Mélodie Daoust
Mélodie Daoust (/dæˈu/ Da-OO; born January 7, 1992) is a Canadian ice hockey player for Montreal of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She has competed with the Canadian national team in numerous international tournaments and won a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics, a silver medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics and a gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics. As a member-player of the 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]
| Mélodie Daoust | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Daoust in 2019 | |||
| Born | January 7, 1992 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 | PWHL Montreal PWHPA Les Canadiennes de Montréal McGill Martlets | ||
| National team | Canada | ||
| Playing career | 2011–present | ||
| Website | http://melodiedaoust.com/ | ||
| Medal record | |||
Playing career edit
In 2008–09, she played with the Lac St. Louis Selects[3] and helped them accumulate a 62–0–2 record. Daoust was a Montreal Canadiens scholarship holder in 2010 from the Quebec Foundation for Athletic Excellence. With the Collège Édouard-Montpetit Lynx, she helped lead them to a 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 Canada women's national under-18 ice hockey team, Daoust registered 10 goals and 23 points in 13 games.[3] At the 2010 IIHF world U-18 championships,[3] she scored a goal and adding an assist in the gold medal game. The following day, she flew back to Montreal to help the Lynx capture 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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
Daoust was part of Canada women's national under-18 ice hockey team that won a gold medal at the 2010 IIHF World Women's Under-18 Championship in Chicago. As a member of the gold medal-winning squad, a hockey card of her was featured in the Upper Deck 2010 World of Sports card series.[9] In addition, she participated in the Canada Celebrates Event on June 30 in Edmonton, Alberta which recognized the Canadian Olympic and World hockey champions from the 2009–10 season.[10] On October 3, 2011, she was named to the Team Canada roster that participated in the 2011 4 Nations Cup.[11] She scored her first international goal on February 17 at the 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 edit
Regular season and playoffs edit
| 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 edit
Awards and honours edit
- Most Valuable Player at the 2018 Olympics - Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament
- 2009–10 Ligue de hockey féminin collégial AA scoring champion[15]
- Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Rookie of the Year (Tissot Award) (2011–12) et second star team[16]
- Most valuable player at the McGill University women's hockey awards gala[17]
- CIS women's hockey Player of the Year (Brodrick Trophy), 2012–2013)[18]
- 2013 RSEQ scoring champion
- 2012-13 USports First Team All-Star[19]
- Among four finalists for the CIS BLG Awards 2013 Athlete of the Year (Jim Thompson Trophy)[20]
- 2015-16 U Sports First Team All-Canadian[21]
- 2016-17 RSEQ MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER[22]
- 2016-17 RSEQ First Team All-Stars[22]
Personal life edit
Daoust is a lesbian. She 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 edit
- ^ "PWHPA Player Profile: Mélodie Daoust". PWHPA. from the original on February 19, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
- ^ "Rosters for Elite Women's 3-on-3 presented by adidas". NHL. January 15, 2020. from the original on October 4, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Road to PyeongChang: Mélodie Daoust". www.hockeycanada.ca. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
- ^ "Annie Guay, Sabrina Harbec et Mélodie Daoust b... | Sports | Montérégie". Archived from the original on July 11, 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2011.
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- ^ https://www.mcgill.ca/channels/spotlight/item/?item_id=171610 [dead link]
- ^ . Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
- ^ "Normore receives CIS All-Canadian honors". St. FX athletics. March 6, 2013. from the original on February 17, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
- ^ "2010 Upper Deck UD World of Sports Checklist – Sports Card Radio". sportscardradio.com. August 21, 2010. from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
- ^ "61 hockey champions to attend HCF Celebrity Classic Gala". National Hockey League. from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
- ^ "The Official Website of Hockey Canada". hockeycanada.ca. from the original on December 19, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2011.
- ^ Awad, Brandi (January 11, 2022). "Team Canada's women's hockey roster revealed for Beijing 2022". Canadian Olympic Committee. from the original on January 22, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "Canada's 2022 Olympic women's hockey team roster". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. January 11, 2022. from the original on January 12, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ "2022 Olympic Winter Games (Women)". www.hockeycanada.ca/. Hockey Canada. January 11, 2022. from the original on January 15, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
- ^ . Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2011.
- ^ "McGill's Bettez named player of the year – U SPORTS – English". english.cis-sic.ca. from the original on April 29, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2012.
- ^ "Daoust named team MVP, one of four seniors feted at Martlets hockey awards gala". McGill University. from the original on October 19, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
- ^ Staffieri, Mark. "Melodie Daoust Headlines CIS Women's Hockey Awards Night in Toronto". Bleacher Report. from the original on October 19, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
- ^ "McGill's Daoust named player of the year". presto-en.usports.ca. March 6, 2013. from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- ^ "McGill's Daoust among CIS athlete of the year nominees for BLG Awards gala". McGill University. from the original on October 19, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
- ^ "2015-16 U Sports Women's Hockey Awards and All-Canadians". presto-en.usports.ca. from the original on February 4, 2023. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
- ^ a b "McGill's Daoust and Deguire among major award winners as RSEQ all-stars announced". mcgillathletics.ca/. February 22, 2017. from the original on July 14, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
- ^ "No love is offside". from the original on February 6, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
External links edit
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)