Sarah Nurse | |
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Born | Burlington, ON, CAN | January 4, 1995,
Height Weight |
5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 146 lb (66 kg; 10 st 6 lb) |
Position | Forward |
Shoots | Right |
PWHL NCAA team |
Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres Wisconsin Badgers |
Ntl. team | Canada |
Playing career | 2009–present |
Medal record | ||
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Women's ice hockey | ||
Competitor for Canada | ||
IIHF World Women's U18 Championships | ||
Gold | 2013 Finland | Team |
Nations Cup | ||
Gold | 2015 Germany | 2015 Tournament |
Sarah Nurse (born January 4, 1995) is a women's ice hockey player that has attended the training camp for the Canadian National Women's Under 18 team.
Playing career[]
With the Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres of the PWHL, she broke the league record shared by Kelly Sabatine and Thea Imbrogno for most goals in a season. Breaking the mark in the 2012-13 season, Nurse scored 35 goals, highlighted by a hat trick in the final game of the season.[1]
Hockey Canada[]
During July 2011, Nurse participated at the 2011 IIHF High Performance Women’s Camp in Bratislava, Slovakia. She attended the Canadian Under-18 selection camp in August 2011. She played Team Ontario Red and won a gold medal at the 2011 National Women’s Under-18 Championship. In May 2012, she was part of Canada’s National Women’s Program strength and conditioning camp.
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).[2] In a 4-1 win over Finland on January 3, 2015, she contributed two assists.[3]
PWHL[]
Nurse won a silver medal with Stoney Creek at the Ontario Women’s Hockey Association (OWHA) provincials. She also won a bronze medal in high school at the 2010 OFSSAA championships, and a silver at OFSSAA 2011. In 2010, she played with Team Heaney and reached the quarter-finals of the 2010 Ontario Winter Games.
During the 2010-11 PWHL season, she led the Stoney Creek Jr. Sabres in scoring. She was named to the OWHA All-Star Team for a game vs. Team Ontario Under-18. For the 2011-12 PWHL season, she was named an alternate captain with Stoney Creek. She helped the club win a bronze medal at the PWHL championships. She ranked second on the club in Stoney Creek scoring.
Wisconsin Badgers[]
In the championship game of the 2015 WCHA Final Faceoff, Nurse scored twice, including the game-winning goal against Bemidji State.
Career stats[]
Hockey Canada[]
Year | Event | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
2011 | National Under-18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
PWHL[]
Year | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
2009-10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
2010-11 | 36 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 12 |
2011-12 | 31 | 21 | 16 | 37 | 21 |
Personal[]
Her uncle, Donovan McNabb played pro football in the NFL as a quarterback. Her cousin, Darnell Nurse, won a gold medal with Canada at the 2012 IIHF Men’s Under-18 hockey championship.