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		 PWHL Montreal
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 (/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]

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]

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[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]

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[edit]

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]

  1. ^ "PWHPA Player Profile: Mélodie Daoust". PWHPA. Archived from the original on February 19, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  2. ^ "Rosters for Elite Women's 3-on-3 presented by adidas". 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)
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  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. ^ "Canada's 2022 Olympic women's hockey team roster". 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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