# Amanda Boulier

Amanda Boulier (born March 30, 1993) is an American ice hockey player and coach, currently playing for the Montreal Victoire of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).

## Early Life

Born in Waterbury, Connecticut into a large French Canadian Catholic family. She grew up in the nearby suburb of Watertown, Connecticut with her family. Her father Peter a plumber and mother Elizabeth a nurse with two older brothers Jason and Chad. Her love for ice hockey all started at Taft School’s Mays Rink two as Boulier watched her older brothers. She played for the town youth program. Amanda attended Westminster School (Connecticut) where she played hockey and graduated in 2011.

## Career

St. Lawrence University won the Eastern College Athletic Conference in her rookie NCAA season, where she scored 20 points in 38 games and was named to the ECAC All-Rookie Team. After missing the 2013–14 season due to injury, Boulier returned to the St. Lawrence lineup and was named team captain.
In 2017, she signed with the Connecticut Whale of the NWHL. After just one year with the Whale, she signed with the Minnesota Whitecaps, where she would win the Isobel Cup. be named a finalist for Defender of the Year and one of the Fans’ Three Stars of the Season in 2019. She has been named to the NWHL All-Star Game three times.
In June 2020, she became the first defender to re-sign with the Whitecaps for the 2020–21 NWHL season. She chose to opt-out of the COVID-19 bubble season, however.
In September 2021, she announced that she had signed with the defending Isobel Cup champions, the Boston Pride. She spent a single season in Boston, winning her second Isobel Cup, before returning to the Whitecaps.
Boulier was drafted in the 13th round of the 2023 PWHL Draft by Ottawa. She was traded to Montreal on March 18, 2024, in exchange for forward Tereza Vanišová. On June 17, 2024, she signed a two-year contract extension with Montreal.

## International career

Boulier represented the United States at the 2011 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, putting up four points in five games as the country won gold.

## Coaching career

From 2016 to 2018, Boulier served as an assistant coach for the NCAA Division I Yale Bulldogs. During her time with the Whale, she also served as a coach with Chelsea Piers Connecticut. In April 2020, she was named head coach for the Marshall School's girls' ice hockey team.

## Career statistics

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 2011-12 | St. Lawrence Saints | NCAA | 38 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2012-13 | St. Lawrence Saints | NCAA | 34 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2013-14 | St. Lawrence Saints | NCAA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2014-15 | St. Lawrence Saints | NCAA | 36 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2015-16 | St. Lawrence Saints | NCAA | 38 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2017–18 | Connecticut Whale | NWHL | 12 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018–19 | Minnesota Whitecaps | NWHL | 16 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019–20 | Minnesota Whitecaps | NWHL | 22 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | Minnesota Whitecaps | NWHL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021–22 | Boston Pride | PHF | 20 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022–23 | Minnesota Whitecaps | PHF | 24 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023–24 | PWHL Ottawa | PWHL | 17 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2023–24 | PWHL Montreal | PWHL | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| NWHL/PHF totals | NWHL/PHF totals | NWHL/PHF totals | 94 | 16 | 51 | 67 | 40 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| PWHL totals | PWHL totals | PWHL totals | 23 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |