The 2015-16 rookie class for Les Canadiennes will be remembered for Marie-Philip Poulin, but it was the depth that was added that will help Montreal take the next step, and Karell Emard fits right in.
Emard came to the CWHL from coaching in the NCAA at Colgate University. She had previously played at Dawson College (where she knows a lot of her teammates from) and at St. Lawrence University in the NCAA. However, when she was drafted by Montreal in the CWHL, it was expected that Emard, who played forward, would transition to defence.