championship. She was named the IIHF Female Player of the Year in 2026. Harvey made her Olympic debut at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing at age 19, winning a silver medal as the youngest player on Team USA's roster. Internationally, she has won two World Championship gold medals (2023, 2025) and three silver medals (2021, 2022, 2024), and has been selected to three World Championship All-Star teams. At the 2023 World Championship, she led the tournament in scoring with 14 points and was the first skater to lead the United States in both points and ice time at a major tournament. Harvey played college ice hockey for the Wisconsin Badgers. At Wisconsin, she was a three-time NCAA national champion (2023, 2025, 2026) and has set numerous program records for defensemen. In her junior season (2024–25), she recorded 63 points—the most by a defenseman in a single season in Wisconsin history—and became the program's all-time leading scorer among defensemen with 137 career points. Harvey has been named Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) Defender of the Year three times, and won the Patty Kazmaier Award in 2026.