Ava Boutilier Explained

Birth Date:November 16, 1999
Birth Place:Charlottetown, PEI, Canada
Height Cm:165
Position:Goaltender
Team:New Hampshire Wildcats
Sex:f
Career Start:2017

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

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 president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee in 2020–21, 2021-2022, and 2022-2023. She previously graduated from Colonel Gray High School in Charlottetown. She currently attends Queen's University School of Medicine pursuing her MD. [10]

Notes and References

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

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