Emerance Maschmeyer

{{Infobox ice hockey biography

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| name = Emerance Maschmeyer-Lacasse

| image = Maschmeyer Quinnipiac Women's Ice Hockey - 12415923504 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Maschmeyer with the Harvard Crimson in 2014

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|10|5}}

| birth_place = Bruderheim, Alberta, Canada

| position = Goaltender

| catches = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 6

| weight_lb = 141

| league = PWHL

| team = PWHL Vancouver

| former_teams = Ottawa Charge
Les Canadiennes de Montréal
Calgary Inferno

| sex = f

| ntl_team = CAN

| career_start = 2012

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{ihw|CAN}}}}

}}

Emerance Maschmeyer-Lacasse (born October 5, 1994){{cite tweet|number=518743161150406656|user=HarvardWHockey|title=17 then, 20 now. Happy birthday to @Emerance_M who is now older, wiser, and still has the #sickestflowintheleague.|date=October 5, 2014}} is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for PWHL Vancouver of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She previously played for the Ottawa Charge of the PWHL. She is also a member of Canada women's national ice hockey team, with whom she won the gold medal at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship and the 2022 Winter Olympics. She first made her debut with Team Canada at the 2014 4 Nations Cup.{{cite web |url=http://stats.hockeycanada.ca/roster/show/1112114?subseason=145822 |title=Canada - 2014 Tournament - Roster |access-date=November 3, 2014 |website=Hockey Canada |archive-date=April 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411144740/https://stats.hockeycanada.ca/roster/show/1112114?subseason=145822|url-status=live}}

Playing career

Maschmeyer was the second female goaltender to compete in the Brick Invitational Hockey Tournament in Edmonton. A meeting was set up at the tournament for her to meet Shannon Szabados, and since then, the two have stayed in contact. She played against her brother Brock, who played for the Fort McMurray Oil Barons, and stopped him in a shootout. Maschmeyer played two exhibition games during the 2010–11 season with the Lloydminster Bobcats of the AJHL. In an exhibition game versus the Camrose Kodiaks, Maschmeyer posted no goals against and was named game star.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}

=Hockey Canada=

Maschmeyer won a gold medal with Team Alberta at the 2011 Canada Winter Games. In addition, she claimed gold at the 2009 Alberta Winter Games.http://www.albertahockey.com/story/15/Female%20Hockey/6867/videos.aspx?id=317 {{Dead link|date=May 2024}}

=NCAA=

Maschmeyer's college ice hockey career was played with the Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey program in the ECAC Hockey and Ivy League conferences of the NCAA Division I during 2012 to 2016.{{cite web |url=http://hqlloydminster.com/home/news/Local/12/03/5/Bobcats-Maschmeyer-Commits-to-Harvard-University |title=Archived copy |accessdate=August 12, 2012 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305021906/http://hqlloydminster.com/home/news/Local/12/03/5/Bobcats-Maschmeyer-Commits-to-Harvard-University |archivedate=March 5, 2016 }} Maschmeyer made 29 saves for Harvard in the championship game of the 2015 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.{{cite web |url=http://www.gophersports.com/sports/w-hockey/recaps/032215aaa.html |title=Gophers Bring Home Sixth National Title - University of Minnesota Official Athletic Site |website=www.gophersports.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323004038/http://www.gophersports.com/sports/w-hockey/recaps/032215aaa.html |archive-date=2015-03-23}}{{Cite web |date=2015-03-22 |title=Gophers Bring Home Sixth National Title |url=https://gophersports.com/news/2015/3/22/Gophers_Bring_Home_Sixth_National_Title?path=whockey |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=University of Minnesota Athletics |language=en |type=Press release}}

=Professional career=

In the 2015 NWHL Draft, she was selected by the Boston Pride. In April 2016, she registered for the 2016 CWHL Draft{{cite web |last=Hemming |first=Kat |date=April 14, 2016 |title=Emerance Maschmeyer registers for CWHL draft |url=http://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/2016/4/14/11433442/emerance-maschmeyer-registers-for-cwhl-draft |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=Stanley Cup of Chowder |archive-date=May 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525142203/https://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/2016/4/14/11433442/emerance-maschmeyer-registers-for-cwhl-draft |url-status=live }} and ended up becoming the Calgary Inferno's first-round pick.

Winning the starting goaltender duties, Maschmeyer earned a spot in the 3rd Canadian Women's Hockey League All-Star Game. In addition, she started the game for Calgary in the 2017 Clarkson Cup finals against Les Canadiennes de Montréal.

Following her release from Canada's Centralization Camp in preparation for the 2018 Winter Games, Maschmeyer was traded to Les Canadiennes, becoming their starting goaltender. Erin Ambrose, who had also been released from Centralization, joined Maschmeyer in Montreal, having been traded from the Toronto Furies.

In the 2018–19 season, Maschmeyer gained the second All-Star selection of her career, playing with Alex Rigsby for Team Purple in the 4th Canadian Women's Hockey League All-Star Game. Coincidentally, the two played against each other in the 2019 Clarkson Cup Finals, with Rigsby as the starter for the Calgary Inferno, Maschmeyer's former club. Calgary defeated Montreal, 5–2.

