Katia Clement-Heydra is a Canadian-born women's ice hockey player, whose final season of professional hockey saw her skate for Modo Hockey in the SDHL. Selected by the

Canadiennes de Montreal French Canadians (referred to as Canadiens mainly before the twentieth century; french: Canadiens français, ; feminine form: , ), or Franco-Canadians (french: Franco-Canadiens), refers to either an ethnic group who trace their ancestry to Fren ...

in the second round of the

2015 CWHL Draft The 2015 Canadian Women's Hockey League, CWHL Draft was held on August 23, 2015. With the first pick overall, the Brampton Thunder selected Sarah Edney from the Harvard Crimson. Selecting second overall, the Toronto Furies picked Emily Fulton from ...

, she would score the opening goal in the finals of the

2017 Clarkson Cup The 2017 Clarkson Cup was a women's ice hockey championship that was contested for the second straight year at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, to determine the champion of the Canadian Women's Hockey League. Held on March 5, 2017, the Calga ...

Playing career

McGill Martlets

In her fourth season with the McGill Martlets women's ice hockey program, she captured the Brodrick Trophy, awarded to the player of the year in Canadian Interuniversity Sport women's ice hockey. It marked the third straight season that a member of the Martlets captured the Brodrick Trophy, following Melodie Daoust in 2013, and

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in 2012. As a side note, Daoust, Bettez and Clement-Heydra would also be teammates at the CWHL level with the Canadiennes de Montreal. During the 2013-14 CIS women's ice hockey season, Clement-Heydra led all players in the RSEQ conference with 40 points, while ranking second overall among all competitors in the CIS. Appearing in 20 games, she would record 13 goals, of which four were game-winning goals.

International

In December 2013, Clement-Heydra competed with the Canadian national women's team in women's ice hockey at the

2013 Winter Universiade The 2013 Winter Universiade, the XXVI Winter Universiade, was a winter multi-sport event which took place in Trentino, Italy between 11 and 21 December 2013. This was the first time that a Winter Universiade happened after the Summer Universia ...

in Trentino, Italy. Helping Canada capture its third consecutive gold medal, she finished second overall among all competing players with 18 points, on the strength of 13 assists, in seven games played. Following the shutdown of the CWHL, Clement-Heydra opted to play professionally in Europe, skating with

Modo Hockey Dam MoDo Hockey Dam are an ice hockey team in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL), the top flight of women's hockey in Sweden. They play in Örnsköldsvik, in the historical province of Ångermanland on the east coast of Sweden, at the H� ...

Coaching career

Following a career-ending injury competing professionally in Sweden, Clement-Heydra would transition to coaching. Returning to her home province of Quebec, Clement-Heydra was named one of the recipients of the BFL Female Coach of the Year Award in 2021. Awarded by

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, Clement-Heydra was the provincial winner for Quebec in the Community Category. In the High Performance Category, Noemie Tanguay was named as the provincial winner for Quebec.

Awards and honours

*2016-17 Clarkson Cup - CWNL Champions *2012-13 Second Team CIS All-Canadian *2013-14 First Team CIS All-Canadian *2013-14 RSEQ conference scoring title *2014 Brodrick Trophy *RSEQ Finalist, 2014

BLG Awards The Lois and Doug Mitchell U Sports Athletes of the Year Awards, formerly known as the Lieutenant Governor Athletic Awards, Borden Ladner Gervais (BLG) Awards, and Howard, Mackie Awards, are given annually to top male and female athletes in Canadi ...

(Female)

Coaching

*2021 BFL Female Coach of the Year Award Provincial Winner: Quebec (Community Category)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Clement-Heydra, Katia 1989 births Living people Canadian women's ice hockey forwards Clarkson Cup champions Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade Ice hockey people from Montérégie Modo Hockey players Les Canadiennes de Montreal players McGill Martlets ice hockey players People from Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville Sportspeople from Montérégie Universiade medalists in ice hockey FISU World University Games gold medalists for Canada