Thérèse Brisson

Therese Brisson (born October 5, 1966) is a Canadian former ice hockey player. Brisson played for the Canadian National and Olympic women's ice hockey team from 1993 to 2005. Brisson was a member of Team Canada’s gold medal winning team at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. She helped Canada win six World Championships in 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2004. She earned a silver medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, which marked the first time that women’s hockey was played on an Olympic level.

Playing career Brisson competed for the Ferland Quatre Glaces (first based out of Brossard, and then Repentigny) team in the League Régionale du Hockey au Féminin in the province of Québec. She studied Kinesiology at Montreal’s Concordia University, was named athlete of the year in 1988 and 1989,

At the 2002 Winter Olympics, Brisson led all Canadian defenders in scoring at the tournament. Brisson had two goals and three assists in helping Canada win its first gold medal in Women’s Olympic hockey.

Personal After the Olympics, she completed an MBA at the Schulich School of Business, York University in Toronto. Brisson had completed a M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Kinesiology (Motor Control & Learning) at Université de Montréal and was a former professor in kinesiology at the University of New Brunswick. Brisson was Marketing & Sales executive with over 16 years of CPG leadership experience at Procter & Gamble Canada and Kimberly-Clark. She also served as a director on the boards of the Canadian Olympic Committee from 2009-2021 and Own the Podium from 2005-2020. She was appointed President & CEO of Alpine Canada in August 2020.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1986-87 Concordia University CIAU — — — — — — — — — — 1987-88 Concordia University CIAU — — — — — — — — — — 1988-89 Concordia University CIAU — — — — — — — — — — 1999-2000 Montreal Wingstar NWHL 16 5 7 12 12 — — — — — 2000-01 Mississauga Ice Bears NWHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2002-03 Mississauga Ice Bears NWHL 30 10 11 21 28 — — — — — 2003-04 Oakville Ice NWHL 34 5 18 23 52 1 0 0 0 0 2004-05 Oakville Ice NWHL 27 4 15 19 26 — — — — — 2005-06 Oakville Ice NWHL 7 0 5 5 6 — — — — —

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 1994 Canada WC 5 2 2 4 6 1997 Canada WC 5 0 0 0 2 1998 Canada OG 6 5 2 7 6 1999 Canada WC 5 0 3 3 2 2000 Canada WC 5 1 2 3 2 2001 Canada WC 5 0 6 6 2 2002 Canada OG 5 2 3 5 6 2004 Canada WC 5 0 3 3 6

Awards and honours 1988 Concordia University Female Athlete of the Year (Sally Kemp Award) 1989 Concordia University Female Athlete of the Year (Sally Kemp Award) Best Defender, 1998 Esso Nationals