| Emerance Maschmeyer-Lacasse | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Maschmeyer with the Harvard Crimson in 2014 | |||
| Born | October 5, 1994 Bruderheim, Alberta, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | ||
| Weight | 141 lb (64 kg; 10 st 1 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Catches | Left | ||
| PWHL team Former teams | Vancouver Goldeneyes Ottawa Charge Les Canadiennes de Montréal Calgary Inferno | ||
| National team | |||
| Playing career | 2012–present | ||
Emerance Maschmeyer-Lacasse (born October 5, 1994) [1] is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Vancouver Goldeneyes of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She previously played for the Ottawa Charge of the PWHL. She is also a member of Canada women's national ice hockey team, with whom she won the gold medal at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship and the 2022 Winter Olympics. She first made her debut with Team Canada at the 2014 4 Nations Cup. [2]
Maschmeyer was the second female goaltender to compete in the Brick Invitational Hockey Tournament in Edmonton. A meeting was set up at the tournament for her to meet Shannon Szabados, and since then, the two have stayed in contact. She played against her brother Brock, who played for the Fort McMurray Oil Barons, and stopped him in a shootout. Maschmeyer played two exhibition games during the 2010–11 season with the Lloydminster Bobcats of the AJHL. In an exhibition game versus the Camrose Kodiaks, Maschmeyer posted no goals against and was named game star.[ citation needed ]
Maschmeyer won a gold medal with Team Alberta at the 2011 Canada Winter Games. In addition, she claimed gold at the 2009 Alberta Winter Games. [3]
Maschmeyer's college ice hockey career was played with the Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey program in the ECAC Hockey and Ivy League conferences of the NCAA Division I during 2012 to 2016. [4] Maschmeyer made 29 saves for Harvard in the championship game of the 2015 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament. [5] [6]
In the 2015 NWHL Draft, she was selected by the Boston Pride. In April 2016, she registered for the 2016 CWHL Draft [7] and ended up becoming the Calgary Inferno's first-round pick.
Winning the starting goaltender duties, Maschmeyer earned a spot in the 3rd Canadian Women's Hockey League All-Star Game. In addition, she started the game for Calgary in the 2017 Clarkson Cup finals against Les Canadiennes de Montréal.
Following her release from Canada's Centralization Camp in preparation for the 2018 Winter Games, Maschmeyer was traded to Les Canadiennes, becoming their starting goaltender. Erin Ambrose, who had also been released from Centralization, joined Maschmeyer in Montreal, having been traded from the Toronto Furies.
In the 2018–19 season, Maschmeyer gained the second All-Star selection of her career, playing with Alex Rigsby for Team Purple in the 4th Canadian Women's Hockey League All-Star Game. Coincidentally, the two played against each other in the 2019 Clarkson Cup Finals, with Rigsby as the starter for the Calgary Inferno, Maschmeyer's former club. Calgary defeated Montreal, 5–2.
Following the rival Professional Women's Hockey Players Association and Premier Hockey Federation consolidating into the new Professional Women's Hockey League in 2023, Maschmeyer was one of three initial free agent signings made by PWHL Ottawa. She and fellow Team Canada members Emily Clark and Brianne Jenner were the first players announced by any team in the league. [8] [9]
During the league's expansion to eight teams ahead of the 2025–26 season, Maschmeyer was left unprotected by the Charge and signed a two-year contract with the Vancouver Goldeneyes on June 5, 2025. [10]
She earned a shutout for Team Canada in the gold medal game at the 2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, a 3–0 triumph over the United States. [11]
Maschmeyer competed for the Canadian national under-22 team that participated at the 2017 Nations Cup. [12] In the gold medal game against Finland, Maschmeyer made 17 saves as Canada lost to Finland by a 1–0 tally. [13]
Maschmeyer represented Canada at three consecutive IIHF World Championship tournaments, in 2015, 2016, and 2017. Canada earned silver medals at all three tournaments.
