Shannon MacAulay

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. She was the only player from Prince Edward Island on the roster.

She represented Prince Edward Island at the 2011 Canada Winter Games and finished in seventh place. MacAulay was accepted to Clarkson University 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.

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. Her first NCAA assist and NCAA goal occured in the same contest, a 5-1 win versus the Vermont Catamounts on October 13, 2012.

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).

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

Awards and honors

 * Top Forward, 2011 Canadian National Women's Under-18 Championships

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