Nancy Drolet

Nancy Drolet (born August 2, 1973) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player, international public speaker and philanthropist. 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.

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).

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs 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 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

Awards and honours Award YearAbby Hoffman Cup 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999 Most Valuable Player, National Championships 1994 Elaine Tanner Award (Junior Athlete of the Year) 1992

Other honours Ordre de Drummondville

Personal life In 1994, she married her long-time partner Natalie Allaire in Quebec. Nancy and Natalie have one child together. Nancy has always traveled throughout her career and is looking to plant her roots with her long-time partner Natalie in Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie.

Drolet ran for the Liberal Party of Canada in the 2021 Canadian federal election in the riding of Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie finishing in second place.