Catherine Daoust
| Catherine Daoust | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
February 21, 1995 L'Île-Bizard, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| PWHPA team Former teams |
Montréal Les Canadiennes de Montréal University of Minnesota-Duluth | ||
| National team |
 Canada | ||
| Playing career | 2014–present | ||
Catherine Daoust is a Canadian ice hockey defender, currently playing with the Montréal section of the PWHPA.
Career[]
Daoust won a $1,500 scholarship from the NHL's Montreal Canadiens in 2013.[1]
From 2014 to 2018, Daoust played and studied at the University of Minnesota Duluth, putting up 37 points in 140 NCAA games.[2][3] She was named to the WCHA All-Academic Team in both 2016 and 2017, and served as an assistant captain for Minnesota-Duluth in her senior year.
She was drafted 28th overall by Les Canadiennes de Montréal in the 2018 CWHL Draft.[4] After graduating, she signed her first professional contract with the club, scoring 5 points in 27 games in her rookie CWHL season.[5] She scored her first goal in her second game, a 9–0 victory over the Worcester Blades.[6]
After the collapse of the CWHL in May 2019, she joined the PWHPA. She played for Team Knox at the Unifor Showcase in September 2019.[7]
International[]
She represented Team Canada at the 2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, scoring 3 points in 5 games as the country won gold.
Personal life[]
Daoust attended Cégep de Saint-Laurent. She has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.[8][9] Her boyfriend has launched the platform, aiming to profile women's hockey players and to petition the NHL to fund women's hockey.[10]
References[]
- ^ "Trio of West Island hockey players honored by Montreal Canadiens". Montreal Gazette.
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- ^ Wellens, Matt (February 9, 2018). "College women's hockey: Bulldogs ready to celebrate diverse senior class in regular season home finale". Duluth News Tribune.
- ^ "Dans une ligue à part". www.hockeycanada.ca.
- ^ "Hockey féminin : Catherine Daoust fait rayonner le hockey féminin". RDS.ca. January 24, 2020.
- ^ "Hockey : Deux blanchissages et deux dominations des Canadiennes de Montréal". RDS.ca. November 18, 2018.
- ^ "Recapping the Unifor Women's Hockey Showcase". Pension Plan Puppets. September 25, 2019.
- ^ "Calculations at Play". University of Minnesota Duluth. November 10, 2015.
- ^ "Bulldog Spotlight: Catherine Daoust". UMD Athletics.
- ^ "Ligue professionnelle féminine: deux Montréalais interpellent la LNH". La Presse. January 10, 2020.
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Professional Women's Hockey Players Association players
- Les Canadiennes de Montreal players
- Canadian women engineers
- Sportspeople from Montreal
- People from L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève
- Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey players