| Marie-Jo Pelletier | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 September 1997, Dalhousie, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Height Weight |
0 ft 0 in (0.00 m) |
| Position | Defence |
| Shoots | Right |
| PHF team F. teams |
Buffalo Beauts New Hampshire Wildcats |
| Playing career | 2015–2022 |
Marie-Jo Pelletier (born 5 September 1997) is a Canadian former ice hockey player. She played her entire professional career for the Buffalo Beauts of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF; called NWHL until 2021).[1]
Playing career[]
Pelletier played college ice hockey with the New Hampshire Wildcats women's ice hockey program in the Hockey East (WHEA) conference of the NCAA Division I during 2015 to 2019. With the Wildcats, she scored 52 points across 143 games and was a three-season captain.[2] She garnered the nickname 'Mighty Mouse,' a recognition of her excellent play in defiance of her short stature.[3][4] She won the Hockey East Sportsmanship Award in 2019, becoming the second University of New Hampshire (UNH) player to win the award, after Sara Carlson.[5]
Following graduation in 2019, Pelletier opted to sign with the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). As a rookie in the 2019–20 NWHL season, she posted 21 points in 24 games – setting a league record for most power-play points in a season[6] – and was named to the 2020 NWHL All-Star Game.[7] She was also a finalist for the NWHL Newcomer of the Year award and was selected as one of the NWHL Fans’ Three Stars of the Year.[8]
In the 2020–21 season, she contributed 3 assists across 6 games in the Lake Placid bubble but the Beauts narrowly missed the playoffs. On 13 May 2021, Pelletier became the first player in the league to sign a contract for the 2021–22 season, returning to the Beauts for a third season. [9]
On April 1st, 2022, Pelletier announced her retirement via social media.[10]
Career Statistics[]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2019-20 | Buffalo Beauts | NWHL | 24 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2020-21 | Buffalo Beauts | NWHL | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NWHL totals | 30 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
References[]
- ↑ Buffalo Beauts 2021-22 PHF Roster: Marie-Jo Pelletier, #4 Defense.
- ↑ Lessels, Allen (18 February 2018). UNH women's hockey: Seniors set the tone on blueline.
- ↑ Oliver, Nathaniel (2017-10-18). UNH Wildcat Marie-Jo Pelletier Is a 'Mighty Mouse' of Sorts.
- ↑ Athlete Awards, Women's Spotlight: Marie-Jo Pelletier (2017-02-27).
- ↑ Pelletier Wins Sportsmanship Award (2019-03-06).
- ↑ Oliver, Nathaniel (2020-04-28). "Mighty Mouse" MJ Pelletier Returns to the Beauts (en-us).
- ↑ McCoy, James P. (2020-01-09). Beauts have six players named to NWHL All-Star game.
- ↑ Clinton, Jared (2020-03-06). Beauts' Pelletier proved naysayers wrong – and now she wants Buffalo to do the same.
- ↑ Beauts Kick Off Re-Signings With MJP (2021-05-13).
- ↑ @mj_pelletier (1 April 2022). Thank you💙.
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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