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Catherine Daoust

Catherine Daoust
Daoust with PWHL Montreal in 2024
Born (1995-02-21) February 21, 1995 (age 29)
L'Île-Bizard, Quebec, Canada
Height 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
PWHL team
Former teams		 Montreal Victoire
National team  Canada
Playing career 2014–present

Catherine Daoust is a Canadian professional ice hockey defender for the Montreal Victoire of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).

Career

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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]

In 2022, Daoust signed with Montreal Force in the PHF and spent one season with the team,[8] before the PHF was bought out to form the PWHL. In 2023, she attended a training camp for PWHL Montreal[9] and was named to the main roster after a successful try-out.

International

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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

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Daoust attended Cégep de Saint-Laurent. She has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.[10][11] Her boyfriend has launched the Until She’s Paid platform, aiming to profile women's hockey players and to petition the NHL to fund women's hockey.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Trio of West Island hockey players honored by Montreal Canadiens". Montreal Gazette. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
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  3. ^ Wellens, Matt (February 9, 2018). "College women's hockey: Bulldogs ready to celebrate diverse senior class in regular season home finale". Duluth News Tribune. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  4. ^ "Dans une ligue à part". www.hockeycanada.ca. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  5. ^ "Hockey féminin : Catherine Daoust fait rayonner le hockey féminin". RDS.ca. January 24, 2020. Archived from the original on January 26, 2023. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  6. ^ "Hockey : Deux blanchissages et deux dominations des Canadiennes de Montréal". RDS.ca. November 18, 2018. Archived from the original on January 26, 2023. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
  7. ^ "Recapping the Unifor Women's Hockey Showcase". Pension Plan Puppets. September 25, 2019. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  8. ^ "PHF Montreal Announces Five New Signed Players". OurSports Central. August 10, 2022. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  9. ^ Vierzba, Neil (September 29, 2023). "Report: Former Bulldog Catherine Daoust Joins PWHL Montreal on Camp Invite". Fox21Online. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  10. ^ Ullan023 (November 10, 2015). "Calculations at Play". University of Minnesota Duluth. Archived from the original on October 31, 2020. Retrieved October 25, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "Bulldog Spotlight: Catherine Daoust". UMD Athletics. October 23, 2017. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  12. ^ Lorange, Simon-Olivier (January 10, 2020). "Ligue professionnelle féminine: deux Montréalais interpellent la LNH". La Presse. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
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