Laura Fortino

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Laura Fortino
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Fortino representing Canada in 2017
Born (1991-01-30) January 30, 1991 (age 33)
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Weight 143 lb (65 kg; 10 st 3 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
IHLW team
Former teams		 EVB Eagles Südtirol
Coached for Hamilton Bulldogs
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Playing career 2009–present
Coaching career 2022–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Sochi Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Pyeongchang Team
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 United States
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Canada
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Sweden
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Canada
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 United States
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Finland
World U18 Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Canada
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Germany

Laura Michele Fortino (born January 30, 1991) is an Italian-Canadian ice hockey defenceman and coach, currently playing in the Italian Hockey League Women (IHLW) with the EV Bozen Eagles. A former member of the Canadian national team, she won two Olympic medals and six World Championship medals during 2011 to 2019.

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Fortino was selected first overall by the Brampton Thunder in the 2014 CWHL Draft. She played five seasons in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL), during which she was named the CWHL Defenceman of the Year for the 2015–16 season and won the Clarkson Cup in 2018 with the Markham Thunder (called Brampton Thunder during 1998 to 2017). [1]

Playing career

In 2004, Fortino played minor ice hockey with the Hamilton Reps in the boys OHF Bantam AA and she won a silver medal at the Ontario provincials, with honourable mention going to her AA defence partner Kyle Rooney.

As a member of the Stoney Creek Sabres, she won a bronze medal at the 2007 Provincial Women's Hockey League (Provincial WHL or PWHL; not to be confused with the Professional Women's Hockey League) championships. At the 2007 National Women's Under-18 Championships in Kitchener, Ontario, she won a gold medal with Ontario Red.

The following year, Fortino won a gold medal with Stoney Creek at the Ontario Women's Hockey Association (OWHA) provincials and at the 2008 Provincial WHL championship. In 2007–08, Fortino led Provincial WHL defencemen in scoring. She won a gold medal with Ontario Red at the 2008 National Women’s Under-18 Championships in Napanee, Ontario.

In 2009, Fortino won a silver medal with Stoney Creek at the OWHA provincials. Fortino ranked second among PWHL defencemen in scoring in 2008–09, with 7 goals and 17 assists for 24 points in 29 games.

NCAA

Fortino joined the Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey program in 2009 and she earned All-America honours as a freshman. She led all NCAA defencemen, Cornell defencemen, and Cornell freshmen in scoring in the 2009–10 season. As a member of the Big Red, she played in the NCAA championship game at the Frozen Four in 2010.

Fortino was a Patty Kazmaier Award top-ten finalist in 2011 and 2012. [2]

Hockey Canada

On October 3, 2011, she was named to the Team Canada roster that participated in the 2011 4 Nations Cup. [3]

Named to 2014 Olympic roster for Canada. [4] [5] In August 2008, Fortino was a member of Canada's National Women's Under-18 Team for a three-game series against the United States in Lake Placid. Later that year, she would win a silver medal with Canada's National Women’s Under-18 Team at the 2008 IIHF World Women’s Under-18 Championship in Calgary.

The following year, she participated with Canada's National Women's Under-22 Team for a three-game exhibition versus the United States in Calgary. At the 2009 IIHF World Women's Under 18 championships, Fortino won a silver medal in Füssen, Germany. She was part of another three game exhibition series with the Under 22 team vs. the United States in August 2010. Fortino won a gold medal with Canada's National Women's Under-22 Team at the 2010 MLP Cup in Ravensburg, Germany. In the semifinal of the 2011 MLP Cup, Fortino scored a goal in a 9–0 rout of Russia to advance to the gold medal game. [6] Fortino would score another goal as Canada beat Sweden in the final by a 6–0 tally to claim the gold medal. [7] In March 2011, she was invited to the Canadian national women's ice hockey team selection camp to determine the final roster for the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championships. [8] In a March 31, 2012 exhibition game versus the United States, Laura Fortino scored her first international goal in a 1–0 win at the Ottawa Civic Centre. [9] She scored at 17:26 of the second period and was assisted by Marie-Philip Poulin, as she scored on American goaltender Molly Schaus. Fortino was credited for an assist feeding the puck to teammate, Marie-Philip Poulin when she scored the winning goal in Sochi against the United States.

Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL)

On August 19, 2014, Fortino was chosen first overall in the 2014 CWHL Draft by the Brampton Thunder. [10] She was the second alumna of the Stoney Creek Junior Sabres (PWHL) to be selected first overall.

She was named alternate captain in the 2015–16 season.

Personal life

Fortino was born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She is of Italian descent and holds citizenship in Canada and Italy. [11] She is a distant relative of John Fortino of the Fortinos supermarket chain. [12]

Awards and honours

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

   Regular season   Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2006-07Stoney Creek Sabres PWHL 32722291851230
2007-08Stoney Creek SabresPWHL2872330871564
2008-09Stoney Creek SabresPWHL29717241484484
2008-09 Burlington Barracudas CWHL 30112—————
2009-10 Cornell Big Red NCAA 331321342—————
2010-11 Cornell Big RedNCAA339314020—————
2011-12 Cornell Big RedNCAA338293724—————
2012-13 Cornell Big RedNCAA345162122—————
2013-14 Canada AMHL 160332—————
2014-15 Brampton Thunder CWHL24510158—————
2015-16 Brampton ThunderCWHL24820281020000
2016-17 Brampton ThunderCWHL206131934—————
2017-18CanadaAMHL131782—————
2017-18 Markham ThunderCWHL2011030110
2018-19 Markham ThunderCWHL2651318410000
2019-20 GTA West PWHPA ——————————
2020-21 TorontoPWHPA40220—————
2021-22TorontoPWHPA93694—————
2022-23Team Harvey'sPWHPA2049132—————
Provincial WHL totals892162834020611178
NCAA totals133359713268–––––
CWHL totals9924588258–––––
PWHPA totals2049132–––––

Sources: [18] [19]

International

YearTeamEventResult GPGAPtsPIM
2008 Canada U18 WW18 Silver medal icon.svg41450
2009 Canada U18WW18Silver medal icon.svg50440
2012 Canada WW Gold medal icon.svg52246
2013 CanadaWWSilver medal icon.svg50220
2014 Canada OG Gold medal icon.svg50110
2015 CanadaWWSilver medal icon.svg51010
2016 CanadaWWSilver medal icon.svg51232
2017 CanadaWWSilver medal icon.svg50114
2018 CanadaOGSilver medal icon.svg50220
2019 CanadaWWBronze medal icon.svg70442
Junior totals91890
Senior totals424141814

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