Shannon MacAulay

Shannon MacAulay
Born (1994-06-22) June 22, 1994 (age 30)
Charlottetown, PEI, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
NCAA team Clarkson Golden Knights
National team  Canada
Playing career 2009–present
Shannon MacAulay
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing  Canada
Nations Cup
Gold medal – first place 2015 Germany 2015 Tournament

Shannon MacAulay (born June 22, 1994) is a women's ice hockey player that played for the Canadian Under 18 women's team in a three-game exhibit versus the United States in August 2011.[1] She was the only player from Prince Edward Island on the roster.[2]

She represented Prince Edward Island at the 2011 Canada Winter Games and finished in seventh place. MacAulay was accepted by the Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey program in Potsdam, New York, after 33 schools showed interest. In 2014, she would score the game-winning goal that would help Clarkson win their first-ever Frozen Four championship. Of note, it was the first national championship in the history of Clarkson athletics. Also, Clarkson was the first top-level NCAA women's hockey champion from a conference other than the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.

Playing career

She has participated in hockey since the age of six, playing on AAA boys teams until the age of 13. In 2005, MacAulay played for P.E.I. at the Quebec International Peewee Tournament. During the 2005–06 season, MacAulay captained the P.E.I. Young Islanders. With the Warner School, she won a silver medal at the JWHL Challenge Cup. In addition, she competed for Team Atlantic at the 2009 National Women's Under-18 championship in Surrey, B.C., and was part of a sixth-place finish.

NCAA

On January 16, 2012, it was announced that MacAulay committed to join the Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey program in autumn 2012.[3] Her first NCAA assist and NCAA goal occurred in the same contest, a 5–1 win versus the Vermont Catamounts on October 13, 2012. During the 2014–15 Clarkson Golden Knights women's ice hockey season, MacAulay was named team captain. Of note, she would log a career high in points (33) and power play goals (5) during said season.

Hockey Canada

She was a member of Canada's National Women's Development Team that won a gold medal at the 2015 Nations Cup (formerly known as the Meco Cup).[4]

NWHL

In the 2015 NWHL Draft, she was a fifth-round selection of the Boston Pride[5]

Career stats

Hockey Canada

Year Event GP G A PTS PIM
2009[6] National Under 18 4 0 2 2 2
2011 Canada Winter Games 7 3 0 3 2
2014[7] Exhibition vs US U-22 3 1 1 2 2
2015[8] Nations Cup 3 0 0 0 0

NCAA

Season GP G A Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
2012-13 38 9 7 16 36 2 0 1
2013-14 39 13 11 24 38 5 0 3
2014-15 38 16 17 33 40 5 0 4

[9]

Other

Year Team GP G A PTS PIM
2010-11 Warner School 23 9 8 17 16

[10]

Awards and honours

Personal

In 1987, her grandfather, Wilfred Shephard, was inducted into the P.E.I. Sports Hall of Fame for baseball.

References

  1. ^ "The Official Website Of Hockey Canada". Hockeycanada.ca. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  2. ^ "Welcome to nginx!". peicanada.com. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Clarkson Golden Knights". Clarksonatheletics.com. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  4. ^ "Canada at Sweden - 2015 Tournament". Stats.hockeycanada.ca. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  5. ^ Kaitlin Cimini. "NWHL Entry Draft Player Selections". Today's SlapShot. Archived from the original on 2015-06-21.
  6. ^ "The Official Website Of Hockey Canada". Hockeycanada.ca. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  7. ^ "Canada - 2014-15 Series vs. United States - Roster - #22 - Shannon MacAulay - F". Hockey Canada.
  8. ^ "Canada - 2015 Tournament - Roster - #22 - Shannon MacAulay - F". Hockey Canada.
  9. ^ "Player \| Shannon MacAulay :: Statistics :: USCHO.com :: U.S. College Hockey Online". Archived from the original on 2015-03-21.
  10. ^ "Warner Hockey School (Warner, AB) - 2010/2011 Regular Season - Roster - #4 - Shannon MacAulay - F". Junior Women's Hockey League.
  11. ^ "The Official Website Of Hockey Canada". Hockeycanada.ca. Retrieved 2015-06-25.