Emerance Maschmeyer grew up in a big hockey family in Bruderheim, less than an hour’s drive from Edmonton. The allure of Rogers Place to a kid like her was no small thing.
“Playing at Rogers five times will always be at the top of my list!” she says. Since she has another year on her contract with the Vancouver Goldeneyes, she may see more games at Rogers. (Edmonton has no PWHL team — yet — but the league tours to play in cities without teams.)
Maschmeyer’s skills in net took her to play varsity hockey at Harvard University. In the 2015-16 season she became the school’s all-time career saves leader with 2,538 saves. And she represented Canada on the international stage, including becoming an Olympic gold medalist. In 2023 she was one of the first players to sign a contract in the nascent PWHL, with her first team, the Ottawa Charge.
Maschmeyer made her 1,000th save in the PWHL, playing with the Charge in March 2025, the first goalie to do so. A few minutes later, she sustained a lower-body injury that ended her season and started her on a rehab journey that would last more than nine months. During that time the Charge traded her — the team could only protect three players during the PWHL expansion and opted for their healthy goalie.
It was a setback, but her luck changed. Her recovery went well and she signed with the Goldeneyes, one of the expansion teams. In the 2025-26 season she appeared in 19 games with the team, completing the season with a 7-9-2 record and a save percentage of .916.
Whenever she comes home to visit, now with her wife Geneviève Lacasse and their toddler son, one of her favourite places to eat is Braven Restaurant (Edify‘s Best Steak ’26) “Because nothing screams Alberta more than hitting up my favourite steakhouse when I’m in town,” she says. “A steak-and-potatoes meal is so nostalgic for me, as my family of seven always had big steak meals together growing up.”
Who knows? If Edmonton ever gets a PWHL expansion team, she might be able to play at Rogers and dine at Braven more often
