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Canadian ice hockey player Ice hockey player
Sarah Lefort
Lefort with PWHL Montreal in 2024
Born (1994-02-09) February 9, 1994 (age 30)
Ormstown, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 164 lb (74 kg; 11 st 10 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
PWHL team
Former teams		 Montréal Victoire
Coached for Cégep André-Laurendeau (QCHL)
Playing career 2012–present
Coaching career 2019–present

Sarah Lefort (born February 9, 1994) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing for Montreal Victoire of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).

Playing career

Hockey Canada

Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing  Canada
U18 World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2012 Czech Republic
Nations Cup
Gold medal – first place 2015 Germany

During the 2011–12 Canada women's national ice hockey team season, she was a member of the Canadian National Under 18 team that participated in the 2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship. In the gold medal game versus the United States, Lefort scored a goal as Canada claimed the gold by a 3–0 tally.

She was a member of Canada's National Women's Development Team that won a gold medal at the 2015 Nations Cup (formerly known as the Meco Cup).

Professional hockey

In the 2015 NWHL Draft, Lefort was claimed by the Buffalo Beauts. After graduating from Boston University in 2016 as the second-leading scorer in the history of the Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey program, she was the first round pick of Les Canadiennes de Montréal in the 2016 CWHL Draft.

In 2023, Lefort earned a contract with PWHL Montreal following a training camp invitation.

Awards and honours

References

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