Ava Boutilier

Ava Boutilier (born November 16, 1999) is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender, currently playing for the New Hampshire Wildcats in the NCAA.

Ava Boutilier
Born (1999-11-16) November 16, 1999
Charlottetown, PEI, Canada
Height 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Position Goaltender
NCAA team New Hampshire Wildcats
Playing career 2017–present

Career

Boutilier originally began playing hockey as a defender in the Charlottetown Minor Hockey Association, but quickly got asked to switch to goaltender after her team's goalie got injured.[1] At the bantam AAA level, she played on the Charlottetown Abbies boys' team, winning a provincial title in 2014 and being named Hockey PEI Female Player of the Year in 2014.[2] In 2015, she was named one of the top-six Canadian goalies under the age of 18.[3]

In 2017, she moved to the United States to attend the University of New Hampshire, serving as the starting goaltender for the university's women's ice hockey programme.[4][5] She was forced to miss most of the 2018–19 season after suffering a shoulder injury.[6] She finished the 2019–20 season with the third highest save percentage of all Hockey East goalies, being named Hockey East Defender of the Week four times.[7] She was named Wildcats captain ahead of the 2020–21 season.[8][9]

Personal life

At the University of New Hampshire, she served as co-president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee in 2020–21.She has served as the president in 2021-22 and 2022-23. She previously graduated from Colonel Gray High School in Charlottetown.[10]

References
  1. Malloy, Jason. "Charlottetown native Ava Boutilier fell into hockey and loved it". The Chronicle Herald.
  2. "Ava Boutilier".
  3. "Ava Boutilier, P.E.I. teen goalie, named to top 6 in Canada". CBC News. July 17, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  4. Malloy, Jason. "Charlottetown goalie Ava Boutilier verbally commits to New Hampshire". The Guardian.
  5. "Student athletes feeling uncertain about leaving P.E.I. to head back to U.S." CBC News. July 31, 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  6. Malloy, Jason. "Ava Boutilier shining in return to ice after shoulder surgery cost her the 2018-19 season". The Guardian.
  7. Crimmins, Sean (March 24, 2020). "Women's hockey player of the year: Ava Boutilier". The New Hampshire.
  8. Malloy, Jason. "Goalie Ava Boutilier voted captain by her University of New Hampshire teammates". Cape Breton Post.
  9. "P.E.I. hockey player encourages others to 'take a knee' against racial injustice". CBC News. January 2, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  10. "Ava Boutilier - 2020-21 - Women's Ice Hockey". University of New Hampshire Athletics.
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