Claire Thompson (ice hockey)

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Claire Thompson
Born (1998-01-28) January 28, 1998 (age 26)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 147 lb (67 kg; 10 st 7 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
PWHL team
Former teams		 PWHL New York
PWHPA Toronto
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Playing career 2016–present
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Beijing Team
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Canada
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Canada

Claire Thompson (born January 28, 1998) is a Canadian ice hockey player for the Canadian women's national team and a reserve for PWHL New York of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). [1] [2] A graduate of Princeton University, she finished her career fifth in all-time points by a defenceman in Princeton Tigers history with a cumulative 87 points.

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She made her debut for the Canada women's national ice hockey team in 2019 in a two-game series against the United States held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [2] She won gold with Team Canada at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship. [3]

Thompson made her Olympic debut at the 2022 Winter Olympics held in Beijing, China. She helped Canada win gold and was named a tournament all-star. [4] [5] At the 2022 Olympics, Thompson set the Olympic ice-hockey record for points by a defenseman. She tallied 13 points on two goals and nine assists, shattering the previous record of nine. [6]

Playing career

Hockey Canada

In August 2019, Thompson was named to Canada's Under-22/Development Team for a three-game series against the United States in Lake Placid, New York. [7] Thompson debutted for the Canada women's national ice hockey team in 2019 in a two-game series against the United States held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [2] She was then selected to attend the 2020 Women's Hockey World Championships that were not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [8] She was one of 28 players invited to Hockey Canada's Centralization Camp, which represents the selection process for the Canadian women's team that shall compete in Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics. [9]

On January 11, 2022, Thompson was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team. [10] [11] [12] Thompson finished with the highest plus-minus rating of the Olympic tournament with +23. [13]

University

During her freshmen year with Princeton Tigers, Thompson skated in all 33 games finishing with 20 points on 6 goals and 14 assists; she was second in defence in scoring and the leading freshmen defender. She was also named to the ECAC All-Academic Team. [8]

In her sophomore season, Thompson the Tigers' defence in scoring, earning 21 points on 9 goals and 7 assists in 33 games. She was selected for Second-Team All-Ivy, ECAC All-Academic Team, and was named an AHCA All-America Scholar. [8]

After her junior year, Thompson finished third on the Princeton Tigers team in scoring, leading the defensemen with 28 points on 9 goals and 19 assists. She was sixth in the nation in points per game for a defenseman (0.85). The Tigers won the Ivy League championship this season. Thompson was selected for First-Team All-ECAC and First-Team All-Ivy League and was a finalist for ECAC Best Defenseman. Additionally, she was an Academic All-Ivy League selection, named to the ECAC All-Academic Team, and was an AHCA All-American Scholar. [8]

In her senior season with the Tigers, Thompson captained the team to their first-ever ECAC Championship. [14] The team was scheduled to play Northeastern University in the first round of the NCAA tournament; however, the tournament was cancelled by the NCAA due to COVID-19. Thompson led the team's defence in scoring, finishing the season with 23 points on 7 goals and 16 assists in 31 games. She was selected for Second-team All-Ivy, Third-team All-ECAC, ECAC All-Tournament team, a finalist for the ECAC Mandi Schwartz Student-Athlete of the Year, Academic All-Ivy honoree, ECAC All-Academic, and AHCA All-America Scholar. [8] Additionally, Thompson was selected as Princeton's nominee for NCAA woman of the year and was also a finalist for Princeton Athletics' C. Otto Von Kienbusch Award for Top Senior Female Student Athlete. [15] [16]

Medical School

In September 2022, Thompson entered NYU School of Medicine as a medical student.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2013–14 Toronto Jr. Aeros PWHL 1000031120
2014–15Toronto Jr. AerosPWHL385192424140554
2015–16Toronto Jr. AerosPWHL3451318141114512
2016–17 Princeton University ECAC 336142012—————
2017–18 Princeton UniversityECAC32971630—————
2018–19 Princeton UniversityECAC339192828—————
2019–20 Princeton UniversityECAC317162327—————
2020–21 Toronto PWHPA 40110—————
2022–23 Team SonnetPWHPA202462—————
NCAA totals12931568797—————

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
2021 Canada WC Gold medal icon.svg70440
2022 Canada OG Gold medal icon.svg7211132
2023 CanadaWCSilver medal icon.svg702210
Senior totals212171912

Awards and honours

[8]

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