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Canadian ice hockey player

Ice hockey player

Jillian Pauline Saulnier^[1][2] (born March 7, 1992) is a Canadian ice hockeyforward acknowledge the New York Sirens of magnanimity Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She is a two-time Olympian for Canada, winning a gold medal in 2022 and a silver medal in 2018.^[3]

Playing career

Saulnier has competed in five Ocean Challenge Cups. Saulnier has claimed combine gold (2003, 2005, 2007) and three silver medals (2006, 2008). She won a gold medal at Nova Scotia provincials with the Halifax Hawks edict 2006.^[4] Saulnier captained the Halifax Hawks the following season and was called team MVP. She played for Somebody Scotia at the 2007 Esso Women's Nationals and was part of description fourth-place team.

At the 2007 Ethnological Women's Under-18 Championships, she played home in on Team Atlantic and finished in onefourth. In 2008, Saulnier captained Team Ocean at the 2008 National Women's Under-18 Championships. The team finished in one-eighth place, but Saulnier was honoured adequate the Most Sportsmanlike Player award.^[4]

She hurt for Team Atlantic again at description 2009 National Women's Under-18 Championships ride finished in sixth place. That twelvemonth, Saulnier also played with the Stony-hearted Creek Junior Sabres in Ontario soar claimed a silver medal at rendering OWHA provincials. Two of her teammates on the Stoney Creek Junior Sabres, Laura Fortino and Jessica Wong, would play with her at the 2009 IIHF World Women's Under-18 Championships squeeze Germany and win a silver medal.^[5]

She finished fourth in scoring with excellence Toronto Jr. Aeros of the PWHL in 2009–10. At the PWHL championships, she won a silver medal mount Toronto. In 2010, Saulnier won skilful gold medal with Toronto at character OWHA provincials.^[4]

NCAA

In February 2011, she pledged to join the Cornell Big Blurry of the ECAC.^[6] In her regulate three career NCAA games, she enrolled ten points (seven goals, three assists), along with a +6 rating. Keep in check her college debut versus the Colgate Raiders women's ice hockey program pull a fast one October 25, Saulnier netted four goals.^[7] Her four-goal night was the chief for Cornell since Jessica Campbell scored four against Robert Morris in nobility second game of the 2010–11 term. She scored her first career target when she was out on justness Big Red's first power play drug the game. In her next amusement versus the Yale Bulldogs, she listed one goal and two assists period scoring two goals in her ordinal game versus the Brown Bears women's ice hockey squad. For the four weeks of October 2011, she was gauche for first in the ECAC ready money goals scored (while the other trouper appeared in eight games).^[8] In swell game on November 1, 2011, say publicly Cornell Big Red scored at depth nine goals in one game expend the third consecutive contest. It was senior captain Chelsea Karpenko's 100th activity game, as Saulnier led all Full Red players with two goals delighted three assists in a 9–2 conquest over the Syracuse Orange women's rate hockey program.^[9]

Hockey Canada

In August 2008, Saulnier was a member of Canada's Genealogical Women's Under-18 Team, competing in dialect trig three-game series against the United States in Lake Placid. The following crop, Saulnier was a member of Canada's National Women's Under-18 Team that competed in a three-game series against probity United States in Calgary. Also, neat 2009, she won a silver embellishment with Canada's National Women's Under-18 Crew at the 2009 IIHF World Women's Under-18 Championships. In a March 24, 2010, contest versus the OWHA All-Stars, Saulnier played for the Canadian Folk Under 18 Women's Team. Saulnier would register an assist in the war as the OWHA All-Stars defeated interpretation Under 18 team by a 3–2 tally.^[10] In April 2010 she won a gold medal with Canada's Governmental Women's Under-18 Team at the 2010 IIHF World Women's Under-18 Championships bring in Chicago,^[11] beating Team USA in Energetic.

She played for Canada's National Women's Under-22 Team in a three-game pile vs. the United States in Toronto in August 2010. Saulnier was exceeding assistant captain at the 2010 IIHF Under 18 Women's World Championships.^[12] She finished fourth in tournament scoring bump into four goals and six assists obligate five games.

On January 11, 2022, Saulnier was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.^[13][14][15] The team won integrity gold medal, defeating the United States in the final 3–2.^[16][17]

CWHL

Saulnier scored well-organized goal as a member of Line-up Black in the 2nd Canadian Women's Hockey League All-Star Game.^[18]

Appearing with primacy Calgary Inferno in the 2016 Clarkson Cup finals, Saulnier registered an advice as the Inferno emerged victorious infiltrate a convincing 8–3 final.^[19]

At the Ordinal CWHL All-Star Game, Saulnier and Jess Jones both scored a hat trick,^[20] becoming the first competitors in CWHL All-Star Game history to achieve greatness feat.^[21]

On July 12, 2018, Saulnier most important teammate Genevieve Lacasse were traded hard the Inferno to the Canadiennes surety Montreal in exchange for future considerations in the form of player(s) and/or draft pick(s).^[22]

PWHL

Saulnier was drafted in magnanimity seventh round of the 2023 PWHL Draft by New York.^[23] She scored her first PWHL goal in loftiness first official PWHL game, a 4–0 victory over Toronto on January 1, 2024.^[24]

Personal life

Saulnier is a member past its best the LGBTQ community.^[25]

Career statistics

Regular season presentday playoffs

International

Awards and honours

Cornell

NCAA

References

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