Laura Stacey

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Laura Stacey

| image = Laura Stacey.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Stacey with PWHL Montreal in 2024

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|5|5}}

| birth_place = Mississauga,https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/hockey/hockey-canada-laura-stacey-1.4395060 Ontario, Canada

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 157

| position = Right wing

| shoots = Right

| league = PWHL

| team = Montreal Victoire

| former_teams = {{ubl|

| PWHPA

| Markham Thunder (2016-19)

| Dartmouth Big Green (2012-16)

}}

| sex = f

| ntl_team = CAN

| career_start = 2012

| career_end =

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's ice hockey}}

{{MedalCountry|{{CAN}}}}

}}

Laura Rachel Stacey (born May 5, 1994) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for the Montreal Victoire, and a member of Canada women's national ice hockey team. She previously played with the Markham Thunder and the Dartmouth Big Green and competed internationally with the Canadian under-18 and under-22 teams. She won a silver medal with Team Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics and a gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Playing career

Stacey represented Team Ontario at the 2011 Canada Winter Games.http://teamontario.info/media_guide/womens%20hockey.pdf{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Dead link|date=December 2020}} During the 2011–12 national team season, she was a member of the national under-18 team that participated in a three-game series vs. the United States in August 2011.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/170168/la_id/1.htm|title=The Official Website of Hockey Canada|access-date=February 6, 2012|archive-date=June 15, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615173543/http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/170168/la_id/1.htm|url-status=live}} She scored a goal in the gold medal game of the 2011 Canadian National Women's Under-18 Championships for Team Ontario Red.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/178292/la_id/1/ss_id/170515/|title=The Official Website of Hockey Canada|access-date=February 6, 2012|archive-date=May 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524182042/http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/178292/la_id/1/ss_id/170515//|url-status=live}} In the first game of the 2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship on December 31, 2011, Stacey posted three points in a 13–1 rout of Switzerland.{{Cite web |url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/279/IHW279B02_74_3_0.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=December 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113062824/http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/279/IHW279B02_74_3_0.pdf |archive-date=January 13, 2019 |work=IIHF |url-status=live}}

Stacey played for Team Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics, playing in five games and earning a silver medal.{{cite web |title=SEVEN OLYMPIC MEDALISTS RETURN TO CWHL |url=http://www.thecwhl.com/seven-olympic-medalists-return-to-cwhl |website=thecwhl.ca |access-date=December 5, 2018 |date=March 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408025419/http://www.thecwhl.com/seven-olympic-medalists-return-to-cwhl |archive-date=April 8, 2019 |url-status=dead}} On January 11, 2022, Stacey was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.{{cite web|last=Awad|first=Brandi|title=Team Canada's women's hockey roster revealed for Beijing 2022|url=https://olympic.ca/2022/01/11/team-canadas-womens-hockey-roster-revealed-for-beijing-2022/|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|date=11 January 2022|access-date=11 January 2022|archive-date=January 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122080734/https://olympic.ca/2022/01/11/team-canadas-womens-hockey-roster-revealed-for-beijing-2022/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|date=11 January 2022|title=Canada's 2022 Olympic women's hockey team roster|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2022/01/11/canadas-2022-olympic-womens-hockey-team-roster.html|work=Canadian Press|location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada|access-date=11 January 2022|archive-date=January 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112023402/https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2022/01/11/canadas-2022-olympic-womens-hockey-team-roster.html|url-status=live}}

=NCAA=

On January 23, 2012, it was announced that Stacey committed to the Dartmouth Big Green.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ecachockey.com/women/members/dartmouth/20122301_DartmouthEarlyRecruitsClass2016|title=Dartmouth Announces Early Decision Recruits|date=January 23, 2012|access-date=February 6, 2012|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205115/http://www.ecachockey.com/women/members/dartmouth/20122301_DartmouthEarlyRecruitsClass2016|url-status=dead}} In her first season, she was named to the ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team and was one of three finalists for the ECAC Rookie of the Year. As a junior, she earned All-Ivy Honorable Mention. In her senior year (2015–16), she captained the Big Green and earned All-Ivy first-team honours.

=CWHL=

After her college career, Stacey joined the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL). Stacey was selected third overall by the Brampton Thunder in the 2016 CWHL Draft. She made her CWHL debut in a road contest against the Calgary Inferno on October 8, 2016; she scored her first goal on October 9. She recorded her first multi-point game on October 16, against Les Canadiennes de Montréal.

