{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 2000)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox ice hockey biography | name = Zoe Boyd | image = Zoe Boyd 2026.jpg | alt = | caption = Boyd with the Boston Fleet in 2026 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|8|9}} | birth_place = Caledon East, Ontario, Canada | position = Defence | shoots = Left | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 8 | weight_lb = | league = PWHL | team = Boston Fleet | former_teams = Ottawa Charge | sex = f | ntl_team = | career_start = 2018 | medaltemplates = }} '''Zoe Boyd''' (born August 9, 2000) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defence player for the Boston Fleet of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She previously played for the Ottawa Charge of the PWHL. She played college ice hockey at Quinnipiac.
==Early life== Boyd and her childhood best friend, Kristin Della Rovere, grew up together in Caledon, Ontario. They played junior hockey together for the Caledon Hawks, Brampton Canadettes and North Halton Twisters.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.inthehills.ca/2024/11/making-it-to-the-big-league/ |title=Making it to the Big League |website=inthehills.ca |first=Anthony |last=Jenkins |date=November 25, 2024 |access-date=March 8, 2025}}</ref> Boyd and Della Rovere served as captain and assistant captains of the Caledon Hawks' boys hockey team.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://caledoncitizen.com/hockey-success-started-in-caledon-for-two-childhood-friends-now-pwhl-rookies-in-ottawa/ |title=Hockey success started in Caledon for two childhood friends, now PWHL rookies in Ottawa |work=Caledon Citizen |first=Jim |last=Stewart |date=March 14, 2024 |access-date=March 8, 2025}}</ref>
==Playing career== ===College=== Boyd began her collegiate career for Quinnipiac during the 2018–19 season. During her freshman year, she recorded two goals and ten assists in 36 games. She ranked second on the team in defensive scoring with 12 points. During the 2019–20 season in her sophomore year, she recorded a three goals and nine assists in 37 games. She missed the 2020–21 season due to injury.<ref name=Bio>{{cite web |url=https://gobobcats.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/zoe-boyd/12391 |title=Zoe Boyd |website=gobobcats.com |access-date=December 3, 2024}}</ref>
During the 2021–22 season in her senior year, she recorded one goal and 12 assists in 35 games. Following the season she was named to the Al-ECAC Third Team. On September 15, 2022, Boyd was named co-captain for the 2022–23 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gobobcats.com/news/2022/9/15/womens-ice-hockey-announces-leadership-group-ahead-of-2022-23-season |title=Women's Ice Hockey Announces Leadership Group Ahead of New Campaign |website=gobobcats.com |date=September 15, 2022 |access-date=December 3, 2024}}</ref> As a graduate student, she recorded three goals and 11 assists in 27 games.<ref name=Bio/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://womenshockeylife.com/eventful-season-for-celebrated-bobcats-captain-zoe-boyd/ |title=Eventful season for celebrated Bobcats captain Zoe Boyd |website=womenshockeylife.com |first=Mark |last=Staffieri |date=May 12, 2023 |access-date=December 3, 2024}}</ref>
===Professional=== On May 22, 2023, Boyd signed a one-year contract with the Boston Pride of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gobobcats.com/news/2023/5/22/womens-ice-hockey-zoe-boyd-signs-professional-contract-with-the-boston-pride |title=Zoe Boyd Signs Professional Contract with the Boston Pride |website=gobobcats.com |date=May 22, 2023 |access-date=December 3, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/boston-signs-zoe-boyd-to-bolster-blueline |title=Boston Signs Zoe Boyd To Bolster Blueline |work=The Hockey News |first=Ian |last=Kennedy |date=May 22, 2023 |access-date=December 3, 2024}}</ref> The PHF ceased operations on June 29, 2023, as a result she never played a game for the Pride.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4655207/2023/06/30/premier-hockey-federation-why-mark-walter/ |title=What we know about the PHF shutdown, and more on the new pro women's hockey league |work=The Athletic |first=Hailey |last=Salvian |date=June 30, 2023 |access-date=December 3, 2024 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
