Ève Gascon
Born (2003-05-09) May 9, 2003
Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb; 12 st 4 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
RSEQ team Saint-Laurent Patriotes
Playing career 2020–present

Ève Gascon (born May 9, 2003) is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender, currently playing with the Saint-Laurent Patriotes in the Ligue de Hockey Collégiale du Québec (QCHL) of the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ).[1][2] She is committed to play college ice hockey with the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey program in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) conference of the NCAA Division I, beginning in the 2023–24 season.[3]

Playing career

Throughout her youth, Gascon played exclusively on boys' teams. She initially played as a forward but moved to goal at the suggestion of a coach, who felt she could excel in the position. During 2016 to 2018, she played for the Basses-Laurentides Conquérants in the Quebec bantam AAA league. In 2018, she was invited to training camp for the Phénix du Collège Esther-Blondin in the Ligue de hockey midget AAA du Québec.[4] After posting the best statistics of all goaltenders attending the camp, she was selected to the team and became the first girl to play full-time in the boys' AAA midget league in Québec.[5][6]

In the 2019 draft of the Quebec Junior Hockey League (LHJQ or LHJAAAQ), she was selected 13th overall by the Collège Français de Longueuil, the second female player to be drafted into the LHJQ after Ann-Renée Desbiens, who was drafted by the Loups de La Tuque in 2012. Her first appearance with the Collège Français came on February 23, 2020, in a game against the Rangers de Montréal-Est, in which she served as the backup netminder to Gabriel Waked. She became the third female player to participate in a LHJQ game and the first in nearly two decades, following in the footsteps of Manon Rhéaume, who played with the Jaguars de Louiseville in the 1991–92 season, and Charline Labonté, who donned a Panthères de St-Jérôme sweater during the 2000–01 season.[7]

In August 2020, she was awarded the Isobel Gathorne-Hardy Award, a Hockey Canada honour which recognizes an active player whose values, leadership and personal traits are representative of all female athletes.[8] Later that year, she committed to playing with the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey program of the University of Minnesota Duluth in the United States, where she will join a woman's hockey team for the first time in her career. She intends to join the university upon the completion of her studies at the Cégep de Saint-Laurent.[9]

On March 19, 2022, Gascon became the third woman to play in the QMJHL when she started in goal for the Gatineau Olympiques, ultimately losing 5–4 in overtime to the Rimouski Oceanic.[10] On April 1, 2022, Gascon became the second women to win a QMJHL after Charline Labonté in 2000. She helped the Gatineau Olympiques beat the Drummondville Voltigeurs 7-3.[11]

International play

Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing  Canada
World U18 Championships
Silver medal – second place2020 Slovakia

Gascon was invited to the Canada women's national under-18 ice hockey team training camp in preparation for the 2019 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, where she was the youngest player in attendance but was ultimately not selected to the final roster. The following year, she earned the starting goaltender role at the 2020 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, playing in four of five games, including the championship final. Canada fell to rival Team USA in the final and claimed silver in the tournament.[12][13][14]

References

  1. ↑ Gagnon, François (March 26, 2020). "Ève Gascon poursuit son ascension avec les Patriotes du Cégep Saint-Laurent". RDS (in Canadian French). Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  2. ↑ Dubé, Kevin (March 26, 2020). "Une gardienne en renfort". Le Journal de Québec (in Canadian French). Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  3. ↑ Morello, Dillon (November 26, 2022). "UMD women's hockey sign goaltender Eve Gascon". WDIO. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
  4. ↑ ""C'est un exploit pour moi" - Ève Gascon". TVA Sports (in Canadian French). August 23, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  5. ↑ Poirier, Jean-François (September 5, 2018). "Ève Gascon, première dame du hockey midget AAA québécois". Ici Radio-Canada (in French). Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  6. ↑ Leroux, Jasmin (March 6, 2020). "Ève Gascon: dans l'histoire à tout jamais". Hockey Le Magazine (in French). Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Ève Gascon s'amène avec le CF". Collège Français de Longueuil (Press release) (in French). February 21, 2020. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  8. ↑ Graves, Wendy (August 7, 2020). "Ève Gascon lauréate du prix Isobel-Gathorne-Hardy". Hockey Québec (in French). Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  9. ↑ Lorgange, Simon-Olivier (September 8, 2020). "La folle année d'Ève Gascon". La Presse. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Gascon becomes 3rd female goalie to play in QMJHL in Gatineau's 5-4 overtime loss". info news.ca (Press release). March 19, 2022. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  11. ↑ https://www.sportsnet.ca/juniors/article/olympiques-eve-gascon-becomes-first-woman-to-win-qmjhl-game-in-22-years/
  12. ↑ Jurewicz, Chris (December 29, 2019). "IIHF - Gascon shuts door as Canada beats U.S." International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  13. ↑ Amundson, Quinton (November 7, 2019). "The masked history maker". Hockey Canada. Retrieved May 12, 2021.
  14. ↑ Taillon, Josie-Anne (November 26, 2020). "Ève Gascon rêve aux Jeux olympiques de 2022". Ici Radio-Canada (in French). Retrieved May 12, 2021.
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