Shot Left Height 1.73 m National team Canada Weight 79 kg | Playing career Positions Defenseman Name Annie Guay | |
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Born June 29, 1985 (age 38)
Rouyn-Noranda, QC, CAN ( 1985-06-29 ) ECAC
CWHL team St. Lawrence Skating Saints
Montreal Stars | ||
Annie Guay (born June 29, 1985) is a Canadian ice hockey player. She is a member of the Canadian national women's hockey team and a member of Montreal Stars (CWHL). Her first tournament for the senior Canada women's national ice hockey team was at the 2010 Four Nations Cup where she won the gold medal. At the age of 25, she retired from the competitive hockey.
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Playing career
Born in Rouyn-Noranda, Guay made her amateur hockey in the region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue in Quebec. She was selected for the national camp Under-22 years and she played for the under-22 Canadian National Team (2003 to 2009). Also since 2008, she is a member of Montreal Stars in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL). In season 2010-11, She is 7th leading scorer and only Defencemen in the top 10 scoring leaders.
NCAA
Guay was an important key to the Saints' defensive success in the 2005-06 season. The St. Lawrence Saints held league opponents to an average of 1.10 goals per game. In addition, Guay contributed on with 21 points (seven goals, fourteen assists) in ECAC league games, which led all ECAC defenders. In her senior year at St. Lawrence (2007–08), Guay, along with teammate Sabrina Harbec capped their senior years by earning All-America honors for the third straight year.
Hockey Canada
The retirement of three defenders (Becky Kellar, Colleen Sostorics and Carla MacLeod) created room on defense for Canada's senior women's team. Guay was selected to Canada's team at the 2010 4 Nations Cup. Guay was not called by Hockey Canada for the selection camp for the 2011 World Women’s Championships held in Switzerland, in April 16–25, 2011.
Career stats
Annie Guay is the all-time leader in games played for Canada's Under 22 National women's team with 37 games played.
Retirement from hockey
Annie Guay retired from competitive hockey in April 2011. She live now in Abitibi. She appears at school hockey for L’École de hockey du Nord-Ouest (at Rouyn-Noranda), and she coach the young girls.