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Sarah Lefort
Lefort with the Montreal Force in 2022
Born (1994-02-09) February 9, 1994 (age 30)
Ormstown, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 164 lb (74 kg; 11 st 10 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
PWHL team
Former teams
PWHL Montreal
Coached for Cégep André-Laurendeau (QCHL)
Playing career 2012–present
Coaching career 2019–present

Sarah Lefort (born February 9, 1994) is a Canadian ice hockey player from Quebec,[1] currently signed with PWHL Montreal of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).

Playing career

Hockey Canada

Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing  Canada
U18 World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2012 Czech Republic
Nations Cup
Gold medal – first place 2015 Germany

During the 2011–12 Canada women's national ice hockey team season, she was a member of the Canadian National Under 18 team that participated in the 2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship. In the gold medal game versus the United States, Lefort scored a goal as Canada claimed the gold by a 3–0 tally.[2]

She was a member of Canada's National Women's Development Team that won a gold medal at the 2015 Nations Cup (formerly known as the Meco Cup).[3]

Professional hockey

In the 2015 NWHL Draft, Lefort was claimed by the Buffalo Beauts. After graduating from Boston University in 2016 as the second-leading scorer in the history of the Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey program,[4][5] she was the first round pick of Les Canadiennes de Montréal in the 2016 CWHL Draft.[6][7]

Awards and honours

References

  1. ^ "Canada's National Women's Team roster named for 2015 4 Nations Cup".
  2. ^ [1] [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ "Canada at Sweden - 1:00pm EST, January 6th, 2015".
  4. ^ Connolly, John (2014-02-21). "BU's Sarah Lefort on (inter)national map". Boston Herald. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  5. ^ "PHF expansion Montreal signs first seven players for upcoming season". Global News. 2022-07-25. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  6. ^ Schreiter, Michaela (2016-10-28). "Sarah Lefort Lives Up to Great Expectations". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  7. ^ Fontaine, Hugo (2016-12-09). "A Montreal-Boston connection". NHL.com. Translated by Matt Cudzinowski. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  8. ^ "HockeyEastOnline.com - Hockey East Honors All-Star Selections at 2015 Championship Banquet". Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2015-07-09.