Brigitte Laganière
{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1996)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox ice hockey biography
| name = Brigitte Laganière
| image = Brigitte Laganière.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Laganière with PWHL Montreal in 2024
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|8|1}}
| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| position = Defence
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 4
| weight_lb =
| league =
| team =
| played_for = PWHL Montreal
Montreal Force
| sex = f
| ntl_team =
| career_start = 2016
| career_end = 2024
| medaltemplates =
}}
Brigitte Laganière (born August 1, 1996) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who most recently played for PWHL Montreal of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She previously played for the Montreal Force of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF). She played college ice hockey at Concordia University.
College career
On February 22, 2016, Laganière committed to play college ice hockey at Concordia University.{{cite web |url=https://stingers.ca/news.php?id=1250 |title=Brigitte Laganière commits to Stingers women's hockey team |website=stingers.ca |date=February 22, 2016 |access-date=February 19, 2025}} She played ice hockey for the Concordia Stingers for five seasons. During the 2016–17 season, she recorded one goal and five assists in 20 games and was named to the RSEQ All-Rookie team.{{cite web |url=https://mcgillathletics.ca/news/2017/2/22/womens-ice-hockey-mcgills-daoust-and-deguire-among-major-award-winners-as-rseq-all-stars-announced.aspx |title=McGill's Daoust and Deguire among major award winners as RSEQ all-stars announced |website=mcgillathletics.ca |date=February 22, 2017 |access-date=February 19, 2025}} During the 2018–19 season, she recorded three goals and six assists in 20 games and was named a Second Team RSEQ All-Star. During the 2019–20 season, she recorded 18 assists in 20 games and was named a First Team RSEQ All-Star and a U Sports Second Team All-Canadian.{{cite web |url=https://mcgillathletics.ca/news/2020/2/28/womens-ice-hockey-five-mcgillians-honoured-as-rseq-hockey-awards-and-all-stars-unveiled.aspx |title=Five McGillians honoured as RSEQ hockey awards and all-stars unveiled |website=mcgillathletics.ca |date=February 28, 2020 |access-date=February 19, 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://stingers.ca/news.php?id=1798 |title=Three women's hockey players on national honour roll |website=stingers.ca |date=March 11, 2020 |access-date=February 19, 2025}}
During the 2021–22 season, she recorded three goals and 14 assists in 15 games. Her 17 points ranked fifth in the league in scoring. She helped lead the Stingers win gold at the 2022 U Sports Women's Ice Hockey Championship.{{cite web |url=https://stingers.ca/whockey/2022_usports_champions.php |title= Women's Hockey Champions |website=stingers.ca |date=March 27, 2022 |access-date=February 19, 2025}} Following the season she was named a First Team RSEQ All-Star and a U Sports First Team All-Canadian. She became the first Stingers player to earn two all-Canadian honours.{{cite web |url=https://stingers.ca/news.php?id=1960 |title=Brigitte Laganière leads Stingers national hockey award winners |website=stingers.ca |date=March 23, 2022 |access-date=February 19, 2025}} She also won the Leadership and Community Engagement Award and Denise Beaudet Award, for her leadership, community service and strong academics.{{cite web |url=https://stingers.ca/news.php?id=1946 |title=Stingers take three of four top RSEQ women's hockey awards |website=stingers.ca |date=March 10, 2022 |access-date=February 19, 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://stingers.ca/news.php?id=1982 |title=Laganière, Sylvain honored for leadership, community service |website=stingers.ca |date=May 19, 2022 |access-date=February 19, 2025}} Laganière, known and praised for her work ethic as well as her steady defensive ability, finished her career at Concordia with 8 goals and 50 assists totalling 58 points in 95 games which ranks her 12th all time in Career Points for the Stingers.{{cite web |url= https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/19397/concordia-univ./stats/all-time|title= Elite Prospects - All Time Regular Season Player Stats for Concordia Univ}}
Professional career
On October 6, 2022, Laganière signed a one-year contract with the Montreal Force of the PHF.{{cite web |url=https://www.concordia.ca/cunews/offices/advancement/2022/10/06/alumna-brigitte-laganiere-among-first-players-to-sign-with-montreal-force.html |title=Alumna Brigitte Laganière among first players to sign with Montreal Force |website=concordia.ca |date=October 6, 2022 |access-date=February 19, 2025}} During the 2022–23 season, she recorded one goal and three assists in 24 games. On May 7, 2023, she signed a two-year contract extension with the Force.{{cite web |url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/montreal-force-sign-four-including-usports-stars |title=Force Sign Four, Including USports Stars |work=The Hockey News |first=Ian |last=Kennedy |date=May 7, 2023 |access-date=February 19, 2025}}
On December 27, 2023, she signed a one-year contract with PWHL Montreal.{{cite web |url=https://montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/pwhl/montreal-pwhl-team-announces-final-rosters |title=Montreal PWHL team announces final roster |newspaper=Montreal Gazette |date=December 16, 2023 |access-date=February 19, 2025}} During the 2023–24 season, she recorded one assist in 17 regular season games.{{cite web |url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/calling-it-a-career-saying-goodbye-to-12-pwhl-players-who-retired-this-offseason |title=Calling It A Career: Saying Goodbye To 12 PWHL Players Who Retired This Offseason |work=The Hockey News |first=Cee |last=Benwell |date=October 11, 2024 |access-date=February 19, 2025}} In July 2024, she announced her retirement.{{cite web |url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/summertime-notes-montreal-players-retire-begin-cyr-to-switzerland-ottawa-invites-and-more |title=Summertime Notes: Montreal Players Retire, Begin-Cyr To Switzerland, Ottawa Invites and More |work=The Hockey News |first=Pat |last=Laprade |date=July 24, 2024 |access-date=February 19, 2025}}
Career statistics
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="97" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="97" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs |
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |
| 2016–17
| RSEQ | 20 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2017–18 | Concordia University | RSEQ | 20 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 2018–19
| Concordia University | RSEQ | 20 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2019–20 | Concordia University | RSEQ | 20 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021–22
| Concordia University | RSEQ | 15 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
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| 2022–23 | PHF | 24 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023–24
| PWHL | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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! colspan="3"|PHF totals ! 24 ! 1 ! 3 ! 4 ! 17 ! — ! — ! — ! — ! — |
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! colspan="3"|PWHL totals ! 17 ! 0 ! 1 ! 1 ! 0 ! 3 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 ! 0 |
Personal life
Laganière is a member of the LGBTQ community.{{Cite web |last=Gregory |first=Drew Burnett |date=2024-05-22 |title=All the Queer Hockey Players in the PWHL |url=https://www.autostraddle.com/all-the-gay-pwhl-hockey-players/ |access-date=2025-03-29 |website=Autostraddle |language=en-US}}
Laganière is in a relationship with Nova Scotian Former Hockey Player Keriann Schofield, from Wolfville. Laganière & Schofield met as teammates while playing for the Concordia Stingers. The two currently live together in Montreal.
References
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External links
- {{Ice hockey stats|elite=458577|hockeydb=264121}}
- [https://stingers.ca/whockey/player.php?id=2583&year=2021 Concordia Stingers bio]
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Category:Canadian women's ice hockey defencemen
Category:Concordia Stingers women's ice hockey players
Category:Ice hockey people from Montreal
Category:Montreal Force players
Category:Montreal Victoire players