Laura Stacey Explained

Laura Stacey
Birth Date:5 May 1994
Birth Place:Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Height Ft:5
Height In:10
Weight Lb:157
Position:Forward
Shoots:Right
League:PWHL
Team:PWHL Montreal
Sex:f
Ntl Team:CAN
Career Start:2012

Laura Rachel Stacey (born May 5, 1994) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player for PWHL Montreal, and a member of Canada women's national ice hockey team. She previously played with the Markham Thunder and the Dartmouth Big Green and competed internationally with the Canadian under-18 and under-22 teams. She won a silver medal with Team Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics and a gold medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Playing career

Stacey represented Team Ontario at the 2011 Canada Winter Games.[1] During the 2011–12 national team season, she was a member of the national under-18 team that participated in a three-game series vs. the United States in August 2011.[2] She scored a goal in the gold medal game of the 2011 Canadian National Women's Under-18 Championships for Team Ontario Red.[3] In the first game of the 2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship on December 31, 2011, Stacey posted three points in a 13–1 rout of Switzerland.[4]

Stacey played for Team Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics, playing in five games and earning a silver medal.[5] On January 11, 2022, Stacey was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[6] [7]

NCAA

On January 23, 2012, it was announced that Stacey committed to the Dartmouth Big Green.[8] In her first season, she was named to the ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team and was one of three finalists for the ECAC Rookie of the Year. As a junior, she earned All-Ivy Honorable Mention. In her senior year (2015–16), she captained the Big Green and earned All-Ivy first-team honours.

CWHL

After her college career, Stacey joined the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL). Stacey was selected third overall by the Brampton Thunder in the 2016 CWHL Draft. She made her CWHL debut in a road contest against the Calgary Inferno on October 8, 2016; she scored her first goal on October 9. She recorded her first multi-point game on October 16, against Les Canadiennes de Montréal.

In her first season in the league, Stacey was named to the 3rd CWHL All-Star Game. Competing with Team White, she was joined by fellow Thunder teammates Laura Fortino, Jess Jones and Rebecca Vint. Stacey logged an assist on a goal scored by Marie-Philip Poulin.[9]

In the 2018 Clarkson Cup finals against Kunlun Red Star, Stacey scored with 2:11 left in overtime, giving Markham a 2–1 victory and its first championship.[10]

PWHL

In 2023, when the rival Professional Women's Hockey Players Association and Premier Hockey Federation consolidated into the new Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL),[11] [12] Stacey was signed as one of Montreal's first three players, alongside Poulin and Ann-Renée Desbiens.[13] Ahead of the team's inaugural season, Stacey was named an assistant captain.[14] She was also selected as the team's player representative with the PWHL Players Association, the league's labour union.[15]

Career statistics

Hockey Canada

YearEvent Games played Goals Assists Points PIMResult
2011 U18 WWC53 472Silver
2011 U18 vs USA (exhibition)32 350
2012 U18 WWC54 374Gold
2013 U22 Meco40 112Gold
2015 NWDT Nations Cup61 120Gold
2016 NWDT Nations Cup61 126Gold
2016 4 Nations Cup31122Silver
2017 NWDT Nations Cup41 012Silver
2017 50 0 0 4Silver
2017 vs Team USA (exhibition) 30 0 0 0
20174 Nations Cup30 000Silver
2018 501 1 0Silver
2018 4 Nations Cup42 020Silver
2019 vs Team USA (exhibition) 30 3 3 2
[16]

NCAA

Year GP G A PTSPIMPPGSHGGWG
2012–13 288 14 22 20 3 0 1
2013–14 27 4 12 16 28 1 1 0
2014–1526 917 26 8 3 1 1
2015–16 27 10 13 23 18 21 0
[17]

CWHL

Season Team GP G APTSPIM+/-GWGPPGSHG
Brampton Thunder18 8 11 19 6 +11000
2017–18 Markham Thunder 2 2 2 40 +4001
[18]

Awards and honours

NCAA

CWHL

Personal life

Stacey is the great-granddaughter of Hockey Hall of Famer King Clancy.[19] Her great-uncle, Terry Clancy, played for Team Canada at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.[20] She is of Irish descent through Clancy.[21]

On May 26, 2023, Stacey announced her engagement to Team Canada and PWHL Montreal teammate Marie-Philip Poulin.[22] The couple resides in Montreal with their dog Arlo.

