Mélodie Daoust

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Mélodie Daoust
Daoust in 2019
Born (1992-01-07) January 7, 1992 (age 32)
Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight 157 lb (71 kg; 11 st 3 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
PWHL team
Former teams
PWHPA
Les Canadiennes de Montréal
McGill Martlets

National team  Canada
Playing career 2011–present
Website http://melodiedaoust.com/
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi Team
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing Team
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Canada
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Finland
World U18 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 United States

Mélodie Daoust (

PWHPA, she was featured in many of the organization's showcases, including the Elite Women's 3-on-3 hockey game at the Skills Competition of the 2020 NHL All-Star Game.[1][2]

Playing career

In 2008–09, she played with the Lac St. Louis Selects

Quebec collegiate championship
in 2009–10. In addition, she won the league scoring title with 24 goals and 31 assists for 55 total points. She accomplished this in only 13 games played.

In participating with the

collegiate championship
. She scored twice and added an assist in the championship game, including the game-winner in a 6–5 win versus Dragons du Collège Laflèche. She had helped the Lynx accumulate a won-loss record of 44 wins, compared to 3 losses.

CWHL

She was called up as an emergency fill-in with the

Montreal Stars, and scored three points[4] in her CWHL debut on January 8 (versus the Burlington Barracudas).[5]

CIS

Daoust with McGill in 2011

On February 10, 2011, Daoust signed a letter of intent to play for the

McGill Martlets women's ice hockey program.[6] She refused offers from numerous Canadian and American universities, including Cornell, Dartmouth and a full scholarship from Boston University. Daoust was only one of five female student-athletes committed to McGill University in the fall of 2011 that were athletic scholarship recipients (announced by the Quebec Foundation for Athletic Excellence).[7]

In the aftermath of the 2012–13 season, Daoust was named to the CIS First Team All-Canadians. Among the other players named as First Team All-Canadians were Katelyn Gosling and Hayley Wickenheiser.[8]

Hockey Canada

Daoust was part of

2014 Sochi Olympics
against Switzerland and they won the gold medal.

On January 11, 2022, Daoust was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[12][13][14]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season
 Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2009–10
Cégep Édouard-Montpetit
QCHL
 13 21 34 55 — — — — — —
2010–11 Cégep Édouard-Montpetit QCHL 17 21 23 44 — — — — — —
2010–11 Montréal Stars
CWHL
 2 0 3 3 0 — — — — —
2011–12 McGill University CIS 18 18 24 42 6 — — — — —
2012–13 McGill University CIS 20 21 33 54 12 — — — — —
2013–14 McGill University CIS — — — — — — — — — —
2014–15 McGill University CIS 3 3 4 7 6 — — — — —
2015–16 McGill University CIS 20 18 16 34 22 — — — — —
2016–17 McGill University CIS 18 11 19 30 12 — — — — —
2017–18 Les Canadiennes de Montréal CWHL — — — — — — — — — —
2018–19 Les Canadiennes de Montréal CWHL 14 11 9 20 24 4 2 3 5 2
2019–20 Montréal
PWHPA
 — — — — — — — — — —
2020–21 Montréal PWHPA — — — — — — — — — —
CWHL totals 16 11 12 23 24 4 2 3 5 2

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2009 Canada U18 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 6 6 12 4
2010 Canada U18 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 4 4 8 4
2014 Canada OG 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 1 0 1 4
2018 Canada OG 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 3 4 7 2
2019 Canada WC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 0 4 4 4
2021 Canada WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 8 6 6 12 2
2022 Canada OG 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 0 1 1 0
Junior totals 10 10 10 20 8
Senior totals 28 10 15 25 12

Awards and honours

Personal life

Daoust is a

came out in 2013 and married her longtime partner, Audrey St-Germain, in 2019. The couple have one son, Mathéo. She is now in a relationship with former professional hockey player Hanna Bunton, and has been since 2021.[23]

References

  1. PWHPA. Archived
    from the original on February 19, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  2. NHL. January 15, 2020. Archived
    from the original on October 4, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Road to PyeongChang: Mélodie Daoust". www.hockeycanada.ca. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  4. ^ "Annie Guay, Sabrina Harbec et Mélodie Daoust b... | Sports | Montérégie". Archived from the original on July 11, 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "- CWHL - Canadian Women's Hockey League". Archived from the original on August 14, 2011. Retrieved September 2, 2011.
  6. ^ https://www.mcgill.ca/channels/spotlight/item/?item_id=171610 [dead link]
  7. ^ "Five McGill freshmen to receive athletic recruitment scholarships". Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
  8. ^ "Normore receives CIS All-Canadian honors". St. FX athletics. March 6, 2013. Archived from the original on February 17, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  9. ^ "2010 Upper Deck UD World of Sports Checklist – Sports Card Radio". sportscardradio.com. August 21, 2010. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
  10. ^ "61 hockey champions to attend HCF Celebrity Classic Gala". National Hockey League. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
  11. ^ "The Official Website of Hockey Canada". hockeycanada.ca. Archived from the original on December 19, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2011.
  12. ^ Awad, Brandi (January 11, 2022). "Team Canada's women's hockey roster revealed for Beijing 2022". Canadian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on January 22, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  13. Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. January 11, 2022. Archived
    from the original on January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  14. ^ "2022 Olympic Winter Games (Women)". www.hockeycanada.ca/. Hockey Canada. January 11, 2022. Archived from the original on January 15, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  15. ^ "Site officiel des calendriers, classements et statistiques du RSEQ". Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
  16. ^ "McGill's Bettez named player of the year – U SPORTS – English". english.cis-sic.ca. Archived from the original on April 29, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
  17. ^ "Daoust named team MVP, one of four seniors feted at Martlets hockey awards gala". McGill University. Archived from the original on October 19, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
  18. ^ Staffieri, Mark. "Melodie Daoust Headlines CIS Women's Hockey Awards Night in Toronto". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on October 19, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
  19. ^ "McGill's Daoust named player of the year". presto-en.usports.ca. March 6, 2013. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  20. ^ "McGill's Daoust among CIS athlete of the year nominees for BLG Awards gala". McGill University. Archived from the original on October 19, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
  21. ^ "2015-16 U Sports Women's Hockey Awards and All-Canadians". presto-en.usports.ca. Archived from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  22. ^ a b "McGill's Daoust and Deguire among major award winners as RSEQ all-stars announced". mcgillathletics.ca/. February 22, 2017. Archived from the original on July 14, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  23. ^ "No love is offside". Archived from the original on February 6, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2022.

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