Rory Guilday

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Rory Guilday
Born (2002-09-07) September 7, 2002 (age 21)
Chanhassen, Minnesota
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 160 lb (73 kg; 11 st 6 lb)
Position Defense
Shoots Left
ECAC team Cornell Big Red
National teamFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Playing career 2021present
Medal record
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Canada
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Denmark
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 United States
World U18 Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Slovakia

Rory Susanna Guilday (born September 7, 2002) is an American college ice hockey defenceman for Cornell and member of the United States women's national ice hockey team.

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Playing career

Guilday attended Minnetonka High School in Minnetonka, Minnesota, where she was a two-time captain, and twice earning all-state, all-conference and all-Metro team honors. [1] As a senior in 2021, she recorded eight goals and 11 assists in 23 games. She was subsequently named a top-five finalist for the Minnesota Ms. Hockey Award, and was awarded the Class AA Herb Brooks Award. [2] [3]

Guilday began her collegiate career for Cornell during the 2021–22 NCAA season, where she recorded seven goals and 11 assists in 28 games. She made her debut on October 22, 2021, in a game against Mercyhurst and recorded her first collegiate point, an assist in the third period. [4] She scored her first collegiate goal the next day in a 4–0 victory over Mercyhurst. [5] She was subsequently named the ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week for the week ending October 25, 2021, after she recorded two points and eight blocked shots during the weekend series. [6] She ranked second on the team in blocked shots with 63, and ranked fourth on the team in points. Following the season, she was named to the All-Ivy League second team, ECAC Hockey All-Rookie team, and the USCHO All-Rookie team. [7] [8] She became the first Cornell player to earn a national all-rookie honor since Micah Zandee-Hart in 2016. [9]

International play

Guilday represented the United States at the 2020 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship where she recorded one goal in five games and won a gold medal. [10] On August 14, 2022, she was named to the roster for the United States at the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship. [11] [12]

Personal life

Guilday was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2016 that led to optic nerve glioma and she was sidelined from any contact sports for a year due to chemotherapy. As a result, she lost the majority of eyesight in her right eye. [13]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2017–18 Minnetonka MSHSL 25246620000
2018–19MinnetonkaMSHSL25315181260220
2019–20MinnetonkaMSHSL19216181661126
2020–21MinnetonkaMSHSL238111916
2021–22 Cornell University ECAC 287111816
2022–23 Cornell UniversityECAC151784
NCAA totals438182620

International

YearTeamEventResultGPGAPtsPIM
2020 United States U18 Gold medal icon.svg51010
2022 United States WC Silver medal icon.svg71342
2023 United StatesWCGold medal icon.svg70114
2024 United StatesWCSilver medal icon.svg70114
Junior totals51010
Senior totals2115610

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