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Alyssa Godin (born December 15, 1996) is a deaf athlete participating in women's ice hockey, and who has previously competed in ice sledge hockey. A member of the Canada women's national ice sledge hockey team in 2014, she competed in the first-ever IPC Ice Sledge Hockey Women's International Cup in 2014. She then went on to represent Canada in 2017 at the first Women's Deaf Ice Hockey Championships.

Personal life
Alyssa was born in Timmins, Ontario but moved to Southern Ontario at an early age. She played many varsity sports in high school including rugby and hockey. During a play-off rugby match in 2010, Alyssa was struck to the head resulting in a concussion. This concussion lead to progressive loss of hearing, leaving her severe-profound deaf by 2016.

Playing career
Alyssa was planning on attending an NCAA D1 school on a ice hockey scholarship for the 2014-2015. After being hit during a Midget AA game for the Hamilton Hawks on January 17, 2014, Godin was sidelined with a spinal cord injury. Part of her recovery process involved her to become active in para sport. After playing one year with the national sledge team, Alyssa decided to focus on rehabilitation full-time, working to play able-bodied hockey again.

Canada Women's National Sledge Hockey Team
Competing at the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey Women's International Cup from November 7–9, 2014 in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, she scored her first international goal in Canada’s third game of the event, a 6-3 victory against Team Europe. Said goal was assisted by Christina Picton and Ashley Goure.

Canada Women's Deaf Ice Hockey Team
Alyssa represented Canada at the first Women's Sledge Hockey Championships held from April 21-23, 2017 in Amherst, New York, U.S.A.. This event was a demo event held at the men's world deaf championships, with hopes that a women's event would be help at the next Deaflympics. Canada defeated the United States in both games.