Ward played with
Sarah Vaillancourt on Team Quebec at the 2003
Canada Winter Games. Ward would win silver at those Games. She played also for
Montreal Axion in the
National Women's Hockey League.
McGill Martlets Ward played for the
McGill Martlets women's ice hockey team from 2006 through 2010. During the 2008–09 season, Ward set a QSSF record for points (25) by a defenseman, beating her own record (22) that she had set in 2006–07. In 2007, she was the first Martlet to earn CIS rookie-of-the-year honours since the inception of the award in 2001. She was one of three Martlets in three years to be named as the top rookie in CIS women's hockey. This marked the first time in CIS history that players from the same school in a team sport were honoured as the nation's best freshman for three consecutive years. Ann-Sophie Bettez and Marie-Andree Leclerc-Auger received the award in 2007–08 and 2008–09. She set new McGill single-season marks for most goals, assists and points in her varsity debut, finishing second among CIS defencemen with 22 points despite playing in only 16 conference games. During her time at McGill, where she earned a bachelor's degree, the Martlets won two
Canadian Interuniversity Sport national championships.
Hockey Canada . In 2007, she played for the Canadian Under-22 team on two occasions. She was a member of the European
Air Canada Cup in Ravensburg, Germany, in January. She followed the victory by winning a three-game exhibition series against the US in Ottawa, in August. In 2009, Ward, and McGill teammate
Charline Labonté represented Team Canada at the 2009 IIHF women's world hockey championship. By claiming the gold medal at the
2012 IIHF Women's World Championship, Ward (along with
Marie-Philip Poulin) became the sixth and seventh members of the (not yet recognized by the
IIHF)
Triple Gold Club for Women (having won gold in the Olympic Games, the
IIHF World Championships, and the
Clarkson Cup). She was named to
2014 Olympic roster for Canada, serving as assistant captain and earning a second Olympic gold medal. Ward retired from the national team in September 2015 after sitting out the 2014-15 season to take a job as an assistant product manager for sticks with the equipment company
CCM. Boston University Terriers Ward played for the
Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey team from 2010 through 2011. She has been described as an explosive skater and a stylish playmaker. She helped the team secure a first-place finish in Hockey East with a 15–3–3 conference record and a remarkable 25–5–4 overall record. Ward has also recently been recognized as the Best Defenseman in Hockey East At season's end, Catherine Ward was the first ever Terrier to be named an All-American, as she was selected for the second team. While at Boston University, Ward finished her master's degree in business administration.
Montreal Stars Ward played for the
Montreal Stars in the
Canadian Women's Hockey League from 2011 through 2013. ==Career stats==