Catherine Dubois Explained

Birth Date:29 July 1995
Birth Place:Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Height Cm:175
Position:Forward
Shoots:Left
Team:Montreal Force
League:PHF
Former Teams:Montréal Carabins
Sex:f
Ntl Team:CAN
Career Start:2015

Catherine Dubois (born July 29, 1995) is a Canadian ice hockey forward, signed with the Montreal Force of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF). She was the first Montréal Carabins player to be invited to a senior Canadian national team camp.[1]

Career

Dubois played on boy's teams until the age of 15.[2] In Cégep, she played for the Cégep Limoilou Titans, where she won a scholarship from the Fondation de l’athlète d’excellence du Québec for being a potential Olympic athlete.[3] [4]

After graduating, she studied at the Université de Montréal, playing for the school's Montreal Carabins women's ice hockey program, turning down multiple offers from NCAA programs.[5] [6] [7] Across 94 U Sports games, she scored 62 points. After being hospitalised and missing parts of the 2016–17 season due to kidney failure, she planned to retire from hockey, but decided to return after the end of the summer.[8] [9] In February 2018, she scored the game-winning goal in overtime to send the Carabins to the provincial finals against Concordia.[10]

She was named to the roster for the Montréal section of the PWHPA in October 2020.[11]

International

Dubois represented Canada at the 2012 and 2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, scoring a total of 12 points in 10 games as the country won gold both times.[12] [13] She scored 6 points in 5 games for Canada at the 2017 Winter Universiade, winning silver.

Personal life

She has a bachelor's degree in Arts & Sciences.[14] Her father, Stéphane Dubois, played for the Granby Bisons in the QMJHL.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Catherine Dubois s'amène en renfort. Étienne. Bouchard. Le Journal de Montréal. September 22, 2015 .
  2. Web site: Catherine Dubois: Mordue de hockey. June 3, 2015.
  3. Web site: La hockeyeuse Catherine Dubois bousière athlète d'excellence du Québec et espoir olympique pour 2018 | Nouvelles | Féminin | Division 1 | Collegial | Hockey | Accueil | RSEQ.
  4. Web site: Hockey féminin: passion et discipline. October 27, 2012. Le Soleil.
  5. Web site: Catherine Dubois tourne le dos à la NCAA. Richard. Boutin. Le Journal de Québec. February 6, 2014 .
  6. Web site: Chez eux au CEPSUM. October 9, 2015. La Presse+.
  7. Web site: Dubois, Catherine. Hockey féminin. March 9, 2021 .
  8. Web site: La hockeyeuse Catherine Dubois déjoue la maladie et renoue avec son rêve olympique. Zone Sports-. ICI.Radio-Canada.ca. Radio-Canada.ca. September 28, 2018 .
  9. Web site: Catherine Dubois, une pionnière chez les Carabins. TVA Sports. September 19, 2018 .
  10. Web site: Catherine Dubois propulse les Carabins en finale. February 26, 2018. Hockey féminin.
  11. Web site: PWHPA releases 2020–21 regional rosters. Michelle. Jay. October 22, 2020. The Ice Garden.
  12. Web site: Hockey : l'or pour Catherine Dubois. Zone Sports-. ICI.Radio-Canada.ca. Radio-Canada.ca. January 7, 2015 .
  13. Web site: The path to Team Canada. www.hockeycanada.ca.
  14. Web site: Catherine Dubois : Un talent spécial. September 21, 2018. Hockey féminin.