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Ann-Renée Desbiens
Ann-Renee Desbiens playing for Team Canada in 2017
Born (1994-04-10) April 10, 1994 (age 30)
La Malbaie, Quebec
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
NCAA team Wisconsin Badgers
National team  Canada
Playing career 2013–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Pyeongchang Team
IIHF World Women's Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Sweden Team

Ann-Renée Desbiens (born April 10, 1994) is a Canadian ice hockey player with the University of Wisconsin (2013–2017) and appeared with the Canadian national team. She participated at the 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship[1] and the 2018 Winter Olympics.[2] She was the first Canadian selected at the 2016 NWHL Draft, grabbed in the first round by the Boston Pride.[3]

Playing career

Desbiens was drafted fourth overall by Boston Pride at the 2016 NWHL Draft.[4]

During her senior year, on November 6, 2016, Desbiens broke Noora Räty's for most NCAA career shutout records. In a 6–0 shutout victory against the Bemidji State Beavers, Desbiens would log career shutout number 44.[5] At the end of her senior year, Desbiens was awarded the Patty Kazmaier Award as top female college ice hockey player in the United States.[6]

Awards and honors

  • WCHA Player of the Week (Recognized for games of November 4–6, 2016) [7]
  • 2016 WCHA Player of the Year [8]
  • WCHA Offensive Player of the Month, January 2017[9]
  • WCHA Defensive Player of the Week (Week of February 14, 2017) [10]
  • 2017 Patty Kazmaier Award winner[6]

International play

Desbiens was selected to play for Team Canada at the 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship where she guided Canada to a silver medal.[2] She was also selected to play for Team Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics where she again won a silver medal.[2]

Statistics

NCAA

   
Season Team League GP MIN GA SV Shots SV % GAA W L T
2013–14 Wisconsin Badgers NCAA 12 677:52 12 265 277 .957 1.06 11 1 0
2014–15 Wisconsin Badgers NCAA 37 2236:55 43 684 727 .941 1.15 26 7 4
2015–16 Wisconsin Badgers NCAA 38 2279:18 29 701 730 .960 0.76 33 4 1
2016–17 Wisconsin Badgers NCAA 35 2115:52 25 645 670 .963 0.71 29 2 4
NCAA Totals 122 7309:57 109 2295 2404 .955 0.89 99 14 9

Statistics source[11]

References

  1. ^ 2015 IIHF World Championship roster
  2. ^ a b c "Ann-Renée Desbiens". olympic.ca. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  3. ^ "WCHA Players Dominate 2016 NWHL Draft". sbncollegehockey.com. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
  4. ^ Shircliff, Elaine (September 1, 2016). "Meet the 2016 Boston Pride Draftees". thehockeywriters.com. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  5. ^ "Wisconsin women's hockey: Ann-Renée Desbiens breaks NCAA shutout record in win". WCHA.com. 2016-11-08. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  6. ^ a b "Ann-Renee Desbiens Wins 20th Patty Kaz Award". pattykaz.com. March 18, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  7. ^ "UMN'S PANNEK, AND UW'S DESBIENS AND ROQUE NAMED WCHA WOMEN'S PLAYERS OF THE WEEK". WCHA.com. 2016-11-08. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  8. ^ "WCHA ANNOUNCES 2015–16 POSTSEASON AWARDS". WCHA.com. 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  9. ^ "UMD's Stalder, UW's Desbiens And OSU's Dunne Named WCHA Women's Players of the Month". WCHA ice hockey. 2017-02-03. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  10. ^ "UW'S WELLHAUSEN, DESBIENS AND ROQUE NAMED WCHA WOMEN'S PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: Players honored for games of February 10 – 12, 2017". WCHA ice hockey. 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
  11. ^ "Ann-Renee Desbiens: Career Statistics". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2016-11-25.