“In hockey I was aggressive and I did get a lot of penalties. It died down, but I just had this urge to be aggressive and hitting’s not allowed in women’s hockey.”
Jocelyn Forrest was walking through Logan International Airport in Boston when she saw a mural about the Boston Renegades women’s football team.
“I reached out to the general manager and said I’ll give it a shot and see and I was pretty nervous, I definitely didn’t think I’d be good enough but it turns out I am,” said Forrest, who made her mark on the Prince George sports scene as a hockey forward with the Northern Cougars U-18 triple-A team.
Growing up in Prince George, Forrest excelled in soccer, volleyball and hockey and became one of the top players on the Northern Cougars, helping them win the B.C. provincial championship in 2015, her last year before she went to Vermont to play college hockey at Castleton University. “What drew me to defence is we are the hitters, we aren’t the victims, but with playing defence, even if the ball doesn’t come to your side you are so integral to every play because if you’re doing your job you’re taking something away,” said Forrest, who also provides special teams coverage.The five-foot-five, 140-pound Forrest is the only Canadian on the American-dominated team, which also includes one player from Mexico, one from England and two from Finland.
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