Sarah Bujold
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|02|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Riverview, New Brunswick, Canada
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| height_ft = 5
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| weight_lb = 143
| position = Forward
| shoots = Left
| league = SDHL
| team = Luleå HF/MSSK
| former_teams = {{ubl|PWHL Montreal|Metropolitan Riveters|HV71 Jönköping|Djurgårdens IF Hockey|St. Francis Xavier X-Women}}
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Sarah Bujold (born 26 February 1996) is a Canadian ice hockey forward for Luleå HF/MSSK of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). She has previously played for HV71 Jönköping and Djurgårdens IF Hockey of the SDHL, the Metropolitan Riveters of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF), and Montreal Victoire of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).
Playing career
Bujold played five seasons of college ice hockey with the St. Francis Xavier X-Women ice hockey program in the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) of U Sports during 2014 to 2019. She was selected as a first team U Sports All-Star in both the 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons, and received the 2017 Brodrick Trophy as U Sports women's ice hockey Player of the Year.{{cite web |title=U SPORTS Women' Hockey: StFX's Bujold named Player of the Year |url=https://sirc.ca/fr/news/u-sports-womens-hockey-stfxs-bujold-named-player-of-the-year/ |website=Sports Information Resource Centre |access-date=2024-01-14 |type=Press release |date=2017-03-16}}{{cite news |last1=Staffieri |first1=Mark |title=St FX Scoring Sensation Sarah Bujold Adds Brodrick Trophy to Memorable Season |url=https://womenshockeylife.com/st-fx-scoring-sensation-sarah-bujold-adds-brodrick-trophy-to-memorable-season/ |access-date=3 June 2024 |work=Women's Hockey Life |date=5 April 2017}} Across her five-year college ice hockey career, she averaged 0.93 points per game and, as of 2022, she ranks among the top-ten in X-Women history for career points, career goals, single-season points, and single-season goals.{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Mike |title=Bujold's big start |url=https://www.theicegarden.com/sarah-bujolds-big-start-metropolitan-riveters-sdhl/ |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=The Ice Garden |date=23 November 2022}}{{cite journal |title=StFX Hockey X-Women Record Book |url=https://www.goxgo.ca/sports/wice/record_book |website=St. Francis Xavier University Athletics |access-date=2024-01-14 |date=2022-12-31}}
Following her college career, she planned to play for Les Canadiennes de Montréal in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) but the league folded in May 2019 and she was forced to explore other options.{{cite news |last1=Donkin |first1=Karissa |title=High stakes, big opportunities await undrafted hopefuls invited to PWHL training camps |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/pwhl-training-camp-invitees-jackson-bujold-1.6987020 |access-date=2024-01-14 |work=CBC |date=2023-10-05}}
Bujold ultimately signed in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with Djurgårdens IF Hockey for the 2019–20 SDHL season. In her debut SDHL season, she tied Jenn Wakefield and Andrea Dalen for most goals scored by a Djurgårdens player and ranked second in scoring on the team, trailing Wakefield by just three points.{{cite news |last1=Landry |first1=Nicolas |title=LPHF Montréal : la longue boucle de Sarah Bujold |url=https://www.rds.ca/hockey/la-longue-boucle-de-sarah-bujold-1.17507811 |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=RDS |date=29 November 2023 |language=fr-CA}}{{cite web |title=Översikt - Spelarstatistik 2020/2021 → Lag: Djurgården Hockey |url=https://www.sdhl.se/game-stats/players/summary?ssgtUuid=qWY-71SgmFLC1&count=25&moduleType=summary&sortKey=TP&invert=true&teamUuid=2459-c672caZC6 |website=SDHL.se |access-date=23 October 2024 |language=sv}} She remained a key piece of Djurgården's offense after re-signing for the 2020–21 SDHL season, ranking second behind Josephine Jacobsen in both goals and points scored for the team and 24th in points of all SDHL players.{{cite web |title=Översikt - Spelarstatistik 2020/2021 |url=https://www.sdhl.se/game-stats/players/summary?ssgtUuid=qYA-8rLLNPKnh&count=25&moduleType=summary&sortKey=TP&invert=true |website=SDHL.se |access-date=23 October 2024 |language=sv}}
Ahead of the 2021–22 SDHL season, Bujold left Djurgården to sign with HV71 in Jönköping, Sweden. The new environment boosted her to the best offensive production of her SDHL career and she led team in scoring, with twenty goals and fourteen assists for 34 points in 29 games, and ranked twelfth in the league for points.{{cite web |title=Översikt - Spelarstatistik 2021/2022 |url=https://www.sdhl.se/game-stats/players/summary?ssgtUuid=qZm-AJyETlN3Z&count=25&moduleType=summary&sortKey=TP&invert=true |website=SDHL.se |access-date=23 October 2024 |language=sv}}
File:Sarah Bujold.jpg in 2022]]
Bujold signed with Metropolitan Riveters for the 2022–23 PHF season, making her return to North America after three successful seasons in Sweden. She made an immediate impact, receiving PHF first star of the week honors in the opening week of the season, and by season's end, she ranked third in team scoring, behind veteran PHFers Madison Packer and Kelly Babstock.{{cite news |last1=Burgess |first1=Melissa |title=PHF Season 8: Metropolitan Riveters Season Review |url=https://victorypress.org/2023/04/27/metropolitan-rivters-season-8-review-2023/ |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=The Victory Press |date=27 April 2023}} She re-signed with the Riveters for the 2023–24 PHF season, but the contract was voided when the league was bought out and dissolved in June 2023.{{cite news |last1=Rodriguez |first1=Angelica |title=Riveters bring back two top performers in Bujold, Gasparics |url=https://www.theicegarden.com/fa-signing-news-riveters-bring-back-two-top-performers-in-bujold-gasparics/ |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=The Ice Garden |date=19 May 2023}}
