Gabbie Hughes

Career notes

• Was Ottawa’s fourth protected player for the PWHL Expansion Draft after Danielle Serdachny and Emerance Maschmeyer were signed by Seattle and Vancouver, respectively.
• Ranked fourth in team scoring with 16 points in 29 games.
• Led the team with four power play assists, 261 face-off wins and was tied for first with Jincy Roese with 11 assists.
• Scored one of Ottawa’s four jailbreak goals during the season and also assisted on another short-handed goal.
• Suffering from back pain at the start of the season, she recorded just two points in the first 14 games of the season. Finished it off with 14 points in the last 15 games including a pair of 3-point games (2-1-3) against Minnesota on February 13 and New York on February 26.
• Scored a game- winning goal in overtime against the New York Sirens at TD Place on February 26.
• Scored her first career PWHL goal on January 13, 2024 against goaltender Kristen Campbell of PWHL Toronto.
• Became the first player in PWHL Ottawa’s history to record a multi-goal game on January 13, 2024, against PWHL Toronto.
• Ranked third in the PWHL with three game-winning goals in 2024.
• Represented USA at the 2023 IIHF Women's World Championships. Won a gold medal.
• Served as co-captain (with future PWHL Ottawa teammate Ashton Bell) during her final (2022-23) season at the University of Minnesota-Duluth.
• Had a breakthrough season with 59 points in just 40 games as a junior (2021-2022). Became the third player in NCAA Division I1 women’s hockey history to be named both a Patty Kazmaier Top-3 Finalist and a Hockey Humanitarian Finalist.
• Was once again named to the All-WCHA Second Team during a shortened 2020-2021 season in which she recorded 21 points in 19 games.
• Was named to the WCHA All-Academic Team and to the All-WCHA Second Team at the end of a sophomore (2019-2020) season in which she recorded 51 points in 35 games.
• Became the third UMD freshman in program history to lead her team in scoring, during a 2018-2019 season in which she recorded 37 points in 33 games. Was named to the All-WCHA Third Team and to the All-WCHA Rookie Team.
• Played collegiate hockey at the University of Minnesota-Duluth from 2018 to 2023.
• Represented USA at the 2017 IIHF U-18 Women's World Championships. Won a gold medal.
• Co-founded a non-profit organization for mental health awareness called Sophie’s Squad .
• Sang a song with Ottawa songwriter and performer during the PWHL Entry Draft held at Hard Rock Hotel in Casino on June 24, 2025.
• Her father Terry Hughes played four seasons of NCAA hockey Ddivision III hockey with Mankato State University where he was the team captain in his senior season. Her mother Miki was a volleyball player at the same university. Brother Collin played junior hockey in the NAHL with the Aberdeen Wings and brother Trey played junior hockey in Texas in the Western States Hockey League.