Following the rival Professional Women's Hockey Players Association and Premier Hockey Federation consolidating into the new Professional Women's Hockey League in 2023, Maschmeyer was one of three initial free agent signings made by PWHL Ottawa. She and fellow Team Canada members Emily Clark and Brianne Jenner were the first players announced by any team in the league.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-05 |title=Emily Clark, Brianne Jenner, Emerance Maschmeyer Sign Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) Contracts with Ottawa |url=https://news.thepwhl.com/emily-clark-brianne-jenner-emerance-maschmeyer-sign-professional-womens-hockey-league-contracts-with-ottawa/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905190538/https://news.thepwhl.com/emily-clark-brianne-jenner-emerance-maschmeyer-sign-professional-womens-hockey-league-contracts-with-ottawa/ |archive-date=2023-09-05 |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=PWHL |language=en |type=Press release}}{{Cite news|url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/jenner-mashmeyer-clark-signs-with-pwhl-ottawa|title=Jenner, Maschmeyer, Clark Sign With PWHL Ottawa|last=Kennedy|first=Ian|magazine=The Hockey News|date=2023-09-05|access-date=2023-09-05|language=en|archive-date=September 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905231037/https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/jenner-mashmeyer-clark-signs-with-pwhl-ottawa|url-status=live}}

During the league's expansion to eight teams ahead of the 2025–26 season, Maschmeyer was left unprotected by the Charge and signed a two-year contract with PWHL Vancouver on June 5, 2025.{{cite web |url=https://www.thepwhl.com/en/news/2025/june/05/pwhl-vancouver-signs-emerance-maschmeyer-to-two-year-contract |title=PWHL Vancouver signs Emerance Maschmeyer to two-year contract |website=thepwhl.com |date=June 5, 2025 |access-date=June 5, 2025}}

International play

She earned a shutout for Team Canada in the gold medal game at the 2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, a 3–0 triumph over the United States.{{cite web |date=January 7, 2012 |title=2017 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship: Gold Medal Game - Game 22, Game Summary |url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/279/IHW279122_74_3_0.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113003953/http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/279/IHW279122_74_3_0.pdf |archive-date=January 13, 2019 |access-date=December 30, 2017 |work=IIHF}}

Maschmeyer competed for the Canadian national under-22 team that participated at the 2017 Nations Cup.{{cite web |date=November 23, 2016 |title=Canada's national women's team program announces rosters for December series and nations cup |url=https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/National-Womens-Program-announces-December-Series-and-Nations-Cup-rosters |accessdate=February 15, 2017 |website=Hockey Canada |type=Press release |archive-date=February 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204023423/https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/national-womens-program-announces-december-series-and-nations-cup-rosters |url-status=live }} In the gold medal game against {{Nwiht|Finland}}, Maschmeyer made 17 saves as Canada lost to Finland by a 1–0 tally.{{cite web |date=January 7, 2017 |title=Canada's National Women's Development Team Claims Silver at Nations Cup |url=https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/canada-gets-2017-nations-cup-silver |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702022048/https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/canada-gets-2017-nations-cup-silver |archive-date=July 2, 2020 |accessdate=February 15, 2017 |publisher=Hockey Canada}}

Maschmeyer represented Canada at three consecutive IIHF World Championship tournaments, in 2015, 2016, and 2017. Canada earned silver medals at all three tournaments.

On January 11, 2022, Maschmeyer was named to the Canadian delegation for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.{{cite web |last=Awad |first=Brandi |date=11 January 2022 |title=Team Canada's women's hockey roster revealed for Beijing 2022 |url=https://olympic.ca/2022/01/11/team-canadas-womens-hockey-roster-revealed-for-beijing-2022/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122080734/https://olympic.ca/2022/01/11/team-canadas-womens-hockey-roster-revealed-for-beijing-2022/ |archive-date=January 22, 2022 |access-date=11 January 2022 |website=Canadian Olympic Committee}}{{cite news |date=11 January 2022 |title=Canada's 2022 Olympic women's hockey team roster |url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2022/01/11/canadas-2022-olympic-womens-hockey-team-roster.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112023402/https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2022/01/11/canadas-2022-olympic-womens-hockey-team-roster.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |access-date=11 January 2022 |work=Toronto Star |agency=The Canadian Press}}{{cite web |date=11 January 2022 |title=2022 Olympic Winter Games (Women) |url=https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/women/olympics/2022/stats/team-rosters?teamid=362 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115133851/https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/team-canada/women/olympics/2022/stats/team-rosters?teamid=362 |archive-date=January 15, 2022 |access-date=11 January 2022 |website=Hockey Canada}}

