Sarah-Ève Coutu-Godbout

Sarah-Ève Coutu-Godbout (born June 16, 1997) is a Canadian ice hockey player who currently plays with the Toronto Six of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). She won a silver medal with Team Canada at the 2016 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.

Sarah-Ève Coutu-Godbout
Born (1997-06-16) June 16, 1997
Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
NWHL team
Former teams		 Toronto Six
Quinnipiac Bobcats
National team  Canada
Playing career 2016–present

Playing career

Coutu-Godbout attended Cégep Limoilou in Québec City for secondary school, where she studied administration and economics. While studying, she played for the cégep's ice hockey team, Les Titans, putting up 51 points in 43 games. In 2015, she was the recipient of a $1500 bursary from the NHL's Canadiens de Montréal, along with teammate Élizabeth Giguère, for excellence in women's youth hockey in Québec.[1][2]

In 2016, she moved to Connecticut in the United States to study entrepreneurship and play for Quinnipiac University, a member institution of the ECAC Hockey conference. Across the next four years with the Quinnipiac Bobcats, she would score 62 points in 122 NCAA games.[3] After a bureaucratic delay concerning her language qualifications for eligibility - she was the first native francophone to play for Quinnipiac - she scored 6 points in 22 games in her rookie season and was named ECAC Rookie of the Month in February 2017.[4][5] She finished fourth and fifth on the team in goals scored in her second and third years, respectively, before breaking out to score 16 goals in her senior season to lead the team in goals.[6][7]

During her time in university, she had openly expressed her desire to play in the NWHL.[8] After graduating, she had originally explored opportunities from teams in Sweden, before deciding against it due to uncertainty from the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] In May 2020, she signed her first professional contract with the expansion Toronto Six of the NWHL, the seventh player to sign with the team, and turned down an offer from the Connecticut Whale.[10][11][12]

International play

Coutu-Godbout played for Team Canada at the 2015 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, scoring one goal in five games as the country won silver.[13][14]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2014–15 Titans du Cégep Limoilou QCHL 27141630- -----
2015–16 Titans du Cégep Limoilou QCHL 1691221- -----
2016–17 Quinnipiac Bobcats NCAA 222464 -----
2017–18 Quinnipiac Bobcats NCAA 32971614 -----
2018–19 Quinnipiac Bobcats NCAA 32771416 -----
2019–20 Quinnipiac Bobcats NCAA 361610268 -----
2020–21 Toronto Six NWHL
NCAA totals 122 34 28 62 42 - - - - -

Sources: [15][16]

International
Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
2016 Canada WJC 5 1 0 1 0
Junior totals 5 1 0 1 0

References
  1. Corriveau, Jean-Noël; Lafleur, Thérèse (February 16, 2015). "Le Club de Hockey Canadien décerne des bourses à deux hockeyeuses des Titans du Cégep Limoilou". Portail du réseau collégial (in French). Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  2. Bossé, Olivier (April 11, 2015). "Succès titanesque en hockey féminin". Le Soleil (in French). Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  3. "2019-20 Women's Ice Hockey Roster: Sarah-Eve Coutu-Godbout". Quinnipiac University Athletics. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  4. "ECAC Monthly Awards, Rookie of the Month - February 2017". ECAC Hockey. March 1, 2017. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  5. Goodwill, Sierra (November 10, 2016). "Sarah-Eve Coutu-Godbout set to make an immediate impact for Quinnipiac". Q30 Television. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  6. "Quinnipiac Celebrates Senior Day with Big Win Over Brown". ECAC Hockey. February 22, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  7. "Bobcats Win 2019 Nutmeg Classic". ECAC Hockey. November 30, 2019. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  8. "Sarah-Eve Coutu Godbout Signs with NWHL Toronto". NWHL.zone (Press Release). May 7, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  9. Caron, Cindy (June 29, 2020). "Sarah-Ève Coutu-Godbout s'alignera avec le Toronto Six". L'Express (in French). Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  10. Thibault, Marc-Olivier (May 6, 2020). "La hockeyeuse rouynorandienne Sarah-Ève Coutu-Godbout fait le saut chez les professionnels". Radio Canada. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  11. Murphy, Mike (May 22, 2020). "Toronto's offense already looks dangerous". The Ice Garden. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  12. Belzile, Jean-Marc (August 21, 2020). "L'appel aux champs a porté fruit en Abitibi-Témiscamingue". Radio Canada (in French). Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  13. "Une Rouynorandienne avec Équipe Canada junior : « C'est un de mes rêves qui se réalise »". Radio Canada (in French). August 20, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  14. "Coutu-Godbout invitée au camp d'Équipe Canada". Radio Canada (in French). July 16, 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  15. "Player Profile: Sarah-Ève Coutu-Godbout". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  16. "Sarah-Eve Coutu-Godbout, #24, Quinnipiac". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
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