Alumna and Concordia Stinger Emmy Fecteau is living out her dream as a rookie with the PWHL
First she led Team Canada to gold at the 2023 FISU World University Games, later receiving Hockey Canada’s Female Player of the Year award. Then, she captained the Concordia Stingers Women’s Hockey Team through an undefeated 2023-24 season culminating in a national championship title. Today, Emmy Fecteau, BEd 24, is making history in her rookie year with the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL).
Fecteau joined the PWHL as a forward for the New York Sirens at the opening of the 2024-25 season — one of only two players to be drafted directly from USports and now the first to play a game with the newly formed league.
“I’m living my best life,” Fecteau recently told the PWHL podcast Jocks in Jills. “I’m so lucky to be here. Every day I wake up and I’m like, ‘Wow, what a dream!’ I’m so grateful for everyone working for the league to exist.”
Fecteau first took to the ice at age six, when her parents encouraged her to start a winter sport. Though she tried ringette and figure skating, the Saint-Odilon-de-Cranbourne native found her footing in hockey.
When it came time to attend university, Fecteau was courted by multiple schools, including several American NCAA institutions. Yet she landed on Concordia for its blend of academics and athletics.
“I had a lot of options in the States but decided to stay in Canada because I wanted to be a teacher. I went to Concordia and fell in love with the hockey team and the coaches.”
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‘You have to work to win’
In her time at the university, Fecteau won two national championships, three RSEQ gold medals — plus the FISU Games gold medal with Team Canada, which she captained. She was also an RSEQ All-Star in 2022-23 and 2023-24 and a second team All-Canadian in 2022-23. And she was named a USports Top 8 Academic All-Canadian in 2024 for her success in the classroom, on the ice and in the community.
In her conversation with Jocks in Jills, Fecteau named Stingers coaches Caroline Ouellette and Julie Chu as instrumental to her success, both on ice and off.
“The values they taught us were amazing,” Fecteau shared. “We knew how to communicate better with each other and be better leaders. They want us to grow not only as players but also as women.”
Having closed out last season at the bottom, today the New York Sirens are in third place behind Montreal and Minnesota, with 20 points. Fecteau scored her first league goal versus Toronto on December 18 in her fourth game of the season. With 16 games left, she is realistic about the competition at this level — and ready to put in the work.
“Everything is earned. You have to work to win, and in this league, everyone can beat everyone, so I think that’s really important. I can bring everything I learned from Concordia to the Sirens. I think it’s going to help.”
Catch up on the latest varsity sports highlights via the Concordia Stingers website.
