Ava Boutilier | |||
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Born |
Charlottetown, PEI, Canada | November 16, 1999||
Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position | Goaltender | ||
NCAA team | New Hampshire Wildcats | ||
Playing career | 2017–present |
Ava Boutilier (born November 16, 1999) is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender, currently playing for the New Hampshire Wildcats in the NCAA.
Boutilier originally began playing hockey as a defender in the Charlottetown Minor Hockey Association, but quickly got asked to switch to goaltender after her team's goalie got injured. [1] At the bantam AAA level, she played on the Charlottetown Abbies boys' team, winning a provincial title in 2014 and being named Hockey PEI Female Player of the Year in 2014. [2] In 2015, she was named one of the top-six Canadian goalies under the age of 18. [3]
In 2017, she moved to the United States to attend the University of New Hampshire, serving as the starting goaltender for the university's women's ice hockey programme. [4] [5] She was forced to miss most of the 2018–19 season after suffering a shoulder injury. [6] She finished the 2019–20 season with the third highest save percentage of all Hockey East goalies, being named Hockey East Defender of the Week four times. [7] She was named Wildcats captain ahead of the 2020–21 season. [8] [9]
At the University of New Hampshire, she served as president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee in 2020–21, 2021-2022, and 2022-2023. She previously graduated from Colonel Gray High School in Charlottetown. She currently attends Queen's University School of Medicine pursuing her MD. [10]
Ava Boutilier | |||
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Born |
Charlottetown, PEI, Canada | November 16, 1999||
Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position | Goaltender | ||
NCAA team | New Hampshire Wildcats | ||
Playing career | 2017–present |
Ava Boutilier (born November 16, 1999) is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender, currently playing for the New Hampshire Wildcats in the NCAA.
Boutilier originally began playing hockey as a defender in the Charlottetown Minor Hockey Association, but quickly got asked to switch to goaltender after her team's goalie got injured. [1] At the bantam AAA level, she played on the Charlottetown Abbies boys' team, winning a provincial title in 2014 and being named Hockey PEI Female Player of the Year in 2014. [2] In 2015, she was named one of the top-six Canadian goalies under the age of 18. [3]
In 2017, she moved to the United States to attend the University of New Hampshire, serving as the starting goaltender for the university's women's ice hockey programme. [4] [5] She was forced to miss most of the 2018–19 season after suffering a shoulder injury. [6] She finished the 2019–20 season with the third highest save percentage of all Hockey East goalies, being named Hockey East Defender of the Week four times. [7] She was named Wildcats captain ahead of the 2020–21 season. [8] [9]
At the University of New Hampshire, she served as president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee in 2020–21, 2021-2022, and 2022-2023. She previously graduated from Colonel Gray High School in Charlottetown. She currently attends Queen's University School of Medicine pursuing her MD. [10]