Jason La Rose
ANN-RENÉE DESBIENS Position: Goaltender Hometown: La Malbaie, Que. Birthdate: April 10, 1994 Club Team: University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
Road to Centralization 2001-02: Tigres de Clermont (Novice B) 2002-03: Faucons de Clermont (Atom B) 2003-04: Clermont (Atom A) 2004-05: Caribous de Charlevoix (Atom BB) 2005-07: Rorquals de Charlevoix (Peewee CC) 2007-08: Rorquals de Charelvoix (Bantam CC) 2008-09: Seigneurs de Beaubourg (Bantam AA) 2009-10: Typhon de Québec (Midget Espoir) 2010-12: Seigneurs de Beaubourg (Midget AA) 2012-13: Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy/Sillery (Junior AA) 2013-17: University of Wisconsin (WCHA)
Team Canada Experience International debut: August 18, 2010 vs. United States Canada’s National Women’s Team (2015-16): 4GP 2-0-0 1.62GAA 2SO Canada’s National Women’s Development Team (2012-16): 6GP 3-3-0 2.03 GAA 2SO Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team (2010-11): 5GP 2-3-0 2.68GAA 1SO
Olympic & World Championship Experience 2015 IIHF Women’s World Championship – 2-0-0 1.71GAA 2SO (silver medal) 2011 IIHF World Women’s U18 Championship – 2-1-0 1.67GAA 1SO (silver medal)
Who has played the biggest role in getting you to centralization? “My parents. Growing up I had to travel an hour-and-a-half to go to practice since I was nine or 10. They would drive me to practice twice a week, and then the games on the weekend were at least an hour-and-a-half away, sometimes six hours. I don’t want to call them sacrifices, but it was the choices they made that helped me get here.”
When did you decide you wanted to play for Team Canada? “It was my first year of U18s. I played [with the] boys growing up, so I didn’t know how good I was among girls until I got to play with girls. I made Team Quebec [for the National Women’s Under-18 Championship], and then I was invited to [National Women’s Under-18 Team selection] camp when I was 16 and I made the team. You see the Olympics on TV and you definitely want to be there, but you don’t really realize it until you get to those younger camps that if you keep pushing you have a chance at the senior level. That’s probably when it first started.”
What is the most important thing hockey has given you? “There are a lot of good answers to that. I would say a lot of skills that I can apply in life, things like time management and discipline. If you’re not disciplined and you don’t know how to manage your time, it’s easy to get overwhelmed and not get where you want to go. I would say those are the big two I can take away and use later in life.”