Sarah Fillier
| Sarah Fillier | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
June 9, 2000 Georgetown, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) | ||
| Weight | 137 lb (62 kg; 9 st 11 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| PWHL team | New York Sirens | ||
| National team | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | ||
| Playing career | 2018–present | ||
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Medal record | |||
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Sarah Anne Fillier (born June 9, 2000) is a Canadian ice hockey player who is a forward for the New York Sirens of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She was selected first overall by New York in the 2024 PWHL draft, before which she played college ice hockey at Princeton University.
Playing career
[edit | edit source]Junior
[edit | edit source]Before her junior career, Fillier played boys' youth hockey in Halton, Ontario.[1]
With the Oakville Jr. Hornets of the Provincial Women's Hockey League (Prov. WHL) in the 2015–16 season, Fillier recorded 11 points in 22 games as the Hornets claimed silver at the Ontario provincial level.[1]
In the 2016–17 season, Fillier scored 31 goals and 61 points as the Hornets claimed both league and provincial championships.[2]
Bestowed the Jr. Hornets captaincy for the 2017–18 season, Fillier led the league in playoff scoring with 12 points in 10 games and at the provincial tournament earned MVP honours.[1] She and the Hornets would fall just short of repeat titles, losing in the finals of both the league and provincial tournaments.[2]
College
[edit | edit source]During the 2018–19 season, Fillier led Princeton University in scoring with 22 goals and 57 points in 29 games. Her assists per game and points per game led the entire NCAA, as did her 21 power play points. Following the season she was named the Women's Hockey Commissioners Association National Rookie of the Year.[3]
In her sophomore season in 2019–20, Fillier matched the previous year's totals of 22 goals and 57 points, and her 1.84 points per game were the second best in the NCAA. In the ECAC tournament, she would record at least a point in each of five games, including a double-overtime game-winner against Quinnipiac University, and was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.[4]
Princeton did not compete in the 2020–21 season due to the coronavirus pandemic, and Fillier took a leave of absence in the 2021–22 season to compete with the Canadian national team.[4]
Returning to the NCAA for the 2022–23 season, Fillier's 19 goals, 18 assists, and 37 points were the best totals on the Tigers, and included a hat-trick against Quinnipiac on January 29, 2023.[4]
In the 2023–24 season, Fillier scored a career-high 30 goals and 13 assists in just 29 games, leading her to be the projected first overall pick in the 2024 PWHL draft.[5]
Professional
[edit | edit source]On June 10, 2024, Fillier was selected first overall by PWHL New York, soon after rebranded as the New York Sirens, in the 2024 PWHL draft.[6] After a long period of negotiations, she signed a one-year contract with the club on November 1.[7] During the 2024–25 season, she recorded 13 goals and 16 assists during the regular season. Her 29 points tied Hilary Knight for the league lead, as she claimed the PWHL Points Leader award. She was also named the PWHL Rookie of the Year.[8] On July 10, 2025, she signed a two-year contract extension with the Sirens.[9]
International play
[edit | edit source]Fillier made her debut for the Canada women's national ice hockey team at the 2018 4 Nations Cup, where the team gained a silver medal.[10]
Fillier took a leave of absence from Princeton in the 2021–22 season to compete with the national team.[11] Fillier and Team Canada won a gold medal at the 2021 World Championship, where she recorded three goals and six points.[4] On January 11, 2022, Fillier was named to the Canadian Olympic team.[12][13] The team won the gold medal, and Fillier finished second in tournament scoring with eight goals, including a hat-trick against Sweden in the quarterfinals.[4]
At the 2022 World Championship, Fillier scored five goals and 11 points en route to a gold medal.[4]
Fillier represented Canada at the 2024 World Championship, playing on the top line with Marie-Philip Poulin.[14]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Fillier majored in psychology at Princeton University.[4]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]Regular season and playoffs
[edit | edit source]| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2014–15 | Oakville Jr. Hornets | Prov. WHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Oakville Jr. Hornets | Prov. WHL | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | Oakville Jr. Hornets | Prov. WHL | 34 | 24 | 26 | 50 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 6 | ||
| 2017–18 | Oakville Jr. Hornets | Prov. WHL | 22 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 12 | ||
| 2018–19 | Princeton University | ECAC | 29 | 22 | 35 | 57 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | Princeton University | ECAC | 31 | 22 | 35 | 57 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Princeton University | ECAC | 31 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | Princeton University | ECAC | 29 | 30 | 13 | 43 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2024–25 | New York Sirens | PWHL | 30 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| PWHL totals | 30 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
International
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Canada | U18 | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2018 | Canada | U18 | 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 2021 | Canada | WC | 1st place, gold medalist(s) | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | |
| 2022 | Canada | OG | 1st place, gold medalist(s) | 7 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Canada | WC | 1st place, gold medalist(s) | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | |
| 2023 | Canada | WC | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) | 7 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 2 | |
| 2024 | Canada | WC | 1st place, gold medalist(s) | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2025 | Canada | WC | 2nd place, silver medalist(s) | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| Junior totals | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | ||||
| Senior totals | 42 | 28 | 18 | 46 | 16 | ||||
Awards and honours
[edit | edit source]| Award | Year | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| National Women's Under-18 Championship | ||
| Most Valuable Player | 2017 | [15] |
| NCAA | ||
| Rookie of the Year | 2019 | [4] |
| Second Team ACHA All-American | 2019, 2020, 2024 | |
| Second Team All-USCHO | 2020, 2024 | |
| ECAC | ||
| All-Academic Team | 2019, 2020, 2023 | [4] |
| All-Rookie Team | 2019 | |
| Rookie of the Year | 2019 | |
| First Team All-Star | 2019, 2020, 2024 | |
| Tournament MVP | 2020 | |
| All-Tournament Team | 2020 | |
| Ivy League | ||
| Rookie of the Year | 2019 | [4] |
| Player of the Year | 2019 | |
| First Team All-Star | 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024 | |
| International | ||
| World Championship – Media All-Star Team | 2022, 2023 | [16][17] |
| World Championship – Best Forward | 2023 | [17] |
| World Championship – Most Valuable Player | 2023 | |
| PWHL | ||
| PWHL Points Leader | 2024–25 | [8] |
| PWHL Rookie of the Year | 2025 | [18] |
| First All-Star Team | 2025 | |
| All-Rookie Team | 2025 | |
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database, or ThePWHL.com
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Canadian women's ice hockey forwards
- Ice hockey people from Ontario
- Sportswomen from Ontario
- Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Canada
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Olympic ice hockey players for Canada
- Oakville Jr. Hornets players
- Princeton Tigers women's ice hockey players
- PWHL first overall draft picks
- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen