While the options for women seeking to play professional ice hockey in Quebec and North America are few and far between, Tricia Deguire is hoping the latest expansion in the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) is a sign of a positive shift in women’s sports.
Deguire finished with her McGill University ice hockey career last year. In six years as a starting goaltender with the Martlets, she never had a losing season, posting stellar numbers along the way. But at 25 years old, Deguire isn’t ready to hang up her skates and stow away her pads.
When the PHF, a relatively new professional women’s ice hockey league in the U.S. and Toronto, announced it was expanding into Montreal for the 2022-2023 season, suddenly Deguire had a tantalizing opportunity to continue following her passion for stopping pucks.
Deguire grew up in Sherbrooke, playing hockey all over the Eastern Townships for Stanstead College, the Triolet Sport-Études program, and Champlain College Lennoxville before heading over to McGill. And now she will be guarding the crease for the Montreal Force starting Nov. 5.
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Tricia Deguire stays close to home in pursuit of professional hockey career
By Michael Boriero
