Sarah Bujold
Born (1996-02-26) 26 February 1996 (age 28)
Riverview, New Brunswick, Canada
Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight 143 lb (65 kg; 10 st 3 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
PWHL team
Former teams
PWHL Montréal
Playing career 2014–present

Sarah Bujold (born 26 February 1996) is a Canadian ice hockey player, currently playing in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) with PWHL Montréal. She previously played in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) and Premier Hockey Federation (PHF).

Playing career edit

Bujold played five seasons of college ice hockey with the St. Francis Xavier X-Women ice hockey program in the Atlantic University Sport (AUS) conference of U Sports during 2014 to 2019.

– U Sports All-Star First Team 2016–17 and 2017–18
– 2017 Brodrick Trophy as U Sports women's ice hockey Player of the Year[1]
– X-Women record book: 7th in career points, 6th in career goals, 10 in single-season points, 6th in single-season goals[2]
– ended career with an average of 0.93 points per game[3]

– planning to play for Les Canadiennes de Montréal in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) after graduating but the league folded in May 2019[4]

– played three seasons in the SDHL

2019–20 SDHL season and 2020–21 SDHL season with Djurgårdens IF Hockey
– second in scoring on team both seasons[5] (behind Jenn Wakefield and Josefine Jakobsen, respectively)
2021–22 SDHL season with HV71 → led team in scoring with 20+14 for 34 in 29

2022–23 PHF season with Metropolitan Riveters

– started season as PHF first star of the week[3]
– third in team scoring, behind Madison Packer and Kelly Babstock[6]
– re-signed for 2023–24 PHF season before league was bought out and dissolved[7]

– PWHL

– went undrafted ("My agent and I definitely thought I would be drafted, even if only in the later rounds... it was disappointing")[5]
– signed as a training camp invitee with PWHL Montréal[8]
– one of two players from New Brunswick to make final rosters for the PWHL inaugural season[9]

Personal life edit

– younger sister, Sophie, plays ice hockey with the UPEI Panthers women's ice hockey program[10]

She was in relationship with HV71 and Metropolitan Riveters teammate Ebba Berglund for several years during the early 2020s.[11]

References edit

  1. ^ "U SPORTS Women' Hockey: StFX's Bujold named Player of the Year". Sports Information Resource Centre (Press release). 16 March 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  2. ^ "StFX Hockey X-Women Record Book". St. Francis Xavier University Athletics. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b Murphy, Mike (23 November 2022). "Bujold's big start". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  4. ^ Donkin, Karissa (5 October 2023). "High stakes, big opportunities await undrafted hopefuls invited to PWHL training camps". CBC. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  5. ^ a b Landry, Nicolas (29 November 2023). "LPHF Montréal : la longue boucle de Sarah Bujold". RDS (in Canadian French). Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  6. ^ Burgess, Melissa (27 April 2023). "PHF Season 8: Metropolitan Riveters Season Review". The Victory Press. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  7. ^ Rodriguez, Angelica (19 May 2023). "Riveters bring back two top performers in Bujold, Gasparics". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  8. ^ Kennedy, Ian (15 November 2023). "Montreal Signs Free Agent Invite Sarah Bujold, Miller Signs In Toronto". The Hockey News. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  9. ^ Drost, Philip (16 December 2023). "N.B. goalie prepares for 'Christmas morning feeling' ahead of inaugural PWHL season". CBC. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Sarah Bujold Stats and Player Profile". Professional Women's Hockey League. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  11. ^ Westin, Marianne (8 March 2021). "Kärlekspar och konkurrenter – slåss om finalbiljett". Norrländska Socialdemokraten (in Swedish). Retrieved 16 January 2023.