Concordia alum Emmy Fecteau looks to make mark in PWHL as 1st U Sports draftee

If there was one thing Emmy Fecteau did in her time at Concordia, it was win.

Fecteau's Stingers reached the U Sports women's hockey championship game in each of her final three seasons at the school and took home two titles.

In June, Fecteau became the first PWHL player ever drafted straight out of U Sports when the New York Sirens selected her with the first pick of the sixth round.

The Sirens finished last in the PWHL's inaugural season last year, but the hope is that Fecteau helps change that.

"I love to win games, so why not bring it here?" she said.

Fecteau, the 25-year-old from Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne, Que., compiled 89 points (34 goals, 55 assists) in 83 career U Sports contests. And she took her game up another level come playoff time, with 26 points in 18 career post-season tilts.

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Last season, as Fecteau captained a Stingers squad looking to avenge a championship-game loss from a year prior, she racked up four goals and nine assists in just six RSEQ playoff games.

She says her playoff-friendly game should adapt well to the PWHL.

"I like to play physical. And I can't wait to try to be more physical because in university hockey, sometimes we're not allowed to do hits or things like that. So I can't wait to try that," Fecteau said.

She graduated with a bachelor's degree in teaching english as a second language, and said education was her top priority when choosing a school.

"I chose to play for U Sports because I think it was important for me that what I studied would be recognized when I would have to work and things like that," she said.

Now, she could stand as a shining example that prospective hockey pros don't need to go south of the border to get recognized.

And, for Fecteau's money, the level of play is just as good up here, too.