EDMONTON, Alberta -- When Brigette Lacquette first heard from the Chicago Blackhawks, she didn't think the message was real.
It was, and it arrived at a perfect time.
Lacquette became the first Indigenous woman to scout for an NHL team when she was hired by the Blackhawks this year.
Making history is familiar for Lacquette, who became the first First Nations woman to play hockey for Canada in a Winter Olympics in 2018. The defender earned a silver medal but was left off Canada's Olympic roster for 2022.
"I had to go through some things mentally and emotionally throughout the summer just with everything in life," Lacquette told The Canadian Press.