Mélodie Daoust

Mélodie Daoust (/dæˈu/ Da-OO; born January 7, 1992) is a Canadian ice hockey player. 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. Daoust is a member-player of the PWHPA and has been 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
Born (1992-01-07) 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
National team  Canada
Playing career 2011–present
Website http://melodiedaoust.com/
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
2014 SochiTeam
2022 BeijingTeam
2018 PyeongchangTeam
World Championships
2021 Canada
2019 Finland
World U18 Championships
2010 United States

Playing career

In 2008–09, she played with the Lac St. Louis Selects, 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, 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. At the 2010 IIHF world U-18 championships, 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

She was called up as an emergency fill-in with the Montreal Stars, and scored three points[3] in her CWHL debut on January 8 (versus the Burlington Barracudas).[4]

CIS

On February 10, 2011, Daoust signed a letter of intent to play for the McGill Martlets women's ice hockey program.[5] 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).[6]

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.[7]

Hockey Canada

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.[8] 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.[9] On October 3, 2011, she was named to the Team Canada roster that participated in the 2011 4 Nations Cup.[10] 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.[11][12][13]

Career Statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
2009–10 Cégep Édouard-Montpetit QCHL 13213455— —————
2010–11 Cégep Édouard-Montpetit QCHL 17212344— —————
2010–11 Montréal Stars CWHL 20330 —————
2011–12 McGill University CIS 181824426 —————
2012–13 McGill University CIS 2021335412 —————
2013–14 McGill University CIS ————— —————
2014–15 McGill University CIS 33476 —————
2015–16 McGill University CIS 2018163422 —————
2016–17 McGill University CIS 1811193012 —————
2017–18 Les Canadiennes de Montréal CWHL ————— —————
2018–19 Les Canadiennes de Montréal CWHL 141192024 42352
2019–20 Montréal PWHPA ————— —————
2020–21 Montréal PWHPA ————— —————
CWHL totals 1611122324 42352

International
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2009 Canada U18 566124
2010 Canada U18 54484
2014 Canada OG 51014
2018 Canada OG 53472
2019 Canada WC 70444
2021 Canada WC 866122
2022 Canada OG 30110
Junior totals 101010208
Senior totals 2810152512

Awards and honours

Personal life

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. [23]

References
  1. "PWHPA Player Profile: Mélodie Daoust". PWHPA. Retrieved February 19, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Rosters for Elite Women's 3-on-3 presented by adidas". NHL. January 15, 2020. Retrieved February 19, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 11, 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 14, 2011. Retrieved September 2, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. https://www.mcgill.ca/channels/spotlight/item/?item_id=171610
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Normore receives CIS All-Canadian honors". St. FX athletics. March 6, 2013. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  8. "2010 Upper Deck UD World of Sports Checklist – Sports Card Radio". sportscardradio.com. August 21, 2010.
  9. "61 hockey champions to attend HCF Celebrity Classic Gala". National Hockey League.
  10. "The Official Website of Hockey Canada". hockeycanada.ca.
  11. Awad, Brandi (January 11, 2022). "Team Canada's women's hockey roster revealed for Beijing 2022". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  12. "Canada's 2022 Olympic women's hockey team roster". Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  13. "2022 Olympic Winter Games (Women)". www.hockeycanada.ca/. Hockey Canada. January 11, 2022. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  14. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. "McGill's Bettez named player of the year – U SPORTS – English". english.cis-sic.ca.
  16. "Daoust named team MVP, one of four seniors feted at Martlets hockey awards gala". McGill University. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
  17. Staffieri, Mark. "Melodie Daoust Headlines CIS Women's Hockey Awards Night in Toronto". Bleacher Report. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
  18. "McGill's Daoust named player of the year". presto-en.usports.ca. March 6, 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  19. "McGill's Daoust among CIS athlete of the year nominees for BLG Awards gala". McGill University. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
  20. "2015-16 U Sports Women's Hockey Awards and All-Canadians". presto-en.usports.ca. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  21. "McGill's Daoust and Deguire among major award winners as RSEQ all-stars announced". mcgillathletics.ca/. February 22, 2017. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  22. "McGill's Daoust and Deguire among major award winners as RSEQ all-stars announced". mcgillathletics.ca/. February 22, 2017. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  23. https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/2019-20-nwt-no-love-is-offside
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