Rory Guilday
Rory Guilday | |||
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Born | Chanhassen, Minnesota | September 7, 2002||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
Weight | 160 lb (73 kg; 11 st 6 lb) | ||
Position | Defense | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
ECAC team | Cornell Big Red | ||
National team | ![]() | ||
Playing career | 2021–present | ||
Rory Susanna Guilday (born September 7, 2002) is an American college ice hockey defenceman for Cornell and member of the United States women's national ice hockey team.
Playing career
[edit]Guilday attended Minnetonka High School in Minnetonka, Minnesota, where she was a two-time captain, and twice earning all-state, all-conference and all-Metro team honors.[1] 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.[2][3]
Guilday began her collegiate career for Cornell 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.[4] She scored her first collegiate goal the next day in a 4–0 victory over Mercyhurst.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7][8] She became the first Cornell player to earn a national all-rookie honor since Micah Zandee-Hart in 2016.[9]
International play
[edit]Guilday represented the United States at the 2020 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship where she recorded one goal in five games and won a gold medal.[10] On August 14, 2022, she was named to the roster for the United States at the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship.[11][12]
Personal life
[edit]Guilday was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2016 that led to optic nerve glioma 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.[13]
Career statistics
[edit]Regular season and playoffs
[edit]Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2017–18 | Minnetonka | MSHSL | 25 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | Minnetonka | MSHSL | 25 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
2019–20 | Minnetonka | MSHSL | 19 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
2020–21 | Minnetonka | MSHSL | 23 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2021–22 | Cornell University | ECAC | 28 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2022–23 | Cornell University | ECAC | 15 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
NCAA totals | 43 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — |
International
[edit]Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2020 | United States | U18 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2022 | United States | WC | ![]() | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |
2023 | United States | WC | ![]() | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
2024 | United States | WC | ![]() | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Junior totals | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Senior totals | 21 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Rory Guilday". cornellbigred.com. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
- ^ "Ms Hockey Finalists Announced". mghca.com. April 7, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
- ^ "Minnetonka's Rory Guilday selected Class AA Herb Brooks Award winner". mshsl.org. April 3, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
- ^ "#10 Women's Hockey Topped By Mercyhurst, 3-2". cornellbigred.com. October 22, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
- ^ "#10 Women's Hockey Blanks Mercyhurst Saturday, 4-0". cornellbigred.com. October 23, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
- ^ "ECAC Hockey Tabs Rory Guilday Rookie of the Week". cornellbigred.com. October 25, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
- ^ "ECAC Hockey recognizes half-dozen players from five schools on 2022 women's all-rookie team". USCHO.com. February 27, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
- ^ "Women's Hockey Fivesome Earns All-Ivy League Recognition". cornellbigred.com. March 3, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
- ^ "Rory Guilday Named To USCHO All-Rookie Team". cornellbigred.com. April 7, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
- ^ "Team USA: Rory Guilday". USA Hockey. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
- ^ "U.S. Roster Announced for 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship". USA Hockey. August 14, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
- ^ "Quartet of Former, Current Big Red Women's Hockey Players Gear Up for World Championships". cornellbigred.com. August 25, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
- ^ Leighton, Tim (April 5, 2021). "Minnetonka's Rory Guilday selected Class AA Herb Brooks Award winner". herbbrooksfoundation.com. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com