Nancy Drolet
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| Nancy Drolet | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Nancy Drolet giving a speech at her campaign's inauguration | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
August 2, 1973 Drummondville, Quebec, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 140 lb (64 kg; 10 st 0 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shot | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1991–2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nancy Drolet (born August 2, 1973) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player, international public speaker and philanthropist.[1] She is the daughter of Denis Drolet and Viviane Dubé. Nancy has won 6 gold medals for Canada with the Canadian women's hockey team. Drolet was named Sports Federation Canada Junior Athlete of the Year in 1992. After her Olympic career, she started traveling the world and giving conferences in schools. Drolet is famous for her phrase School is the foundation of every child.
Drolet was also an accomplished softball player and was a member of the Canadian National Softball team in 1990 and 1991.[2] Drolet played for Team Quebec at the 1991 Canada Winter Games and was also a member of the Vancouver Griffins. Drolet played for the Sherbrooke Jofa-Titan squad in the League Régionale du Hockey au Féminin in the province of Québec. In 1994, Drolet would become the team captain, and its general manager.[3]
She won a silver medal at the Nagano Olympic Games in Japan and played for her country in six world championships. She twice scored goals in overtime to help Canada to wins in the 1997 and 2000 world championships. In doing so, became the first person in the history of the IIHF Women's World Hockey Championships to score two gold medal clinching goals in overtime. She accomplished the feats on April 6, 1997, and April 9, 2000.[4] During the 1999–2000 season, Nancy Drolet played for the Sainte-Julie Pantheres and scored 29 goals and added 17 assists.[5] She played also for Vancouver Griffins (2001–02 and 2002–03).
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1998–99 | Montreal Jofa Titan | NWHL | 19 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Sainte-Julie Pantheres | NWHL | 29 | 26 | 17 | 43 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Sainte-Julie Pantheres | NWHL | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002-03 | Vancouver Griffins | NWHL | 23 | 19 | 10 | 29 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003-04 | Quebec Avalanche | NWHL | 17 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 12 | |||||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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| 1992 | Canada | WC |  |
5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1994 | Canada | WC | |
5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1997 | Canada | WC | |
5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |
| 1998 | Canada | OG |  |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| 1999 | Canada | WC | |
5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2000 | Canada | WC | |
5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2001 | Canada | WC | |
5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 |