In her first season in the league, Stacey was named to the 3rd CWHL All-Star Game. Competing with Team White, she was joined by fellow Thunder teammates Laura Fortino, Jess Jones and Rebecca Vint. Stacey logged an assist on a goal scored by Marie-Philip Poulin.{{cite web |url=http://www.thecwhl.com/team-campbell-beats-team-spooner-mikkelson-2017-cwhl-star-game |title=TEAM CAMPBELL BEATS TEAM SPOONER-MIKKELSON AT 2017 CWHL ALL-STAR GAME |publisher=CWHL |date=February 11, 2017 |access-date=February 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423175024/http://www.thecwhl.com/team-campbell-beats-team-spooner-mikkelson-2017-cwhl-star-game |archive-date=April 23, 2018 |url-status=dead}}

In the 2018 Clarkson Cup finals against Kunlun Red Star, Stacey scored with 2:11 left in overtime, giving Markham a 2–1 victory and its first championship.{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2018/03/25/laura-staceys-overtime-winner-gives-markham-its-first-clarkson-cup.html |title=Laura Stacey's overtime winner gives Markham its first Clarkson Cup |work=Toronto Star |author=Kevin McGran |date=March 25, 2018 |access-date=August 3, 2018 |archive-date=August 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803194217/https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2018/03/25/laura-staceys-overtime-winner-gives-markham-its-first-clarkson-cup.html |url-status=live }}

=PWHL=

In 2023, when the rival Professional Women's Hockey Players Association and Premier Hockey Federation consolidated into the new Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL),{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/womens-hockey-pro-league-poulin-1.6897041 |title='Years in the making': Marie-Philip Poulin ready to start new women's hockey league |last=Wawrow |first=John |work=CBC Sports |date=July 4, 2023 |access-date=September 5, 2023 |archive-date=August 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830011246/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/womens-hockey-pro-league-poulin-1.6897041 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news|url=https://theathletic.com/4819384/2023/08/31/pwhl-top-players-prediction/|title=Professional Women's Hockey League: Predicting the top 18 players who could sign|last=Salvian|first=Hailey|website=The Athletic|date=August 31, 2023|access-date=September 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230904184032/https://theathletic.com/4819384/2023/08/31/pwhl-top-players-prediction/ |archive-date=September 4, 2023}} Stacey was signed as one of Montreal's first three players, alongside Poulin and Ann-Renée Desbiens.{{Cite news|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/women-hockey/article/marie-philip-poulin-to-sign-with-pwhl-montreal-sarah-nurse-to-join-toronto/|title=Marie-Philip Poulin to sign with PWHL Montreal, Sarah Nurse to join Toronto|website=Sportsnet|date=September 5, 2023|access-date=September 5, 2023}} Ahead of the team's inaugural season, Stacey was named an assistant captain.{{Cite news |last=Donkin |first=Karissa |date=2023-12-29 |title=Marie-Philip Poulin, Brianne Jenner named captains of PWHL Montreal, Ottawa |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/pwhl/pwhl-montreal-ottawa-captains-1.7071370 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231052420/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/pwhl/pwhl-montreal-ottawa-captains-1.7071370 |archive-date=2023-12-31 |access-date=2024-01-05 |work=CBC Sports}} She was also selected as the team's player representative with the PWHL Players Association, the league's labour union.{{Cite news |last=Kennedy |first=Ian |date=2023-12-20 |title=PWHLPA Chooses Player Representatives |url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/pwhlpa-chooses-player-representatives |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118220408/https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/pwhlpa-chooses-player-representatives |archive-date=2024-01-18 |access-date=2024-01-18 |work=The Hockey News}}

