Emmy Fecteau

Emmy Fecteau
Born (1999-04-07) 7 April 1999 (age 25)
Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight 150 lb (68 kg; 10 st 10 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Left
PWHL team New York Sirens
Playing career 2024–present

Emmy Fecteau (born April 7, 1999) is a Canadian ice hockey player for the New York Sirens of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). A centre, she played for the Canadian women's national team at the 2023 Winter World University Games and for the Concordia Stingers. She was selected with in the sixth round, 31st overall, in the 2024 PWHL Draft by the Sirens.[1]

Playing career

College

Fecteau played in the 2022, 2023 and 2024 U Sports women's ice hockey championship games, winning in 2022 and 2024. Concordia lost in 2023 on a last second goal to Mount Royal University. In 2023, she was awarded the Isobel Gathorne-Hardy Award, which awarded by Hockey Canada to an active player (at any level) whose values, leadership and personal traits are representative of all female athletes.[2][3] She served as captain on the 2023–24 team which went undefeated.[4]

Professional

The Hockey News ranked Fecteau as the top ranked French Canadian ahead of the 2024 PWHL Draft.[5] Fecteau, alongside Rylind MacKinnon, became one of two U Sports players go directly into the PWHL when they made opening night rosters for the 2024–25 season.[6]

Personal life

Fecteau is originally from the municipality of Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne, Quebec. At Concordia University, she studied towards a bachelor's degree in education with a specialization in English as a Second Language.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Emmy Fecteau: à la conquête de New York". Hockey Le Magazine (in French). 8 November 2024.
  2. ^ "The Isobel Gathorne-Hardy Award". www.hockeycanada.ca.
  3. ^ Kennedy, Ian (16 July 2023). "Emmy Fecteau Wins Hockey Canada's Isobel Gathorne-Hardy Award". The Hockey News.
  4. ^ "Concordia Stingers reflect on U Sports women's hockey championship title in Saskatoon". Global News. 17 March 2024.
  5. ^ Laprade, Pat (5 June 2024). "Emmy Fecteau Checks All The Boxes Ahead Of The PWHL Draft". The Hockey News.
  6. ^ Kennedy, Ian (28 November 2024). "Fecteau, MacKinnon Turning Eyes To U Sports Women's Hockey". The Hockey News.
  7. ^ "Emmy Fecteau" (in French). Concordia University Athletics.