Mélodie Daoust ( ; born January 7, 1992) is a Canadian former

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player. She played one season in the

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(PWHL) for

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. She competed with the Canadian national team in numerous international tournaments and won a gold medal at the

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, a silver medal at the

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and a gold medal at the

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. As a member-player of the

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, she was featured in many of the organization's showcases, including the Elite Women's 3-on-3 hockey game at the Skills Competition of the 2020 NHL All-Star Game.

Playing career

In 2008–09, she played with the Lac St. Louis Selects and helped them accumulate a 62–0–2 record. Daoust was a Montreal Canadiens scholarship holder in 2010 from the Quebec Foundation for Athletic Excellence. With the Collège Édouard-Montpetit Lynx, she helped lead them to a Quebec collegiate championship in 2009–10. In addition, she won the league scoring title with 24 goals and 31 assists for 55 total points. She accomplished this in only 13 games played. In participating with the

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, Daoust registered 10 goals and 23 points in 13 games. At the 2010 IIHF world U-18 championships, she scored a goal and adding an assist in the gold medal game. The following day, she flew back to Montreal to help the

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capture the collegiate championship. She scored twice and added an assist in the championship game, including the game-winner in a 6–5 win versus Dragons du Collège Laflèche. She had helped the Lynx accumulate a won-loss record of 44 wins, compared to 3 losses.

CWHL

She was called up as an emergency fill-in with the

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, and scored three points in her CWHL debut on January 8 (versus the Burlington Barracudas).

CIS

On February 10, 2011, Daoust signed a letter of intent to play for the McGill Martlets women's ice hockey program. She refused offers from numerous Canadian and American universities, including Cornell, Dartmouth and a full scholarship from Boston University. Daoust was only one of five female student-athletes committed to McGill University in the fall of 2011 that were athletic scholarship recipients (announced by the Quebec Foundation for Athletic Excellence). In the aftermath of the 2012–13 season, Daoust was named to the CIS First Team All-Canadians. Among the other players named as First Team All-Canadians were Katelyn Gosling and

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Hockey Canada

Daoust was part of

that won a gold medal at the 2010 IIHF World Women's Under-18 Championship in Chicago. As a member of the gold medal-winning squad, a hockey card of her was featured in the

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2010 World of Sports card series. In addition, she participated in the Canada Celebrates Event on June 30 in Edmonton, Alberta which recognized the Canadian Olympic and World hockey champions from the 2009–10 season. On October 3, 2011, she was named to the Team Canada roster that participated in the 2011 4 Nations Cup. She scored her first international goal on February 17 at the

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against Switzerland and they won the gold medal. On January 11, 2022, Daoust was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honours

*Most Valuable Player at the 2018 Olympics - Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament *2009–10

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scoring champion *

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(CIS) Rookie of the Year (Tissot Award) (2011–12) et second star team *Most valuable player at the McGill University women's hockey awards gala *CIS women's hockey Player of the Year (Brodrick Trophy), (2012–2013) *2013 RSEQ scoring champion *2012-13 USports First Team All-Star *Among four finalists for the CIS

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2013 Athlete of the Year (Jim Thompson Trophy) *2015-16 U Sports First Team All-Canadian *2016-17 RSEQ MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER *2016-17 RSEQ First Team All-Stars

Personal life

In 2013, Daoust came out as

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. She was married her longtime partner, Audrey St-Germain in 2019, and they separated the next year. The couple have one son, Mathéo born in May 2018. She is now in a relationship with former professional hockey player Hanna Bunton, and has been since 2021. Daoust and Bunton announced in early 2025 they were expecting a son together, due later that year.

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