Annie Guay (born June 29, 1985) is a Canadian

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player. She is a member of the Canadian national women's hockey team and a member of

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(CWHL). Her first tournament for the senior

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was at the

2010 Four Nations Cup The 2010 4 Nations Cup was an international women's ice hockey competition held in Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador and St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador from November 9 to November 13, 2010. Games were played at the Clarenville Event ...

where she won the gold medal. At the age of 25, she retired from the competitive hockey.

Playing career

Born in

Rouyn-Noranda Rouyn-Noranda ( 2021 population 42,313) is a city on Osisko Lake in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada. The city of Rouyn-Noranda is a coextensive with a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) and census ...

, Guay made her amateur hockey in the region of

Abitibi-Témiscamingue Abitibi-Témiscamingue () is an List of regions of Quebec, administrative region located in western Québec, Canada, along the border with Ontario. It became part of the province in 1898. It has a land area of and its population was 146,717 peo ...

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

in the

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(CWHL). In season 2010–11, She is 7th leading scorer and only Defencemen in the top 10 scoring leaders.

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. In her senior year at St. Lawrence (2007–08), Guay, along with teammate

Sabrina Harbec Sabrina Harbec (born March 20, 1985) is a hockey player and the third winner of the Angela James Bowl after leading the CWHL with 15 goals and 39 assists in 29 games. Her performance helped the Stars finish first overall in league standing ...

capped their senior years by earning All-America honors for the third straight year.

Hockey Canada

The retirement of three defenders (

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Colleen Sostorics Colleen Kay Sostorics (born December 17, 1979 in Kennedy, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian retired women's ice hockey defenseman. She has played extensively for Canada at the international level, including three Olympic gold medals ( 2002 in Turin ...

and

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) created room on defense for Canada's senior women's team. Guay was selected to Canada's team at the 2010 4 Nations Cup. Guay was not called by Hockey Canada for the selection camp 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.

Hockey Canada

CWHL

NCAA

Retirement from hockey

Annie Guay retired from competitive hockey in April 2011. She now lives in Abitibi. She appears at school hockey for L'École de hockey du Nord-Ouest (at

), and she coaches the young girls.

Awards and honours

* Second Team All-America selection (2006) * 2006 First Team All-ECAC *2006 ECAC Tournament team *2006–07 ECAC Coaches Preseason All-League Selection *2006–07 ECAC Media Preseason All-League Selection * 2007 European Air Canada Cup, Top Defenceman Award (awarded by the Directorate) *

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honors (2007) * All-America honors (2008) *2008 First Team All-ECAC * Winner of

Clarkson Cup The Clarkson Cup (french: La Coupe Clarkson) is a women's ice hockey trophy, which from 2009 to 2019 was awarded to the winner of the Canadian Women's Hockey Championship (CWHL champion). With the folding of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CW ...

in 2008–09 with

Montreal wins first Clarkson Cup, * First Team All-Stars 2009–10 in CWHL * CWHL Top Defender 2009–10

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Guay, Annie 1985 births Living people Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Canadian women's ice hockey defencemen Clarkson Cup champions Ice hockey people from Quebec Les Canadiennes de Montreal players Sportspeople from Rouyn-Noranda St. Lawrence Saints women's ice hockey players