Sarah Vaillancourt
Sarah Marie Vaillancourt ( born May 8, 1985 in Sherbrooke, Quebec ) is a Canadian ice hockey player.
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Life
Vaillancourt studied between 2004 and 2009 psychology at Harvard University and played until the end of their studies, with her university team in the ECAC. With her team, she was twice champion and runner-up once. She is a member of the Canadian national hockey team of women since 2003.
The Canadian team won the gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and again in 2010 in Vancouver. In 2008 she received the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award as the best female college hockey player.
Vaillancourt lives openly homosexual.
Awards and achievements
National
- 2005 Master of the ECAC with Harvard University
- 2005 NCAA runner-up of the 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
Internationally
- 2004 Gold medal at the Ice Hockey World Championship
- 2005 Silver medal at the Ice Hockey World Championship
- 2006 Gold Medal at the Olympic Winter Games in Turin
- 2007 Gold medal at the Ice Hockey World Championship
- 2010 Gold Medal at the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver
Career Stats
Internationally
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )