{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}} {{Infobox ice hockey biography | image = Sarah Lefort 2024.jpg | image_alt = | caption = Lefort with PWHL Montreal in 2024 | image_size = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|02|09}} | birth_place = Ormstown, Quebec, Canada | position = Forward | shoots = Left | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 7 | weight_lb = 164 | league = PWHL | team = Montréal Victoire | former_teams = {{ubl|Montréal Force|PWHPA Montréal|Les Canadiennes de Montréal|Boston University Terriers}} | played_for = <!-- Teams a retired player played for --> | league_coach = | team_coach = | coached_for = Cégep André-Laurendeau (QCHL) | sex = f | ntl_team = | career_start = 2012 | career_end = | career_start_coach = 2019 | career_end_coach = | website = }} '''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).<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 13, 2015 |title=Canada's National Women's Team roster named for 2015 4 Nations Cup |url=http://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/2015-NWT-4-Nations-Cup-Roster-Named |website=Hockey Canada |access-date=October 18, 2015 |archive-date=April 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420014018/https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/2015-nwt-4-nations-cup-roster-named |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Playing career== ===Hockey Canada=== {{MedalTableTop|name=no}} {{MedalSport | Women's ice hockey}} {{MedalCountry | {{ihw|CAN}} }} {{MedalComp|U18 World Championship}} {{MedalGold|2012 Czech Republic|}} {{MedalComp|Nations Cup}} {{MedalGold|2015 Germany|}} {{MedalBottom}} 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship Gold Medal Game Summary 2012 |url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/279/IHW279122_74_3_0.pdf |access-date=2023-11-11 |archive-date=2022-07-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702022639/https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/279/IHW279122_74_3_0.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
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).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stats.hockeycanada.ca/game/show/9573877?subseason=198368&_ga=1.263276748.1923401976.1424712796|title=Canada at Sweden - 1:00pm EST, January 6th, 2015|access-date=2015-10-18|archive-date=2015-06-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626144248/http://stats.hockeycanada.ca/game/show/9573877?subseason=198368&_ga=1.263276748.1923401976.1424712796|url-status=live}}</ref>
===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,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Connolly |first=John |date=2014-02-21 |title=BU's Sarah Lefort on (inter)national map |url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2014/02/21/bus-sarah-lefort-on-international-map/ |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=Boston Herald |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926051148/https://www.bostonherald.com/2014/02/21/bus-sarah-lefort-on-international-map/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-25 |title=PHF expansion Montreal signs first seven players for upcoming season |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9013715/phf-expansion-montreal-signs-first-seven-players-for-upcoming-season/ |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=Global News |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926051147/https://globalnews.ca/news/9013715/phf-expansion-montreal-signs-first-seven-players-for-upcoming-season/ |url-status=live }}</ref> she was the first round pick of Les Canadiennes de Montréal in the 2016 CWHL Draft.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schreiter |first=Michaela |date=2016-10-28 |title=Sarah Lefort Lives Up to Great Expectations |url=https://www.theicegarden.com/2016/10/28/13427654/sarah-lefort-lives-up-to-great-expectations |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=The Ice Garden |language=en |archive-date=2022-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926051147/https://www.theicegarden.com/2016/10/28/13427654/sarah-lefort-lives-up-to-great-expectations |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fontaine |first=Hugo |date=2016-12-09 |others=Translated by Matt Cudzinowski |title=A Montreal-Boston connection |url=https://www.nhl.com/canadiens/news/a-montreal-boston-connection/c-284542018 |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=NHL.com |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926051147/https://www.nhl.com/canadiens/news/a-montreal-boston-connection/c-284542018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2023, Lefort earned a contract with PWHL Montreal following a training camp invitation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rennie |first=Sarah |date=2023-12-23 |title=Sarah Lefort earns spot on Montreal's pro hockey team |url=https://the-gleaner.com/sarah-lefort-earns-spot-on-montreals-pro-hockey-team/ |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=The Gleaner |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Awards and honours== * 2014-15 Hockey East Second Team All-Star<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hockeyeastonline.com/women/pres1415/201503/mar6as.php |title=HockeyEastOnline.com - Hockey East Honors All-Star Selections at 2015 Championship Banquet |accessdate=2015-07-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626152330/http://hockeyeastonline.com/women/pres1415/201503/mar6as.php |archivedate=2015-06-26 }}</ref>
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==External links== * {{ice hockey stats}}
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