Brigette Lacquette Fun Facts:

To honour Lacquette as the first First Nations woman to play for the Canadian Women’s Olympic Hockey Team, her Olympic hockey stick was included in the diversity exhibit in the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018.

Lacquette grew up in the remote Métis community of Mallard, Manitoba. Her Father is treaty from the O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nation of Manitoba, while her mother is treaty from the Cote First Nation in Saskatchewan.

Lacquette (26 years old) is the middle child in her family. She has an older sister named Tara and a younger brother named Taren, both of whom also play hockey at a high level.

Lacquette has been part of Team Canada’s National Hockey Team since 2008.

Lacquette won silver and gold medals at the 2009 and 2010 IIHF U18 Women’s World Championships, won a gold and silver medal with the National Women’s Team at the Four Nations Cup and made her IIHF Women’s World Championship debut in 2015, winning the first of two back-to-back silver medals with Canada. [1]

Lacquette was a defenceman for the University of Minnesota-Duluth where she was a member of the UMD Bulldogs and was named to the WCHA All-Rookie Team in 2011-12. [1]

After graduating, Lacquette entered the CWHL draft and was selected 24th overall by the Calgary Inferno. As a member of the Inferno, she has helped the team win a Clarkson Cup and led them to another Clarkson Cup final in 2015-16. [1]

Lacquette is a partner athlete with the sports mentorship organization Classroom Champions. As a participant of the organization’s “Circle” program, which connects athletes and youth of Indigenous heritage, Lacquette has provided mentorship to children from the Piitoayis (Eagle Lodge) Family School in Inglewood, Calgary. [2]

Fun Fact Sources:

1. ALL-STAR GAME, NEWS. “BRIGETTE LACQUETTE NAMED CWHL ALL-STAR CAPTAIN” Canadian Women’s Hockey League. JANUARY 9, 2019. http://www. thecwhl.com/brigette-lacquette-namedcwhl-all-star-captain

2. “Fortney: Team Canada female hockey player tells Indigenous kids to shoot for the stars”. Calgary Herald. 2018-01-18. Retrieved 2018-02-17.