Lori Dupuis
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Lori Dupuis (born November 14, 1972) is a Canadian women's ice hockey player.
. Dupuis is a former member of the Cornwall Wolverines of the OWHA. She started with the Wolverines at the age of 10, and won Provincial "C" and "B" Championships. After playing minor ice hockey in Cornwall, Dupuis attended the University of Toronto
, where she played with the Varsity Lady Blues from 1991 to 1997 and was nominated as female athlete of the year in 1996 and 1997. Dupuis was captain of the Lady Blues women's ice hockey team program from 1994 to 1996. During the 1992-93 season, she was the Blues Alternate Captain. In 1994-95, she was second in league scoring. In that same season, she was an OWIAA First Team All-Star, and a nominee for the U of T Female Athlete of the Year Award. In 1993-94 she was an OWIAA Second Team All-Star. In 1992-93 Lori was an OWIAA First Team All-Star and the Blues Alternate Captain.
of the National Women's Hockey League
. She was named to 1998-99 NWHL Western Division 2nd All-Star Team. During the 2000–01 NWHL season
, Dupuis played with the Brampton Thunder and finished sixth in league scoring with 38 points.Dupuis continues to play for the Brampton Canadette Thunder
, a team of the Canadian Women's Hockey League
. She is the team captain.
. The pinnacle of her career was Team Canada's gold medal win at the 2002 Winter Olympics
in Salt Lake City.
.
Playing career
She was born in raised just outside of Cornwall, OntarioCornwall, Ontario
Cornwall is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada and the seat of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario. Cornwall is Ontario's easternmost city, located on the St...
. Dupuis is a former member of the Cornwall Wolverines of the OWHA. She started with the Wolverines at the age of 10, and won Provincial "C" and "B" Championships. After playing minor ice hockey in Cornwall, Dupuis attended the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
, where she played with the Varsity Lady Blues from 1991 to 1997 and was nominated as female athlete of the year in 1996 and 1997. Dupuis was captain of the Lady Blues women's ice hockey team program from 1994 to 1996. During the 1992-93 season, she was the Blues Alternate Captain. In 1994-95, she was second in league scoring. In that same season, she was an OWIAA First Team All-Star, and a nominee for the U of T Female Athlete of the Year Award. In 1993-94 she was an OWIAA Second Team All-Star. In 1992-93 Lori was an OWIAA First Team All-Star and the Blues Alternate Captain.
Brampton Thunder
After University, Dupuis joined the Brampton ThunderBrampton Thunder
The Brampton Canadettes-Thunder is an ice hockey team in the Canadian Women's Hockey League. The Canadettes-Thunder play its home games at the Powerade Centre in Brampton, Ontario.-Team history:...
of the National Women's Hockey League
National Women's Hockey League
The National Women's Hockey League was a women's ice hockey league. This League was in service between 1999 and 2007.-History:The NWHL superseded the old Central Ontario Women's Hockey League in 1998-99. After the old COWHL dropped down to three teams in 1997-98, the new league expanded to...
. She was named to 1998-99 NWHL Western Division 2nd All-Star Team. During the 2000–01 NWHL season
2000–01 NWHL season
-Final standings:Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points.-Playoffs:*March 18, 2001: Sainte-Julie Pantheres 2, Beatrice Aeros 2*March 19, 2001: Beatrice Aeros 8, Sainte-Julie Pantheres 1...
, Dupuis played with the Brampton Thunder and finished sixth in league scoring with 38 points.Dupuis continues to play for the Brampton Canadette Thunder
Brampton Thunder
The Brampton Canadettes-Thunder is an ice hockey team in the Canadian Women's Hockey League. The Canadettes-Thunder play its home games at the Powerade Centre in Brampton, Ontario.-Team history:...
, a team of the Canadian Women's Hockey League
Canadian Women's Hockey League
The Canadian Women's Hockey League is one of two major women's ice hockey leagues in Canada. The league was founded in 2007. The league currently has six ice hockey teams: three in Ontario, one in Quebec, one in Alberta and one in Boston, Massachusetts....
. She is the team captain.
Hockey Canada
Dupuis joined Team Canada in the mid-1990s. In 1995 she was a member of Team Canada, winners of the Pacific Rim Tournament. She helped the team win world championships in 1997, 1999 and 2000. In 1998, she helped her team win the silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games in NaganoNagano Winter Olympics '98
Nagano Winter Olympics '98, known in Japan as is a multi-event sports game from Konami. It's based around the 1998 Winter Olympics and features ten Olympic events including skating, skiing, luge, bobsleigh, slalom, curling, halfpipe and snowboarding....
. The pinnacle of her career was Team Canada's gold medal win at the 2002 Winter Olympics
2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...
in Salt Lake City.
Personal
A graduate of General Vanier S.S. in Cornwall, Lori competed at OFSAA Provincial Championships for each of her five years. She also graduate of the University of Toronto (French & Geography).At one time, she ran a hockey school with Jayna HeffordJayna Hefford
Jayna Hefford is a women's ice hockey player. Hefford played forward for the Canadian women's team at the Winter Olympics in 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010...
.
Awards and honors
- Member of the Brampton Thunder – CWHL (1998 to present)
- Clarkson Cup Top Forward, 2010
- CWHL Second All-Star Team, 2009–10
- CWHL Championship Game MVP, 2008
- NWHL West Second All-Star Team, 1998–99
- 1994-95 OWIAA First Team All-Stars
- 1994-95 nominee for University of Toronto Female Athlete of the Year Award.
- 1993-94 OWIAA Second Team All-Star.
- 1992-93 OWIAA First Team All-Star
- 2-time Olympian (1998, 2002) – 1 Gold medal
- 3 World Championships - 3 Gold medal