Dominique Cormier (born October 11, 2003) is a Canadian

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, playing with the

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team in the

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conference of the

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Career

Cormier began skating at the age of four, originally playing ringette before beginning hockey at the age of five. She played on the same teams as her older brother, occasionally serving on the same defensive pairing together, until the peewee AAA level. During high school, she attended

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, playing for the school's girls' hockey programme. In December 2020, she announced that she had committed to attending

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, joining their

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women's hockey programme beginning in 2021.

International career

She was first selected for junior international duty at the age of 15, representing Canada at the U18 summer series against the United States in 2019. She narrowly missed the cut for the

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Canadian roster. She then became one of four returning players invited to the 2020 Team Canada U18 Summer Camp in preparation for the

2021 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship The 2021 IIHF Women's U18 World Championship was scheduled to be the 14th Women's U18 World Championship in ice hockey. On 17 September 2020, all tournaments were cancelled by the IIHF due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Top Division Preliminary round ...

, before the championships were cancelled due to the

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Personal life

Her brother,

Lukas Cormier Lukas Cormier (born March 27, 2002) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Henderson Silver Knights of the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (N ...

, was drafted 68th overall by the

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in the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cormier, Dominique 2003 births Living people Canadian women's ice hockey defencemen Ice hockey people from New Brunswick People from Kent County, New Brunswick Princeton Tigers women's ice hockey players Stanstead College alumni