On January 11, 2022, Maschmeyer was named to the Canadian delegation for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. [14] [15] [16]
Selected for Hockey Canada's National Women's Development Team 2014 and 2015 for the three-game series vs. the United States Women's Under-22 National Team, played during August in Calgary (2014) and Lake Placid (2015) [17] She was a member of Canada's National Women's Development Team that won a gold medal at the 2015 Nations Cup (formerly known as the Meco Cup). [18] She was a member of Canada's National Women's Development Team, which won a silver medal at the 2017 Nations Cup in Germany. [19]
She made her debut with the Canada women's national ice hockey team at the 2015 4 Nations Cup, held from November 4–8 in Sundsvall, Sweden. Where they placed silver. [20] She represented the Canada women's national ice hockey team at the same tournament in 2016, the 4 Nations Cup in Vierumäki, Finland, Nov. 1–5. [21]
She competed in the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship in Plymouth, Michigan, losing in overtime to the United States. [22] She was selected for the 2017/2018 centralization roster in preparation for the 2018 Olympic Games to take place from February 9 to 25, 2018 in Pyeongchang County, South Korea. [23] She was named to the 2018 Olympic Games Canada women's national ice hockey team competing in Pyeongchang County, South Korea where she wore No. 14. [24] [25] The Canada women's national ice hockey team earned a silver medal at the 2018 Olympic Games in a shootout.
On January 11, 2022, Fast was named to Canada's 2022 Olympic team. [26] [27] [28]
On January 9, 2026, she was named to Canada's roster to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics. [29]
Maschmeyer married former Team Canada goaltending teammate Geneviève Lacasse in 2023. [30] On September 8, 2024, Lacasse and Maschmeyer had their first child, a son named Beckham. [31]
| Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | OTL | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | ||
| 2008–09 | Fort Saskatchewan Rangers U15 AAA | AMBHL | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2.88 | .919 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2009–10 | Fort Saskatchewan Rangers U16 AAA | AMMHL | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3.66 | .912 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6.00 | .820 | ||
| 2010–11 | Fort Saskatchewan Rangers U18 AAA | AMHL | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3.66 | .899 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2011–12 | Lloydminster Bobcats | AJHL | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4.24 | .811 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2012–13 | Harvard Crimson | ECAC | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1165:01 | 28 | 5 | 1.44 | .935 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2013–14 | Harvard Crimson | ECAC | 27 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1641:20 | 48 | 4 | 1.75 | .943 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2014–15 | Harvard Crimson | ECAC | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1503:08 | 37 | 3 | 1.48 | .943 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2015–16 | Harvard Crimson | ECAC | 26 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1543:05 | 48 | 5 | 1.87 | .938 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2016–17 | Calgary Inferno | CWHL | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 484:17 | 12 | 2 | 1.49 | .946 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2017–18 | Les Canadiennes de Montréal | CWHL | 23 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1380:14 | 41 | 6 | 1.78 | .920 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 125:25 | 5 | 0 | 2.39 | .906 | ||
| 2018–19 | Les Canadiennes de Montréal | CWHL | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1199:46 | 29 | 4 | 1.45 | .935 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 237:00 | 8 | 2 | 4.06 | .900 | ||
| 2020–21 | Team Bauer | PWHPA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .968 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2022–23 | Team Scotiabank | PWHPA | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 445:00 | 21 | 0 | 2.83 | .922 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2023–24 | PWHL Ottawa | PWHL | 23 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1332:07 | 51 | 2 | 2.30 | .915 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 2024–25 | Ottawa Charge | PWHL | 18 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1000:00 | 43 | 0 | 2.58 | .913 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| PWHL totals | 41 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 2332 | 94 | 2 | 2.42 | .914 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Tournament | GP | MIN | GA | SVS | W | L | T | GAA |
| 2015 Sweden | 0 | – | - | - | - | - | – | - |
| 2016 Canada | 3 | – | - | - | - | - | - | 1.25 |
| 2017 USA | 1 | – | - | - | - | - | - | 6.59 |
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