Two alumnae are making history in the country’s first professional women’s hockey league by CHELSEA EDGAR
Connecticut Whale defenseman Jordan Brickner ’09, left, and Boston Pride goalie Kelsie Fralick ’11, on the ice in Stamford
PH0TOGRAPHS by WENDY CARLSON
Since ice hockey became a varsity girls sport at Hotchkiss in 1977, the program has produced many talented athletes. Gina Kingsbury ’00 played on the gold-medal-winning Canadian Women’s Olympic Hockey Team in 2006; Caitlin Cahow ’03 was a member of the bronzewinning U.S. team that same year and the silver-winning team in 2010. In 2015, women’s ice hockey reached a milestone with the founding of the first professional hockey league. Two Hotchkiss alumnae have joined its ranks: Jordan Brickner ’09, a graduate of Colgate University, plays defense for the Connecticut Whale, and Kelsie Fralick ’11, a graduate of Connecticut College, is a goalie for the Boston Pride. Before the former teammates faced each other in a game last December, Jordan and Kelsie sat down with Hotchkiss Magazine to talk about their passion for the sport, the lessons they learned at Hotchkiss, and their hopes for the next few years.
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