When the WNBA announced in January that it would be bringing a preseason game between the Minnesota Lynx and Chicago Sky to Toronto, Canadians everywhere rejoiced not only at the opportunity to see first-hand women’s professional sports in a place where they have rarely played, but to welcome back one of their own, too.
Lynx wing Bridget Carleton — a native of Chatham, Ontario, a city about three hours southwest of the provincial capital — will become the first Canadian to play in a WNBA game on home soil.
“I’m so excited,” Carleton said Wednesday in Minneapolis during the Lynx’s Media Day, less than 72 hours after finishing her EuroLeague season in Spain.