Ann-Renée Desbiens

Ann-Renée Desbiens grew up in Clermont, Québec, and went on to build one of the most decorated statistical careers in NCAA goaltending history. Playing four seasons at the University of Wisconsin, she finished with 99 wins, a .955 save percentage, a 0.89 goals-against average, and 56 career shutouts — a record in NCAA history across both men's and women's hockey.

The shutout totals began accumulating early. In 2015–16, Desbiens broke the NCAA single-season shutout record with 21, earning a top-three finalist nomination for the Patty Kazmaier Award that year. Her senior season produced even more hardware: 17 shutouts, 29 wins, a 0.71 goals-against average, and a .963 save percentage, a performance that earned her the Patty Kazmaier Award in 2017.

On the international stage, Desbiens has represented Canada at five Women's World Championships (2015, 2021, 2022, 2023) and two Winter Olympics (2018 and 2022), collecting three gold medals and two silver medals at the World Championship level, along with one Olympic gold and one Olympic silver. At the 2022 Beijing Games, she made 51 saves in a single game, setting a Canadian Olympic record for saves in a game across both men's and women's competition. She also started the gold medal game at those Games against the United States, stopping 38 of 40 shots.

Following her NCAA career, Desbiens competed with the PWHPA from 2019 to 2023, winning the Secret® Cup in both 2021 and 2023. She now wears number 35 for the Montréal Victoire in the PWHL.