Allie Munroe
| Allie Munroe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Munroe with PWHL Toronto in 2024 | |||
| Born |
April 20, 1997 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||
| Weight | 152 lb (69 kg; 10 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| PWHL team Former teams |
Toronto Sceptres Djurgårdens IF Connecticut Whale | ||
| Playing career | 2015–present | ||
Allie Jean Munroe (born April 20, 1997) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a defender for the Toronto Sceptres of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She previously played for the Djurgårdens IF of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) and Connecticut Whale of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF). She played college ice hockey at Syracuse.
Playing career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Munroe is the daughter of Linda and Maurice Munro and has two older brothers. [1]. She put on her first pair of skates at the age of five. Her passion for hockey came from watching her older brothers play.[2] She played minor hockey in the Yarmouth County Minor Hockey Association.
From 2010–12, she played for the Western Hurricanes in the Nova Scotia Major Bantam Hockey League (NSMBHL).[3] Due to a lack of girls' hockey teams, she grew up playing on the boys teams until midget division, when she turned her attention to female hockey and joined the New Hampton School.[2][4][5]
Munroe captained Team Nova Scotia in the 2015 Canada Winter Games in British Columbia. The team featured future Sceptres teammate Carly Jackson ("CJ") and coach Troy Ryan.[1][6]
She received a four-year, full athletic scholarship.[1]
College
[edit]Munroe played college ice hockey at Syracuse University. During the 2015–16 season in her freshman year, she recorded four goals and six assists in 36 games. In the CHA Championship game she recorded a goal and an assist in the third period against Mercyhurst Lakers.[7][8] She was selected to the All-CHA Tournament team.[9]
During her 2016–17 season sophomore year, she recorded seven goals and 14 assists in 34 games.[10] She finished third in points for defensemen in the CHA that season.[11] Following the season, she was named the CHA Best Defenseman and named to the All-CHA First Team, and to the All-Tournament Team for the second consecutive year.[10][7][12]
In her junior year, she was named an alternate captain alongside Lindsay Eastwood for the 2017–18 season. She recorded four goals and nine assists in 29 games. Following the season she was named to the All-CHA Second Team.[7][13]
During the 2018–19 season in her senior year, she recorded five goals and 22 assists in 38 games. She led the team in points (27), assists (22) and blocks (73).[7] She helped co-captain Syracuse to win the 2019 CHA tournament and advance to the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history.[14][15] Following the season she was named the CHA Best Defenseman and named to the All-CHA First Team, and was named the Syracuse Ice Hockey MVP. She finished her career as Syracuse's all-time leading goal scorer by a defenseman.[16][2]
Professional
[edit]
Munroe began her professional career with Djurgårdens IF of the SDHL. During the 2019–20 season she recorded five goals and four assists in 32 games. During the 2020–21 season she recorded one goal and seven assists in 36 games. On June 3, 2021, she signed with the Connecticut Whale of the PHF.[17]
During the 2021–22 season she recorded three goals and ten assists in 18 games for the Whale. During the 2022–23 season she recorded one goal and 15 assists in 24 games. On May 25, 2022, she signed a two-year contract extension with the Whale.[18]
On September 18, 2023, Munroe was drafted in the ninth round, 50th overall, by PWHL Toronto in the 2023 PWHL Draft.[19] On November 9, 2023, she signed a one-year contract with Toronto.[20] During the 2023–24 season, she recorded one goal and five assists in 24 games.[21][22] On June 20, 2024, she signed a two-year contract extension with Toronto.[23]
During the 2024–25 season, she recorded one goal and one assist in 30 regular season games. Following the season she was named a PWHL Intact Impact Award winner, which honors one player from each team who best displayed leadership, integrity and commitment to their team.[24] On May 3, 2025, she was named an alternate captain of the Sceptres, a position that had been left vacant after the team traded Jocelyne Larocque on December 30, 2024.[25]
During the 2025–26 season, she faced some injury issues, being placed on LTIR twice for lower-body injuries in the regular season. Her second injury was sustained late in the first period against the Ottawa Charge during the Takeover Tour game in Calgary on April 1, 2026. She would miss the remainder of the season.[26]
On June 20, 2026, Munroe re-signed for two years with the Sceptres.[27]
International play
[edit]Munroe was invited to the selection camp with Team Canada for the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The tournament was cancelled by Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin over concerns about the pandemic.[28]
Personal life
[edit]She has a Bachelor's degree in Social work from the Falk College of Sport.[2]
She and Jackson served as instructors with the Coastal Female Hockey Development camp in Yarmouth.[4]
Munroe is in a engaged to her Toronto Sceptres teammate Kali Flanagan.[29][30] She was formerly involved in a relationship with her former Connecticut Whale teammate Kennedy Marchment.[31]
Career statistics
[edit]| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2015–16 | Syracuse University | CHA | 36 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Syracuse University | CHA | 34 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Syracuse University | CHA | 29 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Syracuse University | CHA | 38 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | Djurgårdens IF | SDHL | 32 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2020–21 | Djurgårdens IF | SDHL | 36 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22 | Connecticut Whale | PHF | 18 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Connecticut Whale | PHF | 24 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | PWHL Toronto | PWHL | 24 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 2024–25 | Toronto Sceptres | PWHL | 30 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2025–26 | Toronto Sceptres | PWHL | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| SDHL totals | 68 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| PHF totals | 42 | 4 | 25 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| PWHL totals | 73 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Comeau, Tina (April 20, 2016). "Yarmouth's Allie Munroe selected for Canada's National Women's Development Team hockey camp". saltwire.com. PNI Atlantic News. Retrieved June 11, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "Leading On and Off the Ice: Allie Munroe". cuse.com. May 16, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
- ↑ Amundson, Quinton (September 14, 2019). "Driven by Tenacity". hockeycanada.ca. Retrieved June 11, 2026.