On September 18, 2023, Boyd was drafted in the ninth round, 53rd overall, by PWHL Ottawa in the 2023 PWHL Draft. On October 31, 2023, she signed a two-year contract with Ottawa.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/one-year-pact-between-zoe-boyd-and-pwhl-ottawa |title=One-Year Pact Between Boyd and Ottawa |work=The Hockey News |first=Ian |last=Kennedy |date=October 31, 2023 |access-date=December 3, 2024}}</ref> During the 2023–24 season, she recorded three assists in 16 games. On March 20, 2024, she suffered a fractured left wrist in a game against PWHL New York, ending her season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thepwhl.com/en/news/2024/april/04/zoe-boyd-no-place-id-rather-be |title=Zoe Boyd: No Place I'D Rather Be|website=thepwhl.com |date=April 4, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024}}</ref> On June 10, 2024, she signed a one-year contract extension with Ottawa.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/pwhl/article/pwhl-ottawa-re-signs-zoe-boyd-to-one-year-contract/ |title=PWHL Ottawa re-signs Zoe Boyd to one-year contract |website=Sportsnet |date=June 10, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024}}</ref> During the 2024–25 season, she recorded three assists in 23 games. On June 20, 2025, she signed a one-year contract with the Boston Fleet.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thepwhl.com/en/news/2025/june/20/fleet-sign-zoe-boyd-rylind-mackinnon-and-abbey-levy |title=Fleet sign Zoe Boyd, Rylind MacKinnon and Abbey Levy |website=thepwhl.com |date=June 20, 2025 |access-date=June 20, 2025}}</ref>
==International play== {{MedalTableTop|name=}} {{MedalCountry|{{ihw18|Canada}}}} {{MedalSport|Ice hockey}} {{MedalCompetition|World U18 Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2018 Russia|}} {{MedalBottom}} Boyd represented Canada at the 2018 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship where she served as alternate captain and recorded one goal and one assist in six games and won a bronze medal.<ref name=Bio/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/2017-18-nwu18t-captains-named-for-u18-worlds |title=Leadership team named for Canada's National Women's Under-18 Team |website=Hockey Canada |date=January 6, 2018 |access-date=December 3, 2024}}</ref>
==Personal life== Boyd's mother, Tammy Thomson, was involved in a catastrophic car accident when Zoe was five years old, suffering a traumatic brain injury and full paralysis in the right side of her body. She was in a coma for four months, and lost her memory.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thescore.com/pwhl/news/2818900 |title=How friends and family kept Zoe Boyd on track through tragedy |website=thescore.com |first=Jolene |last=Latimer |date=January 13, 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2024}}</ref> On December 31, 2024, Tammy attended one of her daughter's games for the first time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/sports/hockey/pwhl/boyd-overwhelmed-by-love-support |title=Ottawa Charge defender Zoe Boyd 'overwhelmed' by love and support from PWHL community |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |first=Don |last=Brennan |date=January 13, 2025 |access-date=January 13, 2025}}</ref>
Zoe runs a podcast called “No Straight Answers with Zoe Boyd” where she interviews queer professionals about primarily LGBTQ+ content.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.outsports.com/2025/12/22/24124176/zoe-boyd-pwhl-player-podcast-womens-hockey-lgbtq-gay-influence/|title=For out PWHL star Zoe Boyd, hockey and family are sources of strength |website=outsports.com|first=Charlie|last=Smith|date=December 22, 2025|access-date=May 22, 2026}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="98" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="98" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5"|Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2018–19 | Quinnipiac University | ECAC | 36 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2019–20 | Quinnipiac University | ECAC | 37 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2021–22 | Quinnipiac University | ECAC | 35 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2022–23 | Quinnipiac University | ECAC | 27 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2023–24 | PWHL Ottawa | PWHL | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2024–25 | Ottawa Charge | PWHL | 23 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |- |2025–26 |Boston Fleet |PWHL |12 |0 |1 |1 |4 |— |— |— |— |— |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" |PWHL totals ! 51 ! 0 ! 7 ! 7 ! 31 ! 8 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 ! 4 |}
===International=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! Result ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 2018 | Canada | U18 | {{bronze3}} | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="4"|Junior totals ! 6 ! 1 ! 1 ! 2 ! 4 |}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== * {{Ice hockey stats|elite=406453}} * [https://gobobcats.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/zoe-boyd/12391 Quinnipiac Bobcats bio]
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