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Ann-Renée Desbiens
Born (1994-04-10)April 10, 1994,
La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada
Height
Weight 		5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
161 lb (73 kg; 11 st 7 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
PWHPA team
F. teams 		Montreal
PWHPA Minnesota
Wisconsin Badgers
Montréal Stars
Ntl. team  Canada
Playing career 2013–present


Ann-Renée Desbiens (born April 10, 1994) is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender, a member of the Canadian national ice hockey team, currently affiliated with the Montreal chapter of the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) and the Canadian Minister of National Defense.

She participated at the 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship,[1] the 2018 Winter Olympics.[2], the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship, the 2022 Winter Olympics, and the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship.

Playing career[]

Desbiens was the first female player drafted to the Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League, the second-highest men's junior league in Québec after the QMJHL. She was selected by the Loups de La Tuque but was cut before ever playing a game because the coach didn't believe there was any point in developing girls.[3] That same year, she participated in the Shawinigan Cataractes training camp.[4]

She made one playoff appearance for the Montréal Stars of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) in 2012, as the team won the Clarkson Cup.

NCAA[]

In 2013, she was offered a scholarship to play at the University of Wisconsin in the NCAA, despite not being fluent in English. Across four years with the Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey program, she led the team to four Frozen Four appearances, tallied 99 wins in 122 games, and set a number of individual records, including highest career save percentage (SV%), at .963, and lowest goals against average (GAA), with 0.71.

During her senior year, on November 6, 2016, Desbiens broke Noora Räty's record for most NCAA career shutouts of any gender. In a 6–0 shutout victory against the Bemidji State Beavers, Desbiens would log career shutout number 44.[5] At the end of her senior year, Desbiens was awarded the Patty Kazmaier Award as the top female college ice hockey player in the United States.[6]

Desbiens was the first Canadian selected at the 2016 NWHL Draft, chosen in the first round, fourth overall by the Boston Pride.[7][8][9] As of 2021, she has not appeared with the team nor made any indication of interest in playing in the NWHL.

After the 2018 Olympics, during the 2018-19 season, Desbiens took a break from hockey, citing exhaustion and the uncertainty of options to play professionally.[10][11] In May 2019, she returned to hockey by joining the PWHPA.

In the 2019–20 season, Desbiens appeared for the Fond du Lac Bears in the Great Lakes Hockey League, an elite men's amateur league. She also participated in the women's ice hockey showcase at the 2020 NHL All-Star Game, making 15 saves as the Canadian All-Stars beat the American All-Stars.[12]

PWHPA[]

Standing between the pipes for Team Bauer (Montreal) in the 2021 Secret Cup, which was the Canadian leg of the 2020–21 PWHPA Dream Gap Tour, Ann-Renee Desbiens registered 19 saves in a 4-2 championship game win over Team Sonnet (Toronto).[13]

International play[]

Desbiens was selected to play for Team Canada at the 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship where she guided Canada to a silver medal.[2] She was also selected to play for Team Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics where she again won a silver medal.[2]

On January 11, 2022, Desbiens was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team.[14][15][16]

Personal life[]

Desbiens has a master's degree in accounting.[17][18] She has named NHL goaltender Patrick Roy as a role model, her family being supporters of the Quebec Nordiques and then the Colorado Avalanche.[19]

Awards and honours[]

  • WCHA Player of the Week (Recognized for games of November 4–6, 2016) [20]
  • 2016 WCHA Player of the Year [21]
  • WCHA Offensive Player of the Month, January 2017[22]
  • WCHA Defensive Player of the Week (Week of February 14, 2017) [23]
  • 2016-17 AHCA-CCM Women's University Division I All-American [24]
  • 2017 Patty Kazmaier Award winner[6]

Career statistics[]

Regular season and playoffs[]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP W L OTL MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2011–12 Montréal Stars CWHL — — — — — — — — — 1 1 0 — — 0 3.00 .000
2013–14 University of Wisconsin WCHA 12 11 1 0 677 12 3 1.06 .957 — — — — — — — —
2014–15 University of Wisconsin WCHA 37 26 7 4 2236 43 14 1.15 .941 — — — — — — — —
2015–16 University of Wisconsin WCHA 38 33 4 1 2279 29 21 0.76 .960 — — — — — — — —
2016–17 University of Wisconsin WCHA 35 29 2 4 2110 25 17 0.71 .963 — — — — — — — —
2019–20 Fond du Lac Bears GJHL 1 1 0 0 60 1 0 1.00 .960 — — — — — — — —
2019–20 Montréal PWHPA — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2020–21 Montréal PWHPA — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
NCAA totals 122 99 14 9 7304 109 55 0.90 .955 — — — — — — — —

International[]

Year Team Event Result GP W L T/OT MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2008 Canada U18 3 2 1 0 179 5 1 1.67 .900
2015 Canada WC 3 2 0 0 140 4 3 1.71 .931
2018 Canada OG 1 1 0 0 60 0 1 0.00 1.000
2021 Canada WC 5 5 0 0 307 7 1 1.37 .908
2022 Canada OG 5 5 0 0 300 9 0 1.80 .940
Junior totals 3 2 1 0 179 5 1 1.67 .900
Senior totals 14 14 0 0 807 20 5 1.49 .930

Sources: EliteProspects, University of Wisconsin, Fond du Lac Bears

References[]

