Fannie Desforges

Fannie Desforges is a Canadian athlete from Fournier, Ontario. She is the second Canadian woman to win a competition in the Red Bull Crashed Ice competition. In addition, she has competed for the Ottawa Gee Gees women's ice hockey program in Canadian Interuniversity Sport, while competing for Team Canada at the 2011 Street and Ball Hockey World Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia. In the 2013 CWHL Draft, she was selected by the Montreal Stars.

Ice hockey

In 2007-08, Desforges played for the Ottawa Lady Senators of the PWHL and captured the PWHL Silver medal.^[1]

CIS

Desforges competed for the Ottawa Gee-Gees of the RSEQ. Her first appearance for the Ottawa Gee-Gees came in an exhibition match versus the York Lions on September 20, 2008. She scored a goal in a 4-0 shutout victory. In her first ever regular season game (contested on October 18, 2008), she scored her first CIS goal in a victory over the Concordia Stingers.^[2]

In a November 30, 2008 exhibition match versus the Syracuse Orange women's ice hockey team of the NCAA, Desforges scored a goal in a 4-3 overtime triumph.^[3] On November 20, 2011, Desforges registered two goals (including the gaem winner 15 seconds into overtime) as the Gee Gees defeated the crosstown rival Carleton Lady Ravens for the third consecutive time.^[4]

Ball hockey

At the 2011 Street and Ball Hockey World Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia, she participated for Team Canada. Former Gee Gees teammate Danika Smith also played for Canada. In the second game of the tournament (versus Austria), Desforges scored a goal in a 14-0 win over Austria.^[5] Desforges and Team Canada would claim a silver in the tournament.^[6] She would return to the Canadian contingent for the 2013 Women's World Ball Hockey Championships. Contested in Saint John's, Newfoundland, she helped Canada claim the gold medal while finishing as the leading scorer.

Red Bull Crashed Ice

Like former women's ice hockey players Amanda Trunzo and Rush Zimmerman, Desforges has competed in the Red Bull Crashed Ice championships.^[7] She has earned the nickname Fearless Fannie and competed at Red Bull Crashed Ice in Quebec City in 2011 and finished fifth overall. On March 18, 2012, she claimed the gold medal in a competition in Quebec City (The Quebec City event is the only event on the four-city schedule which has a women’s competition).^[8] Going into the final race, she beat out last year’s winner, Salla Kyhälä of Finland, and fellow Canadian, Marquise Brisebois. She had the Gee-Gee logo emblazoned on her helmet^[9] At the 2013 Red Bull Crashed Ice world championships, Desforges finished third. Fellow Canadian Dominique Thibault grabbed first place. Ironically, the two would be teammates for the Montreal Stars during the 2013-14 CWHL season.

Career stats

CIS

Postseason

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Awards and honors

• MVP for Trois-Rivières Patriotes summer hockey team
• 2008-2009 Second-team QSSF All-Star
• Player of the Game, Game 2 of 2010 Theresa Humes Tournament^[12]
• Ottawa Gee Gees MVP (2011)^[13]
• RSEQ 2012 Second Team All-Star^[14]

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