Sarah Bujold (born 26 February 1996) is a Canadian

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for

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of the

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(SDHL). She has previously played for

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and Djurgårdens IF Hockey of the SDHL, the

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of the

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(PHF), and

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of the

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(PWHL).

Playing career

Bujold played five seasons of

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with the St. Francis Xavier X-Women ice hockey program in the

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(AUS) of

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during 2014 to 2019. She was selected as a first team U Sports All-Star in both the 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons, and received the 2017 Brodrick Trophy as

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Player of the Year. Across her five-year college ice hockey career, she averaged 0.93 points per game and, as of 2022, she ranks among the top-ten in X-Women history for career points, career goals, single-season points, and single-season goals. Following her college career, she planned to play for

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in the

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(CWHL) but the league folded in May 2019 and she was forced to explore other options. Bujold ultimately signed in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with Djurgårdens IF Hockey for the

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. In her debut SDHL season, she tied Jenn Wakefield and

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for most goals scored by a Djurgårdens player and ranked second in scoring on the team, trailing Wakefield by just three points. She remained a key piece of Djurgården's offense after re-signing for the

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, ranking second behind Josephine Jacobsen in both goals and points scored for the team and 24th in points of all SDHL players. Ahead of the 2021–22 SDHL season, Bujold left Djurgården to sign with

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, Sweden. The new environment boosted her to the best offensive production of her SDHL career and she led team in scoring, with twenty goals and fourteen assists for 34 points in 29 games, and ranked twelfth in the league for points. Sarah Bujold

Bujold signed with

for the

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, making her return to North America after three successful seasons in Sweden. She made an immediate impact, receiving PHF first star of the week honors in the opening week of the season, and by season's end, she ranked third in team scoring, behind veteran PHFers Madison Packer and

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. She re-signed with the Riveters for the 2023–24 PHF season, but the contract was voided when the league was bought out and dissolved in June 2023. Undeterred by the second league collapse of her short career, Bujold declared for the 2023 draft of the newly established Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She went undrafted and later explained, "My agent and I definitely thought I would be drafted, even if only in the later rounds... it was disappointing." Despite missing out on a draft slot, several teams extended training camp invitations to her and she opted to attend the training camp of PWHL Montréal (renamed Victoire de Montréal/Montreal Victoire in 2024). Bujold signed a one-season contract with Montréal in November 2023 and was one of two players from

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to make final rosters for the start of the inaugural PWHL season (the other was goaltender Marlène Boissonnault, who also signed with Montréal). On December 2, 2024, Bujold returned to the SDHL, signing a one-year contract with

Personal life

Bujold has a younger sister, Sophie, who plays ice hockey with the UPEI Panthers women's ice hockey program. She was in relationship with HV71 and Metropolitan Riveters teammate Ebba Berglund for several years during the early 2020s.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bujold, Sarah 1996 births Living people Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden Canadian women's ice hockey forwards Djurgårdens IF Hockey (women) players HV71 (women) players Ice hockey people from New Brunswick LGBTQ ice hockey players Luleå HF/MSSK players Metropolitan Riveters players People from Riverview, New Brunswick Montreal Victoire players St. Francis Xavier X-Women ice hockey players 21st-century Canadian sportswomen