Harß has coached the German women's national under-16 team since 2022.[3]
Playing career
Harß began playing ice hockey at age four in the minor ice hockey department of EV Füssen in her hometown of Füssen, Bavaria.[4] Her national league career began in the 2004–05 season of the German national under-18 and under-20 men's leagues with the junior ice hockey teams of EV Füssen.[1] She made her senior league debut in the following season, at age sixteen, playing in one men's Oberliga game with EV Füssen.[5]
NCAA
During the 2009–10 season, Harß filled in for starting goalie Kim Martin.[6] She made a team record of 1,138 saves and led all goalies in the NCAA. In 39 starts, Harß won 29 contests, the second most wins in one season in Bulldogs history. In addition, she played more minutes than any other goaltender in the NCAA. Harß accumulated 2386:51 minutes between the pipes while breaking the Bulldogs single-season record for saves, making 1062 in 37 outings.[7] In the championship game of the 2010 Frozen Four tournament, Harß set a team record and NCAA postseason record for most saves in a game, with 49.
Most Saves in a Game: 49 (vs. Cornell, 21 March 2010)
First Shutout : 11 October 2009 (vs. St. Cloud State)
Led NCAA goalies in saves (2009–10)
Led NCAA goalies in minutes played (2009–10)
International play
Harß played with the German women's national ice hockey team from 2005 to 2021, during which she participated in nine IIHF World Championship tournaments, three Olympic qualification tournaments, and two Winter Olympic Games.[9]
In the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, she ranked second of all goaltenders playing at least 40 percent of their team's minutes in both save percentage (SV%) and goals against average (GAA) after allowing just six goals on 103 shots; she concluded the tournament with an excellent .942 SV% and 1.89 GAA across three games played.[10]
