Laura Fortino is coming off a great year with the Brampton Thunder of the CWHL. She scored 28 points in 24 games and was named Defender of the Year.
Team Canada
Fortino represented Canada at U-18 and U-22 tournaments before making her debut with the senior national team at the Four Nations Cup in 2011. Since then, she's made three World Championships appearances, winning one gold and two silver medals. She also represented Canada at the 2014 Olympics, registering her lone point of the tournament on Marie-Philip Poulin's gold medal winning goal in overtime.
"Being in Canada, that's just that much extra motivation to win gold for our country and it's getting closer and closer to the Olympic year and we kinda want to start setting that identity for team Canada and what it looks like for 2018 in Korea," said Fortino about going for gold in Canada.