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JOCELYNE LAROCQUE - Assistant Captain AGE: 29 POSITION: DEFENSE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-DULUTH/MARKHAM THUNDER OLYMPICS: SOCHI 2014, GOLD MEDAL HOMETOWN: STE. ANNE, MANITOBA Larocque is a defenseman from Ste. Anne and was the first female player to play in the Winnipeg High School Boys Hockey League. A graduate of the University of Minnesota-Duluth where she was team captain, Jocelyne has been playing with the Canadian National Team since 2009. Larocque has won six World Championship medals with Canada, as well as an Olympic gold medal from the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games. The Brampton Thunder captain is likely to be one of Canada’s top blue-liners in PyeongChang. BAILEY BRAM AGE: 27 POSITION: FORWARD MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY/CALGARY INFERNO HOMETOWN: STE. ANNE, MANITOBA A graduate of Mercyhurst University where she was a star for the Lakers with her younger sister Shelby, Bailey has played for Team Canada at each of the last five Senior World Championships. Showing true dedication to the team and the sports, Bailey was one of the national team’s last three payers cut leading up to the Sochi Olympic Games in 2014, where Canada struck gold. Currently, Bram is an assistant captain with a star-studded Calgary Inferno team in the Canadian Women’s Hockey League. Coincidentally, she was traded by the Brampton Thunder to the Inferno in exchange for Jocelyne Larocque. BRIGETTE LACQUETTE AGE: 25 POSITION: DEFENCE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-DULUTH/CALGARY INFERNO HOMETOWN: MALLARD, MANITOBA A teammate of Bailey Bram’s on the Calgary Inferno, Brigette made her senior national team debut with Canada in 2015 and has won a medal with Canada at each of the last three World Championships. Formerly a star at the University of Minnesota - Duluth, Brigette has been working to find herself a permanent spot on the senior national team for nearly four years. RE GUL A R S E A S ON E DI TI ON 2018 | G AM E O N | 1 0 7