Rebekah Kolstad

Rebekah Kolstad
Born (1997-01-21) January 21, 1997
Mankato, Minnesota, U.S.
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
ZhHL team
Former teams		 Free agent
KRS Vanke Rays
National team  China
Playing career 2015–present
Li Beika
Traditional Chinese麗貝卡
Simplified Chinese丽贝卡
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLì Bèikǎ
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationLaih Buikāat or Laih Buikā

Rebekah “Becky” Kolstad (born January 21, 1997), also known by the Chinese name Li Beika (simplified Chinese: 丽贝卡; traditional Chinese: 麗貝卡; pinyin: Lì Bèikǎ),[1] 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.[2]

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.[3] She played six seasons with her high school hockey team, Mankato East High School, and accumulated 233 points.[4]

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.[5]

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.[5]

After the University of North Dakota abruptly ended its women's ice hockey program after the 2016–17 season, she joined the Minnesota State Mavericks women's ice hockey program in her hometown of Mankato, Minnesota for the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons.[6] 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.[5]

Professional

After graduation, Kolstad was convinced by Brian Idalski, her former University of North Dakota Coach, to sign a contract with the KRS Vanke Rays of the ZhHL, the Russian WHL, for the 2019–20 season.[7][8] 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.[8]

International

Kolstad was named to Team China for the 2022 Beijing Olympics.[9] where she recorded an assist in four games played.[10] 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.[11][12]

Personal life

In addition to playing on her high school hockey team, Kolstad was also on the soccer and softball teams.[13] Her brother Isaac also played college football for North Dakota State and Minnesota state.[5]

She was married in February 2025.[14]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
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 4
NCAA totals 146 33 34 67 103 — — — — —
ZaHL totals 27 8 5 13 42 5 1 0 1 4

International

Year Team Event Result GPGAPtsPIM
2022 China OG 9th 40110
Senior totals 40110

Awards and honours

Award Year(s) Ref.
WCHA
WCHA All–Academic Award 2018 [15]
2019

References

  1. ↑ "Rays ready for Beijing bow". HC Red Star. January 29, 2022. Archived from the original on February 6, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  2. ↑ Potts, Andy (January 28, 2022). "Chinese women target QF". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on February 3, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  3. ↑ Bento, Allyson (October 28, 2016). "#44, The Enforcer". dakotastudent.com. Retrieved July 11, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Rebekah Kolstad - Women's Hockey Roster". fightinghawks.com. UND. Retrieved July 11, 2026.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "2016-17 W Hockey Roster: 44 Rebekah Kolstad". University of North Dakota Athletics. Archived from the original on February 13, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  6. ↑ "2018-19 Women's Hockey Roster: 22 Rebekah Kolstad". Minnesota State University - Mankato Athletics. Archived from the original on February 13, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  7. ↑ Rob Clark; Mary Rominger (January 27, 2022). "Quick Hits: Mankato native, former Maverick to play for Team China at Winter Olympics". keyc.com. KEYC News. Retrieved July 11, 2026.
  8. 1 2 Frederick, Shane (March 20, 2020). "Rebekah Kolstad finishes excellent hockey adventure". mankatofreepress.com. The Free Press. Retrieved July 11, 2026.
  9. ↑ "Kolstad to play for Team China in Olympics". Mankato Free Press. January 27, 2022. Archived from the original on February 13, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  10. ↑ Schlossman, Brad Elliott (February 8, 2022). "UND's Michelle Karvinen, Susanna Tapani score goals as Olympic quarterfinal matchups are set". Grand Forks Herald. Archived from the original on February 13, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Standings". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved July 11, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Game Summary CHN – JPN 2–1 (0 – 1, 0 – 0, 1 – 0, 0 – 0, 1 – 0)". iihf.com. IIHF. February 6, 2022. Retrieved July 11, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Rebekah Kolstad". maxpreps.com. November 25, 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2026.
  14. ↑ Rebekah Kolstad [@];. "02/21/25". Retrieved July 13, 2026 – via Instagram. {{Cite Instagram}}: Missing or empty |user= (help) {{Cite Instagram}}: Missing or empty |date= (help)
  15. ↑ "WCHA All-Academic Award Winners from Minnesota State". wcha.com. WCHA. Retrieved July 13, 2026.
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