Sarah Edney

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = SarahEdney.jpg

| caption = Sarah Edney playing for the Buffalo Beauts in 2018

| image_size = 200px

| position = Defence

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 133

| team = Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Mississauga
Harvard Crimson
Brampton Thunder
Sydney Sirens

| league = Peel Div.
PWHL
ECAC
CWHL
AWIHL

| ntl_team = Canada

| sex = f

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|09|02}}

| birth_place = Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

| career_start = 2009

}}

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{{MedalSport | Women's ice hockey}}

{{MedalCountry | {{CAN}} }}

{{MedalSport | IIHF U18 Women's Worlds}}

{{MedalSilver| 2011 Sweden | 2011 Tournament}}

{{MedalSport | Nations Cup}}

{{MedalGold| 2015 Germany | 2015 Tournament}}

{{MedalCompetition|4 Nations Cup}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Sweden|Team}}

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Sarah Edney was selected first overall by the Brampton Thunder in the 2015 CWHL Draft.{{Cite news|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/brampton-thunder-choose-defenceman-sarah-edney-first-overall-in-cwhl-draft-322632151.html|title=Winnipeg Free Press|via=www.winnipegfreepress.com|access-date=2023-01-26|archive-date=2023-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126004715/https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/brampton-thunder-choose-defenceman-sarah-edney-first-overall-in-cwhl-draft-322632151.html|url-status=live}} She made her debut with the Canada women's national ice hockey team at the 2015 4 Nations Cup in Sundsvall, Sweden.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/2015-NWT-4-Nations-Cup-Roster-Named|title=Canada's National Women's Team roster named for 2015 4 Nations Cup|access-date=2015-10-18|archive-date=2019-04-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420014018/https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/2015-nwt-4-nations-cup-roster-named|url-status=live}}

Playing career

Edney played high school hockey at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Mississauga, Ontario. While a student there, she also competed in softball and track and field. In her junior season, she was named an assistant captain in hockey. She also played hockey for the Mississauga Junior Chiefs. During her career with the Junior Chiefs, Edney led the squad to gold and silver medals in the Ontario provincial championships. Sarah now lives in Australia and plays in a non-professional league.

=Hockey Canada=

At the 2011 IIHF Women's Under 18 championships, she was the captain of Team Canada. She would help the team earn a silver medal. In the same year, she was the Team Ontario captain at the 2011 Canada Winter Games, where she claimed a silver medal.

She was a member of Canada's National Women's Development Team that won a gold medal at the 2015 Nations Cup (formerly known as the Meco Cup).{{Cite web|url=http://stats.hockeycanada.ca/game/show/9573877?subseason=198368&_ga=1.263276748.1923401976.1424712796|title=Canada at Sweden - 1:00pm EST, January 6th, 2015|access-date=2015-08-25|archive-date=2015-06-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626144248/http://stats.hockeycanada.ca/game/show/9573877?subseason=198368&_ga=1.263276748.1923401976.1424712796|url-status=live}}

=NCAA=

Edney committed to join the Harvard Crimson of the ECAC.http://www.beyondthedashers.net/uploads/4/3/5/8/4358899/11-12_nc_team.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425132202/http://www.beyondthedashers.net/uploads/4/3/5/8/4358899/11-12_nc_team.pdf |date=2012-04-25 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

=NWHL=

On August 31, 2017, Edney signed with the Buffalo Beauts as a free agent,{{cite web|url=http://www.nwhl.zone/news_article/show/828746|title=SCORING MACHINE JESS JONES IS A BEAUT|publisher=www.nwhl.zone|date=2017-08-31|accessdate=2017-09-20|archive-date=2018-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809025121/https://www.nwhl.zone/news_article/show/828746|url-status=dead}} joining former Thunder teammates Jess Jones and Rebecca Vint who also signed with the Beauts. Edney participated in the 3rd NWHL All-Star Game.{{cite web|url= http://www.nwhl.zone/news_article/show/885343?referrer_id=2739439|title= Media Guide for the 2018 NWHL All-Star Game|publisher= NWHL.zone|accessdate= 14 February 2018|archive-date= 15 February 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180215023350/http://www.nwhl.zone/news_article/show/885343?referrer_id=2739439|url-status= dead}}

=AWIHL=

Sarah moved to Sydney, Australia, and has been playing for the Sydney Sirens in the Australian Women's Ice Hockey League since 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/368663/sarah-edney |title=Sarah Edney |website=eliteprospects.com |access-date=2024-02-24}}

Career stats

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| Year

EventTeamGPGAPtsPIM
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| 2009

Under 18 Nationals{{Cite web|url=https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/home|title=The Official Website of Hockey Canada|website=www.hockeycanada.ca|access-date=2023-01-26|archive-date=2020-10-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028105313/https://hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/home|url-status=live}}Ontario Blue50224
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| 2011

IIHF Under 18 WorldsCanada41232
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| 2011

Canada Winter GamesOntario51340
{{Cite web|url=http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/75136/la_id/1/player_id/124949/profile_id/153901/season_id/151723/ss_id/74005/|title=The Official Website of Hockey Canada|access-date=2015-08-25|archive-date=2023-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126004659/https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca|url-status=live}}

Awards and honours

  • Mississauga Female High School Athlete of the Year in 2010-11
  • Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School Hockey Most Valuable Player (2009–10)
  • Our Lady of Mount Carmel Junior Student Athlete of the Year
  • Our Lady of Mount Carmel Senior Student Athlete of the Year{{Cite web |url=http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/wice/2011-12/bios/edney_sarah |title=Sarah Edney - Harvard |access-date=2015-08-25 |archive-date=2015-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924040846/http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/wice/2011-12/bios/edney_sarah |url-status=dead }}
  • Toronto Star High School Female Athlete of the Week (Week of January 12, 2010){{Cite web|url = https://www.thestar.com/sports/highschool/athleteoftheweek/article/749920--female-athlete-of-week-sarah-edney|title = Female athlete of week: Sarah Edney|website = Toronto Star|date = 12 January 2010|access-date = 11 September 2017|archive-date = 26 January 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230126004714/https://www.thestar.com/sports/amateur/2010/01/12/female_athlete_of_week_sarah_edney.html|url-status = live}}

=NWHL=

  • NWHL Co-Player of the Week, Awarded March 12, 2018 {{cite web |url= http://www.nwhl.zone/news_article/show/896673?referrer_id=2739439 |title= NWHL Players of The Week: Madison Packer and Sarah Edney |publisher= nwhl.zone |accessdate= 14 March 2018 |archive-date= 15 March 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180315133329/http://www.nwhl.zone/news_article/show/896673?referrer_id=2739439 |url-status= dead }}

References

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{{succession box | before = Laura Fortino | title = CWHL first overall draft pick | years = 2015 | after = Kayla Tutino}}

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Category:Living people

Category:Canadian women's ice hockey defencemen

Category:Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey players

Category:Ice hockey people from Mississauga

Category:1993 births

Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen