Annie Guay

Annie Guay (born June 29, 1985) is a Canadian ice hockey player. She is a member of the Canadian national women's hockey team and a member of Montreal Stars (CWHL). Her first tournament for the senior Canada women's national ice hockey team was at the 2010 Four Nations Cup where she won the gold medal. At the age of 25, she retired from the competitive hockey.

Annie Guay
Born (1985-06-29) June 29, 1985
Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 174 lb (79 kg; 12 st 6 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for
National team  Canada
Playing career 2003–2011
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing  Canada
4 Nations Cup
2010 Canada Tournament
MLP Nations Cup
2004 Germany Tournament
2005 Germany Tournament
2006 Germany Tournament
2007 Germany Tournament
2010 Germany Tournament

Playing career

Born in Rouyn-Noranda, Guay made her amateur hockey in the region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue in Quebec. She was selected for the national camp Under-22 years and she played for the under-22 Canadian National Team (2003 to 2009). Also since 2008, she is a member of Montreal Stars in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL). In season 2010–11, She is 7th leading scorer and only Defencemen in the top 10 scoring leaders.[1]

NCAA

Guay was an important key to the Saints' defensive success in the 2005–06 season. The St. Lawrence Saints held league opponents to an average of 1.10 goals per game. In addition, Guay contributed on with 21 points (seven goals, fourteen assists) in ECAC league games, which led all ECAC defenders.[2] In her senior year at St. Lawrence (2007–08), Guay, along with teammate Sabrina Harbec capped their senior years by earning All-America honors for the third straight year.[3]

Hockey Canada

The retirement of three defenders (Becky Kellar, Colleen Sostorics and Carla MacLeod) created room on defense for Canada's senior women's team. Guay was selected to Canada's team at the 2010 4 Nations Cup.[4] Guay was not called by Hockey Canada for the selection camp [5] for the 2011 World Women's Championships held in Switzerland, on April 16–25, 2011.

Career stats

Annie Guay is the all-time leader in games played for Canada's Under 22 National women's team with 37 games played.

years Games Goals Assists Pts Pen
2003 at 2007 and 2009–10 37 8 10 18 20

Hockey Canada
EventGPGAPts
August 2003
Exhibition vs. US		3000
2004 Air Canada Cup4123
August 2004
Exhibition vs. US		3000
2005 Air Canada Cup4101
2005 U22 Selection Camp
Canada White squad		2112
2006 Air Canada Cup4011
2006 U22 Selection Camp
Canada White squad		2101
August 2006
Exhibition vs. US		3000
2007 Air Canada Cup5134
2009 U22 Selection Camp
Canada White squad		2011
2010 MLP Nations Cup5325
2010 Four Nations Cup4000

[6]

CWHL
YearTeamGPGAPTSPIM
2008–09Montreal Starsn/an/an/an/an/a
2009–10Montreal Stars227253212
2010–11Montreal Stars2613183116

[7]

NCAA
SeasonGames playedGoalsAssistsPoints
2004–0539257
2005–063682634
2006–0736112233
2007–083242529

[8]

Retirement from hockey

Annie Guay retired from competitive hockey in April 2011.[9] She now lives in Abitibi. She appears at school hockey for L'École de hockey du Nord-Ouest (at Rouyn-Noranda), and she coaches the young girls.[10]

Awards and honours
  • Second Team All-America selection (2006)
  • 2006 First Team All-ECAC [11]
  • 2006 ECAC Tournament team[12]
  • 2006–07 ECAC Coaches Preseason All-League Selection
  • 2006–07 ECAC Media Preseason All-League Selection[13]
  • 2007 European Air Canada Cup, Top Defenceman Award (awarded by the Directorate)[14]
  • All-America honors (2007)
  • All-America honors (2008) [15]
  • 2008 First Team All-ECAC[16]
  • Winner of Clarkson Cup in 2008–09 with Montreal Stars[17]
  • First Team All-Stars 2009–10 in CWHL
  • CWHL Top Defender 2009–10

References
  1. Helene Lapointe and Meg Hewings,Montreal confronts rivals Brampton,"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2011-03-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) , March 7, 2011
  2. "ECAC Hockey League Announces Women's Preseason All-League Teams". ECAChokcey.com. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
  3. "News Digest March 31, 2008". St. Lawrence University. Archived from the original on 30 December 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  4. Defender Annie Guay drew into Saturday's lineup in place of Bobbi-Jo Slusar, who suffered a lower-body injury in Friday's game against Finland. http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/75138/la_id/1/season_id/146510/game_id/146566/ss_id/EVENT/ÉVÉNEMENT/.htm
  5. (French) Dominic Chamberland, Annie Guay n'y comprend rien, http://www.abitibiexpress.ca/Sports/Hockey/2011-03-07/article-2310087/Annie-Guay-n’y-comprend-rien/1%5B%5D , March 7, 2011.
  6. http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php?ci_id=75136&la_id=1&player_id=96036&profile_id=147144&season_id=146510&ss_id=146275
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2011-01-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "Annie Guay career stats". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
  9. (French) Dominic Chamberland, «C'est notre Coupe Stanley!», http://www.abitibiouestrouynnoranda.ca/Sports/Hockey/2011-04-03/article-2397133/«C’est-notre-Coupe-Stanley!»/1%5B%5D , April 3, 2011
  10. (French) Dominic Chamberland, L'École de hockey du Nord-Ouest en transition, http://www.abitibiexpress.ca/Sports/Hockey/2011-05-07/article-2482456/LEcole-de-hockey-du-NordOuest-en-transition/1 Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine , May 7, 2011
  11. "French and Hunt named to All-ECAC Hockey League Teams". Colgate University Athletics. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
  12. http://www.ecachockey.com/women/tournament/Women_All-Tournament_Teams.pdf
  13. "ECAC Hockey League Announces Women's Preseason All-League Teams". ECAChokcey.com. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
  14. http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/23344/la_id/1.htm
  15. "Annual Awards Announced; Vaillancourt Named Player of Year". Colgate University Athletics. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
  16. "Annual Awards Announced; Vaillancourt Named Player of Year". Colgate University Athletics. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
  17. Montreal wins first Clarkson Cup, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2011-01-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  • Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
  • "Hockey Canada profile". Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2010-12-28.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  • "Montreal Stars profile". Archived from the original on 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2011-01-06.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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