Undeterred by the second league collapse of her short career, Bujold declared for the 2023 draft of the newly established Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She went undrafted and later explained, "My agent and I definitely thought I would be drafted, even if only in the later rounds... it was disappointing." Despite missing out on a draft slot, several teams extended training camp invitations to her and she opted to attend the training camp of PWHL Montréal (renamed Victoire de Montréal/Montreal Victoire in 2024).{{cite news |last1=Kennedy |first1=Ian |title=Montreal Signs Free Agent Invite Sarah Bujold, Miller Signs In Toronto |url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/montreal-signs-free-agent-invite-sarah-bujold-miller-signs-in-toronto |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=The Hockey News |date=15 November 2023}} Bujold signed a one-season contract with Montréal in November 2023 and was one of two players from New Brunswick to make final rosters for the start of the inaugural PWHL season (the other was goaltender Marlène Boissonnault, who also signed with Montréal).{{cite news |last=Drost |first=Philip |title=N.B. goalie prepares for 'Christmas morning feeling' ahead of inaugural PWHL season |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/pwhl-new-brunswick-players-sarah-bujold-marlene-boissonnault-1.7060885 |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=CBC |date=16 December 2023}}
On December 2, 2024, Bujold returned to the SDHL, signing a one-year contract with Luleå HF/MSSK.{{cite news |last=Kennedy |first=Ian |title=Bujold and Poulin-Labelle Both Ink Contracts In Sweden |url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/international/bujold-and-poulin-labelle-both-ink-contracts-in-sweden |work=The Hockey News |publisher=Sports Illustrated |date=December 2, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024}}
Personal life
Bujold has a younger sister, Sophie, who plays ice hockey with the UPEI Panthers women's ice hockey program.{{cite news |last1=Ross |first1=Shane |title=New women's pro hockey league gives local players chance to dream bigger |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-pwhl-upei-women-pro-hockey-1.7076893 |access-date=2024-10-23 |work=CBC News |date=2024-01-08}}{{Cite web |title=Sarah Bujold Stats and Player Profile |url=https://www.thepwhl.com/en/stats/player/81/1/sarah-bujold |access-date=2024-01-14 |website=Professional Women's Hockey League}}
She was in relationship with HV71 and Metropolitan Riveters teammate Ebba Berglund for several years during the early 2020s.{{Cite news |last=Westin |first=Marianne |date=8 March 2021 |title=Kärlekspar och konkurrenter – slåss om finalbiljett |url=https://nsd.se/bli-prenumerant/artikel/rxkox7gj |access-date=16 January 2023 |work=Norrländska Socialdemokraten |language=sv}}
Career statistics
= Regular season and playoffs =
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="97" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" |Regular season ! rowspan="97" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" |Playoffs | ||||||||||
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! Season !! Team !! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||||
| 2014-15 | StFX X-Women | AUS
| 24 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 22
| – | – | – | – | – |
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| 2015-16 | StFX X-Women | AUS
| 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 22
| – | – | – | – | – |
| 2016-17 | StFX X-Women | AUS
| 24 | 24 | 19 | 43 | 18
| – | – | – | – | – |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2017-18 | StFX X-Women | AUS
| 23 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 35
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2018-19 | StFX X-Women | AUS
| 26 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 8
| 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
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| 2019–20 | Djurgårdens IF | SDHL
| 34 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 16
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 2020–21 | Djurgårdens IF | SDHL
| 34 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 26
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
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| 2021–22 | HV71 | SDHL
| 29 | 20 | 14 | 34 | 30
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 2022–23 | Metropolitan Riveters | PHF
| 23 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 28
| – | – | – | – | – |
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| 2023–24 | PWHL Montreal | PWHL
| 21 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18
| – | – | – | – | – |
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! colspan="3" |U Sports totals ! 121 !! 62 !! 51 !! 113 !! 105 ! 10 !! 6 !! 6 !! 12 !! 6 | ||||||||||
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! colspan="3" |SDHL totals ! 97 !! 47 !! 38 !! 85 !! 72 ! 17 !! 4 !! 3 !! 7 !! 18 |
References
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External links
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Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden
Category:Canadian women's ice hockey forwards
Category:Djurgårdens IF Hockey (women) players
Category:Ice hockey people from New Brunswick
Category:LGBTQ ice hockey players
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Category:Metropolitan Riveters players
Category:People from Riverview, New Brunswick
Category:Montreal Victoire players