| Claire Dalton | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Dalton with PWHL Montreal in 2024 | |||
| Born | March 20, 2000 Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| PWHL team | Montreal Victoire | ||
| Playing career | 2023–present | ||
Claire Dalton (born March 20, 2000) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the Montreal Victoire of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She played college ice hockey at Yale.
Dalton played her college hockey at Yale. As a freshman and a sophomore, she was chosen as the team's most valuable player. She served as Yale's team captain during her senior season (2022–23), leading the team to their first Ivy League title. She graduated as Yale's all-time leader in assists with 89. She averaged over a point-per-game through her Yale career, scoring 133 points in 130 games. [1] [2]
Dalton originally signed a one-year contract with the Toronto Six in the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF). [3] Following the dissolution of the PHF and the creation of the PWHL, Dalton was drafted to Montreal in the twelfth round, sixty-seventh overall in the inaugural PWHL draft. [2]
Dalton scored PWHL Montreal's first-ever goal on her debut, a 3-2 overtime victory against PWHL Ottawa. [4] She was named First Star of the Week for the week ending February 25, 2024, after scoring a hat-trick in a 6-3 victory over Ottawa. She also scored the first-ever "jailbreak" goal for PWHL Montreal. [5] [6] She signed a one-year contract extension with Montreal for the 24–25 season. [7]
Dalton was a member of Canada's U-18 national team in 2018 and has been invited to senior national team selection camps. [3]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2018–19 | Yale University | ECAC | 29 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | Yale University | ECAC | 32 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Yale University | ECAC | 36 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Yale University | ECAC | 33 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | PWHL Montreal | PWHL | 20 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PWHL totals | 20 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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