Laura Stacey

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Laura Stacey
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Stacey with PWHL Montreal in 2024
Born (1994-05-05) May 5, 1994 (age 29)
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 157 lb (71 kg; 11 st 3 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
PWHL team
Former teams		 PWHL Montreal
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Playing career 2012–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
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Pyeongchang Team
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Canada
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Denmark
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 United States
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 United States
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Canada
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Finland
World U18 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Czech Republic
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Sweden

Laura Rachel Stacey (born May 5, 1994) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for PWHL Montreal, and a member of Canada women's national ice hockey team. She previously played with the Markham Thunder and the Dartmouth Big Green and competed internationally with the Canadian under-18 and under-22 teams. She won a silver medal with Team Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics and a gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

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Playing career

Stacey represented Team Ontario at the 2011 Canada Winter Games. [1] During the 2011–12 national team season, she was a member of the national under-18 team that participated in a three-game series vs. the United States in August 2011. [2] She scored a goal in the gold medal game of the 2011 Canadian National Women's Under-18 Championships for Team Ontario Red. [3] In the first game of the 2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship on December 31, 2011, Stacey posted three points in a 13–1 rout of Switzerland. [4]

Stacey played for Team Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics, playing in five games and earning a silver medal. [5] On January 11, 2022, Stacey was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team. [6] [7]

NCAA

On January 23, 2012, it was announced that Stacey committed to the Dartmouth Big Green. [8] In her first season, she was named to the ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team and was one of three finalists for the ECAC Rookie of the Year. As a junior, she earned All-Ivy Honorable Mention. In her senior year (2015–16), she captained the Big Green and earned All-Ivy first-team honours.

CWHL

After her college career, Stacey joined the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL). Stacey was selected third overall by the Brampton Thunder in the 2016 CWHL Draft. She made her CWHL debut in a road contest against the Calgary Inferno on October 8, 2016; she scored her first goal on October 9. She recorded her first multi-point game on October 16, against Les Canadiennes de Montréal.

In her first season in the league, Stacey was named to the 3rd CWHL All-Star Game. Competing with Team White, she was joined by fellow Thunder teammates Laura Fortino, Jess Jones and Rebecca Vint. Stacey logged an assist on a goal scored by Marie-Philip Poulin. [9]

In the 2018 Clarkson Cup finals against Kunlun Red Star, Stacey scored with 2:11 left in overtime, giving Markham a 2–1 victory and its first championship. [10]

PWHL

In 2023, when the rival Professional Women's Hockey Players Association and Premier Hockey Federation consolidated into the new Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL), [11] [12] Stacey was signed as one of Montreal's first three players, alongside Poulin and Ann-Renée Desbiens. [13] Ahead of the team's inaugural season, Stacey was named an assistant captain. [14] She was also selected as the team's player representative with the PWHL Players Association, the league's labour union. [15]

Career statistics

Hockey Canada

YearEventGames playedGoalsAssistsPointsPIMResult
2011U18 WWC53472Silver
2011U18 vs USA (exhibition)32350
2012U18 WWC54374Gold
2013U22 Meco40112Gold
2015NWDT Nations Cup61120Gold
2016NWDT Nations Cup61126Gold
20164 Nations Cup31122Silver
2017NWDT Nations Cup41012Silver
2017 IIHF Women's Worlds 50004Silver
2017vs Team USA (exhibition)30000
20174 Nations Cup30000Silver
2018 PyeongChang Winter Games 50110Silver
20184 Nations Cup42020Silver
2019vs Team USA (exhibition)30332

[16]

NCAA

YearGPGAPTSPIMPPGSHGGWG
2012–13288142220301
2013–14274121628110
2014–1526917268311
2015–162710132318210

[17]

CWHL

SeasonTeamGPGAPTSPIM+/-GWGPPGSHG
2016–17 Brampton Thunder18811196+11000
2017–18Markham Thunder22240+4001

[18]

Awards and honours

NCAA

CWHL

Personal life

Stacey is the great-granddaughter of Hockey Hall of Famer King Clancy. [19] Her great-uncle, Terry Clancy, played for Team Canada at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. [20] She is of Irish descent through Clancy. [21]

On May 26, 2023, Stacey announced her engagement to Team Canada and PWHL Montreal teammate Marie-Philip Poulin. [22] The couple resides in Montreal with their dog Arlo.

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