Brigette Lacquette is a modern-day hockey renaissance woman. She seamlessly slips back and forth from NHL scout, to Team Canada hockey player, to grassroots ambassador for the sport. What makes the duelling roles so remarkable is that there was no blueprint for what she’s managing to juggle. Brigette is the first Indigenous woman to play for the Canadian women’s Olympic hockey team and has recently become the first Indigenous woman to scout for an NHL team, when the Chicago Blackhawks brought her on board. Now, corporate sponsors have started to take notice of her influence in the game. Kruger Big Assist has partnered with her based off of the strength of her previous work in minor hockey. The partnership entails a commitment of $400,000 to minor hockey associations in Canada and an exclusive $50,000 grant program to help change the narrative around who belongs in the sport. Although she’s working to provide resources to extend the type of hockey opportunities others lovingly helpw...