Personal life

Maschmeyer married former Team Canada goaltending teammate Geneviève Lacasse in 2023.{{cite web |last1=Kennedy |first1=Ian |title=It's Been A Busy WoHo Wedding Offseason |url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/other-news/its-been-a-busy-woho-wedding-offseason |website=The Hockey News |date=August 12, 2023 |access-date=April 5, 2024 |archive-date=May 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525142201/https://thehockeynews.com/womens/other-news/its-been-a-busy-woho-wedding-offseason |url-status=live }} On September 8, 2024, Lacasse and Maschmeyer had their first child, a son named Beckham.{{cite web |last1=Côté |first1=Elisha |title=A New Season, A New Role: Emerance Maschmeyer on Hockey and Parenthood |url=https://www.theicegarden.com/a-new-season-a-new-role-emerance-maschmeyer-on-hockey-and-parenthood/ |website=The Ice Garden |date=October 25, 2024 |access-date=December 2, 2024}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

{{cite web| url = http://www.uscho.com/stats/player/wid,9363/emerance-maschmeyer/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130123164201/http://www.uscho.com/stats/player/wid,9363/emerance-maschmeyer/| archive-date = 2013-01-23| title = Player Emerance Maschmeyer |website=U.S. College Hockey Online}}{{cite web |title=Emerance Maschmeyer (Harvard/Bruderheim, Alberta) Career Statistics |url=https://www.uscho.com/stats/player/wid,9363/Emerance-Maschmeyer/ |website=U.S. College Hockey Online |access-date=5 May 2024 |language=en-us}}{{cite web |url=http://calgary.thecwhl.com/stats/goalie-stats/1/15?playertype=goalie&qualified=qualified&rookie=no&sort=gaa&statstype=standard&page=1&league=1 |title=Goalie Stats |website=Calgary Inferno |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419101903/http://calgary.thecwhl.com/stats/goalie-stats/1/15?playertype=goalie&qualified=qualified&rookie=no&sort=gaa&statstype=standard&page=1&league=1 |archive-date=2017-04-19}}

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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="9" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="8" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP !! W !! L !! OTL !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV%

! GP !! W !! L !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV%

2008–09

Fort Saskatchewan Rangers U15 AAA

AMBHL

–

2.88

.919

–

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2009–10

Fort Saskatchewan Rangers U16 AAA

AMMHL

–

3.66

.912

–

6.00

.820

2010–11

Fort Saskatchewan Rangers U18 AAA

AMHL

–

3.66

.899

–

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2011–12

Lloydminster Bobcats

AJHL

–

4.24

.811

–

2012–13

Harvard Crimson

ECAC

1165:01

1.44

.935

–

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2013–14

Harvard Crimson

ECAC

1641:20

1.75

.943

–

2014–15

Harvard Crimson

ECAC

1503:08

1.48

.943

–

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2015–16

Harvard Crimson

ECAC

1543:05

1.87

.938

–

2016–17

Calgary Inferno

CWHL

484:17

1.49

.946

–

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2017–18

Les Canadiennes de Montréal

CWHL

1380:14

1.78

.920

125:25

2.39

.906

2018–19

Les Canadiennes de Montréal

CWHL

1199:46

1.45

.935

237:00

4.06

.900

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2020–21

Team Bauer

PWHPA

60:00

1.00

.968

–

2022–23

Team Scotiabank

PWHPA

445:00

2.83

.922

–

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2023–24

PWHL Ottawa

PWHL

1332:07

2.30

.915

–

– |

2024–25

Ottawa Charge

PWHL

1000:00

2.58

.913

–

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! colspan=3 | PWHL totals

! 41 !! 15 !! 16 !! 6 !! 2332 !! 94 !! 2 !! 2.42 !! .914

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=Hockey Canada=

;IIHF World Championships{{Cite web |url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/98230/emerance-maschmeyer |title=Player Profile: Emerance Maschmeyer |website=Elite Prospects |access-date=2024-05-05 |archive-date=May 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525142205/https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/98230/emerance-maschmeyer |url-status=live }}

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style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" \| Tournament	GP	MIN	GA	SVS	W	L	T	GAA
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2015 Sweden	0	– \|



\| – \|
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2016 Canada	3	–	-\|



\|1.25
style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="" \| 2017 USA	1	– \|




\|6.59

Awards and honours

Nominee, Fort Saskatchewan (AMHL) Most Valuable Player
Gold In The Net Athlete of the Month, January 2011{{cite web |title=Alberta News |url=http://www.goldinthenet.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47%3Aalberta-news&catid=34%3Aalberta&Itemid=59&lang=en |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000549/http://www.goldinthenet.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47:alberta-news&catid=34:alberta&Itemid=59&lang=en |archive-date=2016-03-04 |website=Gold In The Net}}
Fort Saskatchewan (Bantam AAA Boys) All-Star Team (2008–09)
Fort Saskatchewan (Bantam AA Boys) All-Star Team (2007–08)

=CWHL=

Finalist, 2018–19 CWHL Goaltender of the Year Award
Finalist, 2018–19 Jayna Hefford Trophy{{cite web |url=http://www.thecwhl.com/2019-cwhl-award-nominees |title=2019 CWHL Award Nominees |website=CWHL |date=March 15, 2019 |access-date=March 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323221755/http://www.thecwhl.com/2019-cwhl-award-nominees |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |url-status=dead }}