Sarah Lefort (born February 9, 1994) is a Canadian ice hockey player from Quebec, currently signed with

PWHL Montreal PWHL Montreal is a professional women's ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec. They are one of the six charter franchises of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). They play home games at the Place Bell in Laval, Quebec, Laval and th ...

of the

Professional Women's Hockey League The Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL; , ''LPHF'') is a Professional sports, professional Ice hockey#Women's ice hockey, women's ice hockey league in North America, wholly owned and operated by the Mark Walter, Mark Walter Group. It con ...

(PWHL).

Playing career

Hockey Canada

During the

2011–12 Canada women's national ice hockey team The 2011–12 women's national hockey team represented Canada in various tournaments during the 2011-12 hockey season. The head coach of the National team was York Lions women's ice hockey coach Dan Church. News and notes *June 23, 2011: Sixteen ...

season, she was a member of the Canadian National Under 18 team that participated in the

2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship The 2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship was the fifth IIHF World Women's U18 Championships and was hosted in Zlín and Přerov, Czech Republic. It began on December 31, 2011 with the gold medal game played on January 7, 2012. Canada won the ...

. In the gold medal game versus the United States, Lefort scored a goal as Canada claimed the gold by a 3–0 tally. She was a member of Canada's National Women's Development Team that won a gold medal at the 2015 Nations Cup (formerly known as the Meco Cup).

Professional hockey

In the

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, Lefort was claimed by the

Buffalo Beauts The Buffalo Beauts are a professional ice hockey team based in Amherst, New York, United States. The team was established in 2015 as one of the four founding franchises of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF), originally named the National Women' ...

. After graduating from Boston University in 2016 as the second-leading scorer in the history of the Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey program, she was the first round pick of

Les Canadiennes de Montréal Les Canadiennes de Montréal were a professional women's ice hockey team based in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 2007 as the Montreal Stars (Stars de Montréal), they competed in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) in every sea ...

in the

2016 CWHL Draft The 2016 draft for the Canadian Women's Hockey League took place on August 21, 2016. Players must register before midnight on August 1, 2016 and pay an entry fee of CDN $150. By virtue of finishing with the worst record during the 2015-16 CWHL re ...

Awards and honours

* 2014-15 Hockey East Second Team All-Star

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lefort, Sarah Living people 1995 births Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Canadian ice hockey coaches Canadian women's ice hockey forwards Les Canadiennes de Montreal players Clarkson Cup champions Ice hockey people from Quebec Montreal Force players Sportspeople from Montérégie Professional Women's Hockey Players Association players Stanstead College alumni