Alyson Matteau (born December 17, 1997) is a Canadian-American ice hockey defender, currently playing with the

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of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). She is currently the second all-time leading scorer among University of Maine women's ice hockey defenders.

Playing career

From the age of 12 until she was 16, she played for the junior Québec provincial girls' hockey team. In high school, she played for Northwood School in Lake Placid, New York. From 2015 to 2019, she attended the University of Maine and played with the Maine Black Bears women's ice hockey team, scoring 61

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in 135 NCAA Division I games and serving as team

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in her

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year. She scored her first career collegiate goal against

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in October 2015, and was named to the Hockey East All-Rookie team that season. She was named to the Hockey East Second All-Star Team for the 2017-18 season. Near the end of the 2018-19 season, she and three other Maine players, including Cailey Hutchinson, were suspended for violating the student-athlete code of conduct after a reported bar altercation. She signed her first professional contract with the NWHL's

ahead of the

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International play

Matteau represented Canada at the

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, playing all five games as the country won silver.

Personal life

Matteau is the daughter of former NHL winger and

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winner

Stéphane Matteau Stéphane Matteau (born September 2, 1969) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played over 800 regular-season games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted in the second round, 25th overall, by the Calgary Flames i ...

and Nathalie Guertin. She was born in San Jose, California after her father signed with the San Jose Sharks before the

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. Her older brother, Stefan, was a first round draft pick in the

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and currently plays in the American Hockey League (AHL). For her bachelor's degree, she majored in Child Development and Family Relations at the University of Maine.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Matteau, Alyson Canadian women's ice hockey defencemen American women's ice hockey defensemen People from Mirabel, Quebec Sportspeople from Laurentides Ice hockey people from Quebec Sportspeople from San Jose, California Ice hockey players from California Buffalo Beauts players Maine Black Bears women's ice hockey players 1997 births Living people American people of Canadian descent