Ann-Renée Desbiens

Ann-Renée Desbiens
Ann-Renee Desbiens playing for Team Canada in 2017
Born (1994-04-10) April 10, 1994
La Malbaie, Quebec
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
NCAA team Wisconsin Badgers
National team  Canada
Playing career 2013present

Ann-Renée Desbiens (born April 10, 1994) is a Canadian ice hockey player with the University of Wisconsin (2013–2017) and appeared with the Canadian national team. She participated at the 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship[1] and the 2018 Winter Olympics.[2] She was the first Canadian selected at the 2016 NWHL Draft, grabbed in the first round by the Boston Pride.[3]

Playing career

Desbiens was drafted fourth overall by Boston Pride at the 2016 NWHL Draft.[4]

During her senior year, on November 6, 2016, Desbiens broke Noora Räty's for most NCAA career shutout records. In a 6–0 shutout victory against the Bemidji State Beavers, Desbiens would log career shutout number 44.[5] At the end of her senior year, Desbiens was awarded the Patty Kazmaier Award as top female college ice hockey player in the United States.[6]

Awards and honours

  • WCHA Player of the Week (Recognized for games of November 4–6, 2016) [7]
  • 2016 WCHA Player of the Year [8]
  • WCHA Offensive Player of the Month, January 2017[9]
  • WCHA Defensive Player of the Week (Week of February 14, 2017) [10]
  • 2017 Patty Kazmaier Award winner[6]

International play

Desbiens was selected to play for Team Canada at the 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship where she guided Canada to a silver medal.[2] She was also selected to play for Team Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics where she again won a silver medal.[2]

Statistics

NCAA

   
Season Team League GPMINGASVShotsSV %GAAWLT
2013–14 Wisconsin Badgers NCAA 12677:5212265277.9571.061110
2014–15 Wisconsin Badgers NCAA 372236:5543684727.9411.152674
2015–16 Wisconsin Badgers NCAA 382279:1829701730.9600.763341
2016–17 Wisconsin Badgers NCAA 352115:5225645670.9630.712924
NCAA Totals 1227309:5710922952404.9550.8999149

Statistics source[11]

References

  1. 2015 IIHF World Championship roster
  2. 1 2 3 "Ann-Renée Desbiens". olympic.ca. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  3. "WCHA Players Dominate 2016 NWHL Draft". sbncollegehockey.com. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  4. Shircliff, Elaine (September 1, 2016). "Meet the 2016 Boston Pride Draftees". thehockeywriters.com. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  5. "Wisconsin women's hockey: Ann-Renée Desbiens breaks NCAA shutout record in win". WCHA.com. 2016-11-08. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  6. 1 2 "Ann-Renee Desbiens Wins 20th Patty Kaz Award". pattykaz.com. March 18, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  7. "UMN'S PANNEK, AND UW'S DESBIENS AND ROQUE NAMED WCHA WOMEN'S PLAYERS OF THE WEEK". WCHA.com. 2016-11-08. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  8. "WCHA ANNOUNCES 2015–16 POSTSEASON AWARDS". WCHA.com. 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  9. "UMD's Stalder, UW's Desbiens And OSU's Dunne Named WCHA Women's Players of the Month". WCHA ice hockey. 2017-02-03. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  10. "UW'S WELLHAUSEN, DESBIENS AND ROQUE NAMED WCHA WOMEN'S PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: Players honored for games of February 10 – 12, 2017". WCHA ice hockey. 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
  11. "Ann-Renee Desbiens: Career Statistics". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
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