Career statistics

=Hockey Canada=

In progress

class="wikitable" width="50%"
style="text-align:center; background:red; color:black;" \| Year	Event	Games played	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	Result
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \|2011	U18 WWC	5	3	4	7	2	style="background: silver;"\|Silver
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \|2011	U18 vs USA (exhibition)	3	2	3	5	0
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \|2012	U18 WWC	5	4	3	7	4	style="background: #ffeeaa;"\|Gold
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \|2013	U22 Meco	4	0	1	1	2	style="background: #ffeeaa;"\|Gold
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \|2015	NWDT Nations Cup	6	1	1	2	0	style="background: #ffeeaa;"\|Gold
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \|2016	NWDT Nations Cup	6	1	1	2	6	style="background: #ffeeaa;"\|Gold
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \|2016	4 Nations Cup	3	1	1	2	2	style="background:silver;"\|Silver
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \|2017	NWDT Nations Cup	4	1	0	1	2	style="background:silver;"\|Silver
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2017	IIHF Women's Worlds	5	0	0	0	4	style="background:silver;"\|Silver
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2017	vs Team USA (exhibition)	3	0	0	0	0
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \|2017	4 Nations Cup	3	0	0	0	0	style="background:silver;"\|Silver
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2018	PyeongChang Winter Games	5	0	1	1	0	style="background:silver;"\|Silver
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \|2018	4 Nations Cup	4	2	0	2	0	style="background:silver;"\|Silver
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2019	vs Team USA (exhibition)	3	0	3	3	2
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2019	IIHF Women's Worlds	7	1	2	3	2	style="background:bronze;"\|Bronze
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2021	IIHF Women's Worlds	1	0	0	0	0	style="background:gold;"\|Gold
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2022	Peking Winter Games	7	4	2	6	6	style="background:gold;"\|Gold
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2022	IIHF Women's Worlds	7	0	1	1	0	style="background:gold;"\|Gold
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2023	IIHF Women's Worlds	7	2	0	2	6	style="background:silver;"\|Silver
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2023	vs Team USA (exhibition)	5	2	4	6	2
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2024	IIHF Women's Worlds	7	2	3	5	2	style="background:Gold;"\|Gold
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2024	vs Team USA (exhibition)	6	3	3	6	4
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2025	IIHF Women's Worlds	7	2	6	8	4	style="background:silver;"\|Silver

{{Cite news|url=https://cdn.hockeycanada.ca/hockey-canada/Team-Canada/Women/National/2018-19/downloads/2019-CAN-WWC-Media-Guide.pdf|title=Canada's National Women's Team: 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship|website=Hockey Canada|date=2019-04-04|access-date=2021-03-03|language=en|archive-date=November 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127231053/https://cdn.hockeycanada.ca/hockey-canada/Team-Canada/Women/National/2018-19/downloads/2019-CAN-WWC-Media-Guide.pdf|url-status=live}}

=NCAA=

class="wikitable" style="width:80%;"
style="text-align:center; background:green; color:#FFFFFF;" \| Year	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	PPG	SHG	GWG
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \|2012–13	28	8	14	22	20	3	0	1
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \|2013–14	27	4	12	16	28	1	1	0
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \|2014–15	26	9	17	26	8	3	1	1
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \|2015–16	27	10	13	23	18	2	1	0

{{cite web |url=http://www.uscho.com/stats/player/wid,9352/laura-stacey/ |title=Laura Stacey Career Stats |publisher=USCHO |date=n.d. |access-date=February 17, 2017 |archive-date=February 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218064035/http://www.uscho.com/stats/player/wid,9352/laura-stacey/ |url-status=live }}

=CWHL=

class="wikitable" width="80%"
align="center" style="background:black;color:red;" \| Season	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/-	GWG	PPG	SHG
align="center" bgcolor="" \|2016–17	Brampton Thunder	18	8	11	19	6	+11	0	0	0
align="center" bgcolor="" \|2017–18	Markham Thunder	2	2	2	4	0	+4	0	0	1
align="center" bgcolor="" \|2018-18	Markham Thunder	24	8	17	25	22	3	0	0	0

{{cite web |url=http://www.thecwhl.com/stats/player/21/19/laura-stacey |title=Laura Stacey |publisher=CWHL |date=n.d. |access-date=August 3, 2018 |archive-date=April 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411161953/http://www.thecwhl.com/stats/player/21/19/laura-stacey |url-status=live }}

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|+PWHL{{Cite web |date=November 19, 2024 |title=Stats {{!}} PWHL - Professional Women's Hockey League |url=https://www.thepwhl.com/en/stats/player/32/1/laura-stacey }}

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2023-2024

|PWHL Montreal

|23

|10

|18

| +4

Awards and honours

2011 Canada Winter games: Silver medal (with Team Ontario)

=NCAA=

2012-13: ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team
2014-15: All-Ivy Honorable Mention
2014-15: ECAC Hockey All-Academic
2015-16: Dartmouth Team Captain
2015-16: All-Ivy First Team
2015-16: Academic All-Ivy
2015-16: ECAC Hockey Third Team All-League
2015-16: ECAC Hockey All-Academic

=CWHL=

Rookie of the Year 2017https://dartmouthsports.com/news/2017/3/6/211515480
2018 Clarkson Cup champion

