| Catherine Ward | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 27, 1987 Montreal, QC, CAN |
| Position | Defence |
| Shoots | Left |
| CIS Hockey East team |
McGill (2006-10) Boston University (2010-11) |
| National team | Canada |
| Playing career | 2009–present |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's ice hockey | ||
| Competitor for Canada | ||
| Olympic games | ||
| Gold | 2010 Vancouver | Tournament |
| IIHF World Women's Championships | ||
| Silver | 2009 Finland | Tournament |
| Silver | 2011 Switzerland | Tournament |
| MLP Nations Cup | ||
| Gold | 2007 Germany | 2007 Tournament |
| Gold | 2008 Germany | 2008 Tournament |
| Gold | 2009 Germany | 2009 Tournament |
Catherine Ward (born February 27, 1987, in Montreal, Quebec) is a member of the Canada women's national ice hockey team. She was also a member of the 2008–09 McGill Martlets women's hockey season, which won a Canadian Interuniversity Sport title. She was drafted 7th overall by the Montreal Stars in the 2011 CWHL Draft.[1]
Ward has established herself as one of Canada's stars on the blue line playing for the Canadian U22 teams and for the 2009 Women's World Championship team and the 2010 Olympic gold medal winning team. With Martlet at McGill University, Ward set a QSSF record for points by a defenseman, and in 2007 became the first Martlet to earn the CIS rookie-of-the-year honour since the inception of the award in 2000-01. She set new McGill single-season marks for most goals, assists and points in her varsity debut, finishing second among CIS defensemen with 22 points despite playing in only 16 conference games. She was a three time CIS All-Canadian Defender and in 2009 won the CIS Women's Hockey Championship's MVP award. Ward also played one season in the NCAA as a Boston University Terrier, and was a 2011 Patty Kazmaier Award Nominee, Second Team All-American, NCAA Frozen Four All-Tournament team member, and a New England Women's Division I All-Star selection.
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Ward played with Sarah Vaillancourt on Team Quebec at the 2003 Canada Winter Games.[2] Ward would silver at those Games. She played also for Montreal Axion in the National Women's Hockey League.
During the 2008-09, Ward set a QSSF record for points (25) by a defenseman, beating her own record (22) that she had set in 2006-07.[3] In 2007, she was the first Martlet to earn CIS rookie-of-the-year honours since the inception of the award in 2000-01. She was one of three Martlets in three years to be named as the top rookie in CIS women’s hockey. This marked the first time in CIS history that players from the same school in a team sport were honoured as the nation’s best freshman for three consecutive years. Ann-Sophie Bettez and Marie-Andree Leclerc-Auger received the award in 2007-08 and 2008-09.[4] She set new McGill single-season marks for most goals, assists and points in her varsity debut, finishing second among CIS defencemen with 22 points despite playing in only 16 conference games.[5]
In 2007, she played for the Canadian Under-22 team on two occasions. She was a member of the European Air Canada Cup in Ravensburg, Germany, in January. She followed the victory by winning a three-game exhibition series against the USA in Ottawa, in August. In 2009, Ward, and McGill teammate Charline Labonté represented Team Canada at the 2009 IIHF women's world hockey championship.
Ward has been described as an explosive skater and a stylish playmaker.[6] She helped the team secure a first place finish in Hockey East with a 15-3-3 conference record and a remarkable 25-5-4 overall record. Ward has also recently been recognized as the Best Defenceman in Hockey East[7] At season's end, Catherine Ward was the first ever Terrier to be named an All-American, as she was selected for the second team.[8]
| Event | Games Played | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM |
| 2009 Women's World Championships | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4[9] | 2 |
| 2010 Olympics | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |