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What's Underneath the Equipment

"What’s underneath the equipment" is a weekly profile of a CWHL athlete
written by Anne Douglas (www.herhockeyonline.com).

Lori Dupuis - Brampton Canadette-Thunder
Brampton Canadette-ThunderLori Dupuis
Brampton Canadette-Thunder

She has earned the right to captain the deep bench of the Brampton Canadette-Thunder. As a veteran who played on Team Canada for 10 years and earned Olympic gold, Lori Dupuis is a serious competitor.
At 5'9" Dupuis holds her own in the corners and doesn't like to come out without rubber on her stick. Her efforts often impact the scoreboard since Lori's regular linemate is Jayna Hefford, one of the CWHL's leading scorers and another Olympic gold medalist. Although Hefford is currently centralized in Calgary with Team Canada, Dupuis doesn't plan to back off on setting up her teammates to score. "I often play with players who ... [read more]

Lisa-Marie Breton-Lebreux - Montreal Stars
Montreal StarsLisa-Marie Breton-Lebreux
Montreal Stars

Lisa-Marie Breton-Lebreux will go down in history as the first winning player to touch the Clarkson Cup trophy at the inaugural Canadian National Hockey Championships last year. And she’ll never forget a second of it.
That win was a culmination of years of dedication to the sport  ... [read more]

Robyn Rittmaster - Ottawa Senators
Ottawa SenatorsRobyn Rittmaster
Ottawa Senators

While Ottawa Senators fans know that goaltender Robyn Rittmaster is fast on her feet in the crease, few of them know why. The truth is, she’s also a talented soccer player — a forward, no less. In fact, soccer was the vehicle for Rittmaster’s first national-championship win.
Rittmaster played both competitive soccer and hockey growing up in St. Margaret’s Bay, Nova Scotia. At 16 years old, hockey became more serious when she represented Nova Scotia at the Canada Winter Games. When Rittmaster graduated high school, she moved to Calgary for the national hockey team development program, but made her ... [read more]

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