Catherine Daoust

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Catherine Daoust
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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
PWHL Montreal
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Playing career 2014present

Catherine Daoust is a Canadian ice hockey defender, currently signed with PWHL Montreal of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).

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Career

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

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

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]

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