Sarah Vaillancourt

Sarah Vaillancourt
Date of birth	May 8, 1985
place of birth	Sherbrooke , Quebec , Canada
size	167 cm
Weight	64 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2004-2009	Harvard University
2010-2014	Stars de Montréal

Sarah Marie Vaillancourt (born May 8, 1985 in Sherbrooke , Québec ) is a former Canadian national ice hockey player .

Life

Vaillancourt studied psychology at Harvard University between 2004 and 2009 and played with her university team in the ECAC until she graduated . With her team, she was twice college champion and once runner-up. Between 2003 and 2013, she was also a member of the Canadian Women's Ice Hockey Team .

With the Canadian team she won the gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Turin in 2006 and again in Vancouver in 2010. In 2008 she received the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award for best female college ice hockey player.

Vaillancourt is openly gay .

Achievements and Awards

National

• 2005 Masters of ECAC with Harvard University
• 2005 runner-up in NCAA with Harvard University
• 2008 Master of the ECAC with Harvard University
• 2008 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award
• 2008 New England Women's Hockey Player of the Year
• 2009 Ivy League Women's Hockey Player of the Year
• 2009 ECAC Women's Hockey Player of the Year
• 2009 New England Women's Hockey Player of the Year
• 2011 Clarkson Cup won with the Stars de Montréal

International

• 2004 gold medal at the world championship
• 2005 silver medal at the world championship
• 2006 gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games
• 2007 gold medal at the world championship
• 2010 gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games

Career statistics

season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		PPT	SH
2004-05	Harvard University	ECAC		29	25th	42	67	72		12	1
2006-07	Harvard University	ECAC		29	30th	26th	56	16		14th	0
2007-08	Harvard University	ECAC		34	26th	36	62	34		7th	3
2008-09	Harvard University	ECAC		27	25th	27	52	34		6th	2
ECAC total				119	106	131	237	156		39	6th

International

year	team	event		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
2005	Canada	WM		5	3	5	8th	2	+8
2006	Canada	Olympia		5	2	4th	6th	2	+7
2007	Canada	WM		5	2	4th	6th	4th	+6
2008	Canada	WM		5	4th	2	6th	8th	+1
2009	Canada	WM		5	3	4th	7th	8th	+8
2010	Canada	Olympia		5	3	5	8th	6th	+7
2011	Canada	WM		5	0	3	3	4th	+2
2013	Canada	WM		5	2	5	7th	2	+8

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

• Sarah Vaillancourt in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Sarah Vaillancourt at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Seattle Times: More young athletes open about being gay and lesbian
• Sarah Vaillancourt at ctvolympics.ca

Individual evidence

1. ↑ AfterEllen: Best. Lesbian. Week. Ever. ( Memento from June 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ thecrimson.com, Canadian Ice Hockey Olympics Gold Medalist