  1. ↑ 2015 IIHF World Championship roster.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ann-Renée Desbiens.
  3. ↑ Lavoie, Kathleen (2017-10-21). Ann-Renée Desbiens, la muraille canadienne (fr).
  4. ↑ Ann-Renée Desbiens à la croisée des chemins – Photo Pierre Rochette.
  5. ↑ Wisconsin women's hockey: Ann-Renée Desbiens breaks NCAA shutout record in win. WCHA.com (2016-11-08).
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ann-Renee Desbiens Wins 20th Patty Kaz Award (March 18, 2017).
  7. ↑ Wells, Nathan (2016-06-18). WCHA Players Dominate 2016 NWHL Draft.
  8. ↑ Meet the 2016 Boston Pride Draftees (September 1, 2016).
  9. ↑ Bevis, Hannah (2017-09-28). Women's Hockey Top 25 Under 25 | Number 2 - Ann-Renée Desbiens (en).
  10. ↑ Lorange, Simon-Olivier (2020-01-30). Ann-Renée Desbiens: "On n'est pas habituées à ça !" (fr).
  11. ↑ Rioux, Benoît (2019-11-28). Ann-Renée Desbiens : la "barbare" de La Malbaie.
  12. ↑ Woodley, Kevin (2020-02-06). Desbiens getting chance in goal for Canada (en-US).
  13. ↑ "Team Bauer beats Team Sonnet to win Canadian leg of PWHPA Secret Dream Gap Tour", 2021-05-30. (en) 
  14. ↑ Awad, Brandi (11 January 2022). Team Canada's women's hockey roster revealed for Beijing 2022. Canadian Olympic Committee.
  15. ↑ "Canada's 2022 Olympic women's hockey team roster", Canadian Press, 11 January 2022. 
  16. ↑ 2022 Olympic Winter Games (Women). Hockey Canada (11 January 2022).
  17. ↑ WCHA 20th Anniversary Team - Ann-Renée Desbiens, Wisconsin (en).
  18. ↑ Murphy, Connor (2018-08-25). 2018 Women's Hockey Top 25 Under 25 | No. 7: Ann-Renée Desbiens (en).
  19. ↑ Tardif, Carl (2018-02-18). 20 questions à... Ann-Renée Desbiens (fr).
  20. ↑ UMN'S PANNEK, AND UW'S DESBIENS AND ROQUE NAMED WCHA WOMEN'S PLAYERS OF THE WEEK. WCHA.com (2016-11-08).
  21. ↑ WCHA ANNOUNCES 2015–16 POSTSEASON AWARDS. WCHA.com (2016-03-03).
  22. ↑ UMD's Stalder, UW's Desbiens And OSU's Dunne Named WCHA Women's Players of the Month. WCHA ice hockey (2017-02-03).
  23. ↑ UW'S WELLHAUSEN, DESBIENS AND ROQUE NAMED WCHA WOMEN'S PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: Players honored for games of February 10 – 12, 2017. WCHA ice hockey (2017-02-14).
  24. ↑ "2017 All-American Teams". (en) 

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Kendall Coyne Schofield 		Patty Kazmaier Award
2016–17 		Succeeded by
Daryl Watts
Wisconsin Badgers women's ice hockey
ArenaKohl Center (1999-2012) LaBahn Arena (2012-present)
CoachesJulie Sasner (1999–2000) - Trina Bourget (2000–2002) - Mark Johnson (2002–2009, 2010–present) - Tracey DeKeyser (2009–2010)
RivalriesMinnesota
Seasons1999–2000 - 2000–01 - 2001–02 - 2002–03 - 2003–04 - 2004–05 - 2005–06 - 2006–07 - 2007–08 - 2008–09 - 2009–10 - 2010–11 - 2011–12 - 2012–13 - 2013–14 - 2014–15 - 2015–16 - 2016–17 - 2017–18 - 2018–19 - 2019–20 - 2020–21
OlympiansMeghan Duggan - Molly Engstrom - Hilary Knight - Erika Lawler - Carla MacLeod - Meaghan Mikkelson - Jessie Vetter - Kerry Weiland - Jinelle Zaugg
Patty Kazmaier AwardSara Bauer (2006) - Jessie Vetter (2009) - Meghan Duggan (2011) - Brianna Decker (2012) - Ann-Renée Desbiens (2017)
National Championships2006 - 2007 - 2009 - 2011 - 2019
Bold Italics denotes national championship season
Patty Kazmaier Award
1990'sBrandy Fisher (1998) • A.J. Mleczko (1999)
2000'sAli Brewer (2000) • Jennifer Botterill (2001, 2003) • Brooke Whitney (2002) • Angela Ruggiero (2004) • Krissy Wendell (2005) • Sara Bauer (2006) • Julie Chu (2007) • Sarah Vaillancourt (2008) • Jessie Vetter (2009)
2010'sVicki Bendus (2010) • Meghan Duggan (2011) • Brianna Decker (2012) • Amanda Kessel (2013) • Jamie Lee Rattray (2014) • Alexandra Carpenter (2015) • Kendall Coyne (2016) • Ann-Renée Desbiens (2017) • Daryl Watts (2018) • Loren Gabel (2019)
2020'sÉlizabeth Giguère (2020) • Aerin Frankel (2021) • Taylor Heise (2022) • Sophie Jaques (2023)
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