Sarah Edney

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Sarah Edney
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Sarah Edney playing for the Buffalo Beauts in 2018
Born (1993-09-02) September 2, 1993 (age 30)
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight 133 lb (60 kg; 9 st 7 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
Peel Div.
PWHL
ECAC
CWHL
AWIHL team
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Mississauga
Harvard Crimson
Brampton Thunder
Sydney Sirens
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Playing career 2009present
Sarah Edney
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
IIHF U18 Women's Worlds
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Sweden 2011 Tournament
Nations Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Germany 2015 Tournament
4 Nations Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Sweden Team

Sarah Edney was selected first overall by the Brampton Thunder in the 2015 CWHL Draft. [1] She made her debut with the Canada women's national ice hockey team at the 2015 4 Nations Cup in Sundsvall, Sweden. [2]

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Playing career

Edney played high school hockey at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Mississauga, Ontario. While a student there, she also competed in softball and track and field. In her junior season, she was named an assistant captain in hockey. She also played hockey for the Mississauga Junior Chiefs. During her career with the Junior Chiefs, Edney led the squad to gold and silver medals in the Ontario provincial championships. Sarah now lives in Australia and plays in a non-professional league.

Hockey Canada

At the 2011 IIHF Women's Under 18 championships, she was the captain of Team Canada. She would help the team earn a silver medal. In the same year, she was the Team Ontario captain at the 2011 Canada Winter Games, where she claimed a silver medal.

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]

NCAA

Edney committed to join the Harvard Crimson of the ECAC. [4]

NWHL

On August 31, 2017, Edney signed with the Buffalo Beauts as a free agent, [5] joining former Thunder teammates Jess Jones and Rebecca Vint who also signed with the Beauts. Edney participated in the 3rd NWHL All-Star Game. [6]

AWIHL

Sarah moved to Sydney, Australia, and has been playing for the Sydney Sirens in the Australian Women's Ice Hockey League since 2019. [7]

Career stats

Hockey Canada

YearEventTeamGPGAPtsPIM
2009Under 18 Nationals [8] Ontario Blue50224
2011IIHF Under 18 WorldsCanada41232
2011Canada Winter GamesOntario51340

[9]

Awards and honours

NWHL

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