Fifteen months ago, Erin Ambrose was going through one of the toughest times of her career. The Canadiennes defender had been cut from the Canadian Olympic team, and moved to Montreal. On Friday night, she was awarded the Canadian Women’s Hockey League’s defender of the year award at the Mattamy Athletic Centre of Ryerson University, formerly Maple Leaf Gardens.
“It was a change that I needed to make,” Ambrose said about coming to Les Canadiennes. “There were a lot of things in my life that needed a fresh start. Coming to Montreal, getting to work with a new strength coach in Cory Kennedy changed my life.