Rory Susanna Guilday (born September 7, 2002) is an American

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defenceman Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from Goal (ice hockey), scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the l ...

for

Cornell Cornell University is a private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson White in 1865. Since ...

and member of the

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Early life

Guilday attended

Minnetonka High School Minnetonka High School is a four-year public high school in Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States, a western suburb of Minneapolis-St. Paul. ''Newsweek'' ranked the school 123rd on its list of America's Top High Schools. Niche ranked it 3rd am ...

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, where she was a two-time captain, and twice earning all-state, all-conference and all-Metro team honors. As a senior in 2021, she recorded eight goals and 11 assists in 23 games. She was subsequently named a top-five finalist for the Minnesota Ms. Hockey Award, and was awarded the Class AA Herb Brooks Award.

Playing career

College

Guilday began her collegiate career for

during the 2021–22 NCAA season, where she recorded seven goals and 11 assists in 28 games. She made her debut on October 22, 2021, in a game against Mercyhurst and recorded her first collegiate point, an assist in the third period. She scored her first collegiate goal the next day in a 4–0 victory over Mercyhurst. She was subsequently named the ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week for the week ending October 25, 2021, after she recorded two points and eight blocked shots during the weekend series. She ranked second on the team in blocked shots with 63, and ranked fourth on the team in points. Following the season, she was named to the All-Ivy League second team, ECAC Hockey All-Rookie team, and the USCHO All-Rookie team. She became the first Cornell player to earn a national all-rookie honor since Micah Zandee-Hart in

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Professional

On June 24, 2025, Guilday was drafted fifth overall by the

Ottawa Charge The Ottawa Charge (French language, French: ''Charge d'Ottawa'') are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa that competes in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). They are one of the league's six charter franchises. The Charge p ...

in the 2025 PWHL Draft.

International play

Guilday represented the

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at the

2020 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship The 2020 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship was the 13th IIHF U18 Women's World Championship in ice hockey. Top Division Match officials 9 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament. ;Referees * Henna Åberg * Darya Abrosimova * ...

where she recorded one goal in five games and won a gold medal. On August 14, 2022, she was named to the roster for the

at the

2022 IIHF Women's World Championship The 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship was an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) which was contested in Herning and Frederikshavn, Denmark, from 25 August to 4 September 2022, at th ...

Personal life

Guilday was diagnosed with a

brain tumor A brain tumor (sometimes referred to as brain cancer) occurs when a group of cells within the Human brain, brain turn cancerous and grow out of control, creating a mass. There are two main types of tumors: malignant (cancerous) tumors and benign ...

in 2016 that led to

optic nerve glioma Optic nerve glioma (or optic glioma), a form of glioma which affects the optic nerve, is often one of the central nervous system manifestations of neurofibromatosis 1. Optic gliomas are usually pilocytic tumors, and can involve the optic nerve ...

and she was sidelined from any contact sports for a year due to chemotherapy. As a result, she lost the majority of eyesight in her right eye.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Guilday, Rory 2002 births Living people American women's ice hockey defensemen Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey players Ice hockey players from Minnesota People from Chanhassen, Minnesota 21st-century American sportswomen