Zac Dalpe Ontario All-Star and member of the Paris Wolfpack

Zac’s mom, Lisa Dalpe was a fixture of the Paris community and a person that everyone knew. Whether she was at the Inksaters store she owned with her father, former Paris Reeve and Councillor Gord Gibson, or at a rink watching her sons play hockey, Lisa had a big personality and spread positivity and kindness to those around her.

In April of 2015 after suffering from bronchitis, Lisa and the Dalpe family were told the news that Lisa had a rare form of kidney cancer that had metastasized to other organs in her body progressing her case to Stage IV. Despite the struggles Lisa was going through, she remained a rock for Zac, his brothers Phil and Ben, and their father Paul until the very end. The Dalpe matriarch encouraged the family to continue living their lives to the fullest, especially since she was not able to.

One of the hardest parts for Zac, who was 25 years old at the time, was Lisa encouraging him to head to training camp at the start of the 2015-16 season, continuing to stress how proud she was of her entire family.

After a strong but all too quick fight, Lisa passed away on September 15, 2015, at the age of 51.

The Dalpe family dynamic had to shift in order to adapt for the loss of their matriarch, but Lisa’s presence has been something that will never fade Through things like pictures and stories, Lisa’s memory is passed on to the people that did not get a chance to meet her There is an annual Lisa Dalpe Memorial hockey tournament and on June 15, 2018, Lisa’s presence in the Paris community was cemented in the form of a walkway through downtown called “Lisa’s Way”. Stretching from the town’s municipal customer service office to the local bank, the walkway represents Lisa’s ability to bring people together and the significant impact she made in the downtown area

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