Les Canadiennes have already been on the ice for a while during one of their practices. The drill is one that has a lot of back-and-forth. Some offence, some defence. They alternate shooting on both goaltenders, Emerance Maschmeyer and Marie-Soleil Deschênes.
The play goes to the far end. A combination of Canadiennes shooters attack Deschênes, who has played one game this season and two over her CWHL career. She makes a big save. The shooters are silent, but there’s a stick tapping onto the ice at the other end of the rink. That of Maschmeyer.
“It’s always a joke that coaches seem to end drills on goals,” Maschmeyer said.