Autumn MacDougall
Autumn MacDougall (born July 5, 1997) is a Canadian ice hockey forward, currently playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with Leksands IF. She was selected fourteenth overall by the Buffalo Beauts in the 2020 NWHL Draft, becoming the first U Sports women's ice hockey player to ever be selected in a draft of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL; renamed PHF in 2021).[1]
| Autumn MacDougall | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
July 5, 1997 Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada | ||
| Height | 156 cm (5 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| SDHL team Former teams |
Leksands IF | ||
| Playing career | 2015–present | ||
Playing career
MacDougall played college ice hockey with the Alberta Pandas ice hockey program in the Canada West conference of U Sports. Across five seasons with the program, she recorded 58 goals and 67 assists for 126 points in 139 regular season games. She finished as the sixth highest point leader in program history, winning the Canada West Championship twice and the national championship in 2017.[2][3]
She was drafted in the third round, 14th overall by Buffalo in the 2020 NWHL Draft.[4] She signed her first professional contract with the team ahead of the 2020–21 NWHL season.[5]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2015-16 | Alberta Pandas | U Sports | 27 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2016-17 | Alberta Pandas | U Sports | 28 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2017-18 | Alberta Pandas | U Sports | 28 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2018-19 | Alberta Pandas | U Sports | 28 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2019-20 | Alberta Pandas | U Sports | 28 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 2020–21 | Buffalo Beauts | NWHL | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2021–22 | Buffalo Beauts | PHF | 20 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Buffalo Beauts | PHF | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2022–23 | Montreal Force | PHF | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2023–24 | Leksands IF | SDHL | 34 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| U Sports totals | 139 | 58 | 67 | 125 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | ||||
| PHF totals | 47 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
References
- Von Diest, Derek (April 30, 2020). "Pandas forward Autumn MacDougall moving to pro ranks in NWHL draft". Edmonton Sun. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
- Staffieri, Mark (May 12, 2020). "Autumn MacDougall finishes five-year career with U of A Pandas". Women's Hockey Life. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
- "Is Autumn MacDougall Team Canada's next pick?". Inside The Tunnel. March 30, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
- "Autumn MacDougall becomes first-ever Pandas Hockey player drafted to NWHL". The Gateway. May 1, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
- "Beauts sign third-round draft pick, Alberta forward Autumn MacDougall". Buffalo News. June 17, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database