Team Canada Female Hockey Player tells Indigenous Kids to Shoot for the Stars (Calgary Herald)

Jan. 17, 2018



Carmel Eagletailfeather, 10, left and Arianna Littlepine, 10 from Piitoayis Family School meet Team Canada's ice hockey player Brigette Lacquette during a Classroom Champions event at Winsport in Calgary, on Wednesday January 17, 2018. Leah Hennel/Postmedia

She grew up in a loving home where she was encouraged to pursue her keen interest in athletics.

“I was kind of a tomboy growing up, so I chased my dad everywhere,” says Brigette Lacquette. “My cousins played hockey and so did my dad, so I just kind of fell in love with the sport.”
 
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