Personal life

Stacey is the great-granddaughter of Hockey Hall of Famer King Clancy{{Cite web|url=https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/2017-18-nwt-stacey-looks-to-build-on-bloodlines|title=Building on bloodlines|website=www.hockeycanada.ca|access-date=September 8, 2017|archive-date=September 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908160326/https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/2017-18-nwt-stacey-looks-to-build-on-bloodlines|url-status=live}}

and wears the jersey number 7 in his honour. Her great-uncle, Terry Clancy, played for Team Canada at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.{{cite Sports-Reference |check-wikidata=no |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cl/terry-clancy-1.html |title=Terry Clancy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418091742/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cl/terry-clancy-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-18 |url-status=dead}} She is of Irish descent through Clancy.🖉{{Cite web|url=https://www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/sports/irish-eyes-smile-on-maple-leafs-424819/|title=Irish eyes smile on Maple Leafs | SaltWire|first=Lance|last=Hornby|website=www.saltwire.com}}

On May 26, 2023, Stacey announced her engagement to Team Canada and PWHL Montreal teammate Marie-Philip Poulin,{{Cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/nhl/hockey-inside-out/marie-philip-poulin-announces-her-engagement-to-team-canada-teammate|title=Marie-Philip Poulin announces her engagement to Team Canada teammate|last=Cowan|first=Stu|date=May 26, 2023|newspaper=Montreal Gazette|language=en|access-date=May 26, 2023}} with whom she has been in a relationship since 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/longform/features/Hockey-love-story-Poulin-Stacey |title=Linemates to Lifemates: A Hockey Love Story|first=Devin |last=Heroux|date=21 November 2024|access-date=24 December 2024|work=Canadian Broadcast Corporation}} They married on September 28, 2024. The couple resides in Montreal with their dog Arlo.

References

External links

{{ice hockey stats}}
{{Olympedia|136869}}
{{COC profile|laura-stacey}}
{{Olympics.com profile|laura-stacey}}

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Category:Brampton Thunder players

Category:Canadian women's ice hockey forwards

Category:Canadian sportspeople of Irish descent

Category:Clarkson Cup champions

Category:Dartmouth Big Green women's ice hockey players

Category:Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Category:Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Category:Living people

Category:Markham Thunder players

Category:Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Canada

Category:Olympic medalists in ice hockey

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Category:Ice hockey people from Mississauga

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class="wikitable" width="50%"
style="text-align:center; background:red; color:black;" \| Year	Event	Games played	Goals	Assists	Points	PIM	Result
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \|2011	U18 WWC	5	3	4	7	2	style="background: silver;"\|Silver
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \|2011	U18 vs USA (exhibition)	3	2	3	5	0
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \|2012	U18 WWC	5	4	3	7	4	style="background: #ffeeaa;"\|Gold
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \|2013	U22 Meco	4	0	1	1	2	style="background: #ffeeaa;"\|Gold
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \|2015	NWDT Nations Cup	6	1	1	2	0	style="background: #ffeeaa;"\|Gold
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \|2016	NWDT Nations Cup	6	1	1	2	6	style="background: #ffeeaa;"\|Gold
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \|2016	4 Nations Cup	3	1	1	2	2	style="background:silver;"\|Silver
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \|2017	NWDT Nations Cup	4	1	0	1	2	style="background:silver;"\|Silver
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2017	IIHF Women's Worlds	5	0	0	0	4	style="background:silver;"\|Silver
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2017	vs Team USA (exhibition)	3	0	0	0	0
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \|2017	4 Nations Cup	3	0	0	0	0	style="background:silver;"\|Silver
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2018	PyeongChang Winter Games	5	0	1	1	0	style="background:silver;"\|Silver
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \|2018	4 Nations Cup	4	2	0	2	0	style="background:silver;"\|Silver
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2019	vs Team USA (exhibition)	3	0	3	3	2
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2019	IIHF Women's Worlds	7	1	2	3	2	style="background:bronze;"\|Bronze
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2021	IIHF Women's Worlds	1	0	0	0	0	style="background:gold;"\|Gold
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2022	Peking Winter Games	7	4	2	6	6	style="background:gold;"\|Gold
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2022	IIHF Women's Worlds	7	0	1	1	0	style="background:gold;"\|Gold
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2023	IIHF Women's Worlds	7	2	0	2	6	style="background:silver;"\|Silver
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2023	vs Team USA (exhibition)	5	2	4	6	2
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2024	IIHF Women's Worlds	7	2	3	5	2	style="background:Gold;"\|Gold
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2024	vs Team USA (exhibition)	6	3	3	6	4
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2025	IIHF Women's Worlds	7	2	6	8	4	style="background:silver;"\|Silver