Nancy Drolet

Nancy Drolet
Born	(1973-08-02) August 2, 1973 Drummondville, QC, CAN
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	1992–2000
Medal record Representing Canada Women's ice hockey Olympic games 1998 Nagano Tournament IIHF World Women's Championships 1992 Finland Tournament 1994 United States Tournament 1997 Canada Tournament 1999 Finland Tournament 2000 Canada Tournament 2001 United States Tournament

Nancy Drolet (born August 2, 1973 in Drummondville, Quebec) is a Canadian ice hockey player. She is the daughter of Denis Drolet and Viviane Dubé. Drolet was named Sport Federation Canada Junior Athlete of the Year in 1992.

Playing career

Drolet was also an accomplished softball player, and was a member of the Canadian National Softball team in 1990 and 1991. 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.

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. During the 1999-2000 season, Nancy Drolet played for the Sainte-Julie Pantheres and scored 29 goals and added 17 assists. She played also for Vancouver Griffins (2001–02 and 2002–03).

Awards and honors

• 1993 Junior Athlete of the Year (selected by the Sports Federation of Canada)

Personal life

In 2002, she came out as a lesbian In 2009, she married her long-time girlfriend Nathalie Allaire in Quebec.