Katia Clement-Heydra

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Katia Clement-Heydra
Born (1989-11-02) November 2, 1989 (age 34)
Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 156 lb (71 kg; 11 st 2 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
SDHL team Modo Hockey
Played for Canadiennes de Montreal
McGill Martlets
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Playing career 2008–present
Katia Clement-Heydra
Medal record
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Women's ice hockey
Winter Universiade
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Italy Tournament

Katia Clement-Heydra is a Canadian-born women's ice hockey player, whose final season of professional hockey saw her skate for Modo Hockey in the SDHL. [1] [2]

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Selected by the Canadiennes de Montreal in the second round of the 2015 CWHL Draft, she would score the opening goal in the finals of the 2017 Clarkson Cup. [3]

Playing career

McGill Martlets

In her fourth season with the McGill Martlets women's ice hockey program, she captured the Brodrick Trophy, awarded to the player of the year in Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey.

It marked the third straight season that a member of the Martlets captured the Brodrick Trophy, following Melodie Daoust in 2013, and Ann-Sophie Bettez in 2012. As a side note, Daoust, Bettez and Clement-Heydra would also be teammates at the CWHL level with the Canadiennes de Montreal. During the 2013-14 CIS women's ice hockey season, Clement-Heydra led all players in the RSEQ conference with 40 points, while ranking second overall among all competitors in the CIS. Appearing in 20 games, she would record 13 goals, of which four were game-winning goals.

International

In December 2013, Clement-Heydra competed with the Canadian national women's team in women's ice hockey at the 2013 Winter Universiade in Trentino, Italy. Helping Canada capture its third consecutive gold medal, she finished second overall among all competing players with 18 points, on the strength of 13 assists, in seven games played.

Following the shutdown of the CWHL, Clement-Heydra opted to play professionally in Europe, skating with Modo Hockey Dam.

Coaching career

Following a career-ending injury competing professionally in Sweden, Clement-Heydra would transition to coaching. Returning to her home province of Quebec, Clement-Heydra was named one of the recipients of the BFL Female Coach of the Year Award in 2021. Awarded by Hockey Canada, Clement-Heydra was the provincial winner for Quebec in the Community Category. [4] In the High Performance Category, Noemie Tanguay was named as the provincial winner for Quebec.

Awards and honours

Coaching

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References

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  2. ↑ "McGill hockey grad Clément-Heydra signs pact to play pro in Sweden".
  3. ↑ "Clarkson Cup Game Summary". CWHL. 2017-03-05. Archived from the original on 2017-03-08. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  4. ↑ "Congratulations to the 2021 provincial and territorial winners". hockeycanada.ca. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  5. ↑ "McGill's Daoust named player of the year". presto-en.usports.ca. March 6, 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
  6. ↑ "McGill's Clément-Heydra named CIS women's hockey player of the year". McGill University Publications. 2014-03-15. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  7. ↑ "BLG Awards: Katia Clement-Heydra averaged two points a game, leading McGill to national title". Calgary Herald. 2014-04-25. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
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