Notes and References

  1. http://teamontario.info/media_guide/womens%20hockey.pdf{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  2. Web site: The Official Website of Hockey Canada. February 6, 2012. June 15, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120615173543/http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/170168/la_id/1.htm. live.
  3. Web site: The Official Website of Hockey Canada. February 6, 2012. May 24, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200524182042/http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/178292/la_id/1/ss_id/170515//. live.
  4. Web site: Archived copy . December 30, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190113062824/http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/279/IHW279B02_74_3_0.pdf . January 13, 2019 . . live.
  5. Web site: SEVEN OLYMPIC MEDALISTS RETURN TO CWHL . thecwhl.ca . December 5, 2018 . March 9, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190408025419/http://www.thecwhl.com/seven-olympic-medalists-return-to-cwhl . April 8, 2019 . dead.
  6. Web site: Awad. Brandi. Team Canada's women's hockey roster revealed for Beijing 2022. Canadian Olympic Committee. 11 January 2022. 11 January 2022. January 22, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220122080734/https://olympic.ca/2022/01/11/team-canadas-womens-hockey-roster-revealed-for-beijing-2022/. live.
  7. News: 11 January 2022. Canada's 2022 Olympic women's hockey team roster. Canadian Press. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 11 January 2022. January 12, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220112023402/https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2022/01/11/canadas-2022-olympic-womens-hockey-team-roster.html. live.
  8. Web site: Dartmouth Announces Early Decision Recruits. January 23, 2012. February 6, 2012. March 3, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205115/http://www.ecachockey.com/women/members/dartmouth/20122301_DartmouthEarlyRecruitsClass2016. dead.
  9. Web site: TEAM CAMPBELL BEATS TEAM SPOONER-MIKKELSON AT 2017 CWHL ALL-STAR GAME . CWHL . February 11, 2017 . February 14, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180423175024/http://www.thecwhl.com/team-campbell-beats-team-spooner-mikkelson-2017-cwhl-star-game . April 23, 2018 . dead.
  10. Web site: Laura Stacey's overtime winner gives Markham its first Clarkson Cup . Toronto Star . Kevin McGran . March 25, 2018 . August 3, 2018 . August 3, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180803194217/https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2018/03/25/laura-staceys-overtime-winner-gives-markham-its-first-clarkson-cup.html . live .
  11. News: 'Years in the making': Marie-Philip Poulin ready to start new women's hockey league . Wawrow . John . . July 4, 2023 . September 5, 2023 . August 30, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230830011246/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/womens-hockey-pro-league-poulin-1.6897041 . live .
  12. News: Professional Women's Hockey League: Predicting the top 18 players who could sign. Salvian. Hailey. The Athletic. August 31, 2023. September 5, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230904184032/https://theathletic.com/4819384/2023/08/31/pwhl-top-players-prediction/ . September 4, 2023.
  13. News: Marie-Philip Poulin to sign with PWHL Montreal, Sarah Nurse to join Toronto. Sportsnet. September 5, 2023. September 5, 2023.
  14. News: Donkin . Karissa . 2023-12-29 . Marie-Philip Poulin, Brianne Jenner named captains of PWHL Montreal, Ottawa . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231231052420/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/pwhl/pwhl-montreal-ottawa-captains-1.7071370 . 2023-12-31 . 2024-01-05 . CBC Sports.
  15. News: Kennedy . Ian . 2023-12-20 . PWHLPA Chooses Player Representatives . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118220408/https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/pwhlpa-chooses-player-representatives . 2024-01-18 . 2024-01-18 . The Hockey News.
  16. News: Canada's National Women's Team: 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship. Hockey Canada. 2019-04-04. 2021-03-03. en. November 27, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201127231053/https://cdn.hockeycanada.ca/hockey-canada/Team-Canada/Women/National/2018-19/downloads/2019-CAN-WWC-Media-Guide.pdf. live.
  17. Web site: Laura Stacey Career Stats . USCHO . n.d. . February 17, 2017 . February 18, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170218064035/http://www.uscho.com/stats/player/wid,9352/laura-stacey/ . live .
  18. Web site: Laura Stacey . CWHL . n.d. . August 3, 2018 . April 11, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190411161953/http://www.thecwhl.com/stats/player/21/19/laura-stacey . live .
  19. Web site: Building on bloodlines. www.hockeycanada.ca. September 8, 2017. September 8, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170908160326/https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/2017-18-nwt-stacey-looks-to-build-on-bloodlines. live.
  20. no . Terry Clancy . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418091742/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cl/terry-clancy-1.html . 2020-04-18 . dead.
  21. Web site: Irish eyes smile on Maple Leafs | SaltWire. Lance. Hornby. www.saltwire.com.
  22. Web site: Marie-Philip Poulin announces her engagement to Team Canada teammate. Cowan. Stu. May 26, 2023. Montreal Gazette. en. May 26, 2023.