Catherine Daoust
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey defender}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox ice hockey biography
| image = Catherine Daoust 2024.jpg
| caption = Daoust with PWHL Montreal in 2024
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|2|21|mf=y}}
| birth_place = L'Île-Bizard, Quebec, Canada
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| height_cm = 165
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| position = Defence
| shoots = Right
| team = Montreal Victoire
| league = PWHL
| former_teams = {{ubl|Montreal Force|PWHPA Montréal|Les Canadiennes de Montréal|Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs}}
| sex = f
| ntl_team = CAN
| career_start = 2014
| career_end =
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Catherine Daoust is a Canadian professional ice hockey defender for the Montreal Victoire of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).
Career
Daoust won a $1,500 scholarship from the NHL's Montreal Canadiens in 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/world/trio-of-west-island-hockey-players-honored-by-montreal-canadiens|title=Trio of West Island hockey players honored by Montreal Canadiens|website=Montreal Gazette|access-date=October 25, 2020|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028204717/https://montrealgazette.com/news/world/trio-of-west-island-hockey-players-honored-by-montreal-canadiens/|url-status=live}}
From 2014 to 2018, Daoust played and studied at the University of Minnesota Duluth, putting up 37 points in 140 NCAA games.368708{{Cite web|url=https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/sports/4401753-college-womens-hockey-bulldogs-ready-celebrate-diverse-senior-class-regular-season|title=College women's hockey: Bulldogs ready to celebrate diverse senior class in regular season home finale|first=Matt|last=Wellens|date=February 9, 2018|website=Duluth News Tribune|access-date=October 25, 2020|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028204839/https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/sports/4401753-college-womens-hockey-bulldogs-ready-celebrate-diverse-senior-class-regular-season|url-status=live}} She was named to the WCHA All-Academic Team in both 2016 and 2017, and served as an assistant captain for Minnesota-Duluth in her senior year.
She was drafted 28th overall by Les Canadiennes de Montréal in the 2018 CWHL Draft.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hockeycanada.ca/fr-ca/news/2018-nwp-14-team-canada-alumnae-taken-at-cwhl-draft|title=Dans une ligue à part|website=www.hockeycanada.ca|access-date=October 25, 2020|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028112109/https://hockeycanada.ca/fr-ca/news/2018-nwp-14-team-canada-alumnae-taken-at-cwhl-draft|url-status=live}} After graduating, she signed her first professional contract with the club, scoring 5 points in 27 games in her rookie CWHL season.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rds.ca/hockey/hockey-feminin-catherine-daoust-fait-rayonner-le-hockey-feminin-1.7197611|title=Hockey féminin : Catherine Daoust fait rayonner le hockey féminin|date=January 24, 2020|website=RDS.ca|access-date=November 3, 2020|archive-date=January 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126000928/https://www.rds.ca/hockey/hockey-feminin-catherine-daoust-fait-rayonner-le-hockey-feminin-1.7197611|url-status=live}} She scored her first goal in her second game, a 9–0 victory over the Worcester Blades.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rds.ca/hockey/hockey-deux-blanchissages-et-deux-dominations-des-canadiennes-de-montreal-1.6466959|title=Hockey : Deux blanchissages et deux dominations des Canadiennes de Montréal|date=November 18, 2018|website=RDS.ca|access-date=November 3, 2020|archive-date=January 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126000928/https://www.rds.ca/hockey/hockey-deux-blanchissages-et-deux-dominations-des-canadiennes-de-montreal-1.6466959|url-status=live}}
After the collapse of the CWHL in May 2019, she joined the PWHPA. She played for Team Knox at the Unifor Showcase in September 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2019/9/25/20880988/recapping-the-unifor-womens-hockey-showcase-scores-penalties-knox-poulin-johnston-jenner-pwhpa|title=Recapping the Unifor Women's Hockey Showcase|date=September 25, 2019|website=Pension Plan Puppets|access-date=October 25, 2020|archive-date=October 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026051429/https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/2019/9/25/20880988/recapping-the-unifor-womens-hockey-showcase-scores-penalties-knox-poulin-johnston-jenner-pwhpa|url-status=live}}
In 2022, Daoust signed with Montreal Force in the PHF and spent one season with the team,{{Cite web |date=2022-08-10 |title=PHF Montreal Announces Five New Signed Players |url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/phf-montreal-announces-five-new-signed-players/n-5868082 |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=OurSports Central |language=en}} before the PHF was bought out to form the PWHL. In 2023, she attended a training camp for PWHL Montreal{{Cite web |last=Vierzba |first=Neil |date=2023-09-29 |title=Report: Former Bulldog Catherine Daoust Joins PWHL Montreal on Camp Invite |url=https://www.fox21online.com/2023/09/29/report-former-bulldog-catherine-daoust-joins-pwhl-montreal-on-camp-invite/ |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=Fox21Online |language=en-US}} and was named to the main roster after a successful try-out.
= International =
She represented Team Canada at the 2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, scoring 3 points in 5 games as the country won gold.
Personal life
Daoust attended Cégep de Saint-Laurent. She has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering.{{cite web|url=https://news.d.umn.edu/news-center/news/calculations-play-mechanical-engineering-and-hockey|date=November 10, 2015|title=Calculations at Play|website=University of Minnesota Duluth|access-date=October 25, 2020|archive-date=October 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031050203/https://news.d.umn.edu/news-center/news/calculations-play-mechanical-engineering-and-hockey|url-status=live |author1=Ullan023 }}{{Cite web|url=https://umdbulldogs.com/news/2017/10/23/womens-hockey-bulldog-spotlight-on-catherine-daoust.aspx|title=Bulldog Spotlight: Catherine Daoust|website=UMD Athletics|date=October 23, 2017 |access-date=October 25, 2020|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028210306/https://umdbulldogs.com/news/2017/10/23/womens-hockey-bulldog-spotlight-on-catherine-daoust.aspx|url-status=live}} Her boyfriend has launched the Until She’s Paid platform, aiming to profile women's hockey players and to petition the NHL to fund women's hockey.{{Cite news|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/sports/hockey/2020-01-10/ligue-professionnelle-feminine-deux-montrealais-interpellent-la-lnh|title=Ligue professionnelle féminine: deux Montréalais interpellent la LNH|date=January 10, 2020|website=La Presse|access-date=October 25, 2020|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028205458/https://www.lapresse.ca/sports/hockey/2020-01-10/ligue-professionnelle-feminine-deux-montrealais-interpellent-la-lnh|url-status=live|last1=Lorange |first1=Simon-Olivier }}
References
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External links
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Category:Professional Women's Hockey Players Association players
Category:Les Canadiennes de Montreal players
Category:Canadian women engineers
Category:Ice hockey people from Montreal
Category:People from L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève
Category:Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey players
Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
Category:Montreal Force players
Category:Canadian women's ice hockey defencemen
Category:Montreal Victoire players