Tamara Giaquinto
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| Tamara Giaquinto | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
March 29, 2002 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | ||
| Position | Defense | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| PWHL team | Montréal Victoire | ||
| Playing career | 2025–present | ||
Tamara Giaquinto (born March 29, 2002) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman as a reserve player for the Montréal Victoire of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). During the 2024–25 season, she captained the Boston University Terriers and was named the Hockey East Defender of the Year.
Giaquinto grew up in Toronto and attended Appleby College, where she captained the team. She played club hockey for the Brampton Canadettes and won gold with Team Ontario Red at the 2019 National Women’s U18 Championship. She represented Hockey Canada at the 2019 U18 Summer Series and earned silver with Canada at the 2020 IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship.[1][2]
Playing career
College
Giaquinto played five seasons (2020–21 to 2024–25) for Boston University, appearing in 144 games with 44 points (15 goals, 29 assists).[3] She was named team captain for 2024–25 by head coach Tara Watchorn.[4]
As a graduate student in 2024–25, she recorded career highs with 9 goals and 18 points and was named the Hockey East Defender of the Year and a First Team All-Star. She became the first Terrier to win the award since 2012. She also earned Defender of the Month honors in September/October 2024 and Defender of the Week on March 10, 2025.[5][6][7][8]
Giaquinto helped BU win the 2025 Hockey East tournament, scoring the opening goal in the championship game; she was named to the All-Tournament Team.[9][10]
Professional
On June 24, 2025, Giaquinto was drafted in the sixth round, 44th overall, by the Montréal Victoire in the 2025 PWHL Draft.[11] On November 20, 2025, she signed a reserve player contract with the Victoire.[12]
International play
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Canada | ||
| Ice hockey | ||
| World U18 Championship | ||
 | 2020 Slovakia | |
As a member of Canada’s under-18 team, Giaquinto earned silver at the 2020 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship in Bratislava, Slovakia. Earlier, she won gold with Ontario Red at the 2019 National Women’s U18 Championship and skated in the 2019 U18 Summer Series.[13][1]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2020–21 | Boston University | Hockey East | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Boston University | Hockey East | 26 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | Boston University | Hockey East | 33 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | Boston University | Hockey East | 35 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2024–25 | Boston University | Hockey East | 38 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NCAA totals | 144 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2025–26 | Montréal | PWHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Career totals | 145 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Sources: HockeyDB; Professional Women's Hockey League.[3][14][15]