- 1 2 Comeau, Tina (January 6, 2016). "Yarmouth's Allie Munroe named captain of Nova Scotia's Canada Games hockey team". saltwire.com. PNI Atlantic News. Retrieved June 11, 2026.
- ↑ Comeau, Tina (July 23, 2024). "Past to present: Hockey camp in Yarmouth shines light on progress, excitement in female hockey". saltwire.com. Yarmouth, N.S: PNI Atlantic News. Retrieved June 11, 2026.
- ↑ MacDonald, Glenn (March 28, 2024). "No silver lining: sting of losing in gold medal game still lingers for Canada's Blayre Turnbull". saltwire.com. PNI Atlantic News. Retrieved June 11, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "Allie Munroe". cuse.com. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
- ↑ Langer, Tomer (March 5, 2016). "Syracuse's season ends with 4-3 overtime loss to Mercyhurst in CHA championship". dailyorange.com. Buffalo, NY. Retrieved June 11, 2026.
- ↑ "Munroe Invited to Canadian Women's Development Team". cuse.com. Calgary, AB. April 28, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2026.
- 1 2 "Munroe, Domenico Invited to Canadian Development Camps". cuse.com. Calgary, AB. July 28, 2017. Retrieved June 11, 2026.
- ↑ "2016-2017 Women's Ice Hockey Overall Statistics". atlantichockeyamerica.com. Retrieved June 11, 2026.
- ↑ Murphy, Mike (September 21, 2018). "2018-19 NCAA Preview:CHA". theixsports.com. Retrieved June 11, 2026.
- ↑ "All-Conference Honors". cuse.com. May 21, 2018. Retrieved June 11, 2026.
- ↑ "Syracuse women's hockey reaches NCAA tournament for 1st time in school history". Syracuse.com. March 9, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
- ↑ "Munroe signs with NWHL's Connecticut Whale". cuse.com. Syracuse, NY. June 3, 2021. Retrieved June 11, 2026.
- ↑ "Four Orange Student-Athletes Earn CHA Season Awards". cuse.com. March 5, 2019. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
- ↑ "Munroe Signs with NWHL's Connecticut Whale". cuse.com. June 3, 2021. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
- ↑ Kennedy, Ian (May 11, 2023). "Whale Make Another Six Figure Signing". The Hockey News. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
- ↑ deSimas, Jr., Gerry (September 25, 2023). "Five former Whale players selected in PWHL draft". collinsvillepress.com. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
- ↑ Kennedy, Ian (November 9, 2023). "Loren Gabel Signs Two-Year Deal With Boston". The Hockey News. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
- ↑ Kennedy, Ian (June 20, 2024). "PWHL Toronto Extends Allie Munroe For Two Seasons". The Hockey News. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
- ↑ Kennedy, Ian (June 1, 2024). "Key Players PWHL Toronto Should Extend Before Free Agency". The Hockey News. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
- ↑ Ganter, Mike (June 20, 2024). "PWHL Toronto defender Allie Munroe inks two-year extension". Toronto Sun. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
- ↑ "PWHL Announces 2025 Award Winners". thepwhl.com. June 25, 2025. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
- ↑ "Yarmouth's Allie Munroe named alternate captain of Sceptres". cjls.com. May 4, 2025. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
- ↑ Kuehl, Tyler (April 8, 2026). "Sceptres place Allie Munroe on long-term injured reserve". dailyfaceoff.com. Retrieved June 12, 2026.
- ↑ Toronto Sceptres Staff (June 19, 2026). "Toronto Sceptres Re-Sign Munroe, Messier and Woods". thepwhl.com (Press release). PWHL. Retrieved June 20, 2026.
- ↑ MacDonald, Glenn (April 24, 2021). "Cancelled women's world hockey championship still stings for Munroe". saltwire.com. PNI Atlantic News. Retrieved June 11, 2026.
- ↑ Boyd, Zoe (January 22, 2026). "'Our WHOLE team was there for our FIRST KISS', Allie Munroe & Kali Flanagan". No Straight Answers (Podcast). Retrieved March 21, 2026.
- ↑ Benwell, C. (July 2, 2026). "Sceptres' Flanagan And Munroe Announce Engagement". The Hockey News. Retrieved July 2, 2026.
- ↑ Mulligan, Preston (September 19, 2023). "Nova Scotians make history in first Professional Women's Hockey League draft". CBC. Archived from the original on December 9, 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2026.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database, or ThePWHL.com
- Syracuse Orange bio
- 1997 births
- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen
- Living people
- Canadian women's ice hockey defencemen
- Connecticut Whale (PHF) players
- Djurgårdens IF Hockey (women) players
- Ice hockey people from Nova Scotia
- LGBTQ ice hockey players
- People from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
- Syracuse Orange women's ice hockey players
- Toronto Sceptres players
- Toronto Sceptres draft picks