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Laura Fortino, 2023 HOF portrait

Laura Fortino

  • Class
    2013
  • Induction
    2023
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Ice Hockey
Fortino, a three-time first-team All-American, helped anchor a defense that spearheaded the Big Red to four consecutive Ivy League and ECAC Hockey regular season titles, three ECAC Hockey tournament crowns, four NCAA tournament appearances and three Frozen Fours. The 2011 Ivy League Player of the Year and a three-time first-team All-Ivy and All-ECAC Hockey pick was a three-time Patty Kazmaier Award nominee (finalist in both 2011 and 2012). An assistant captain her senior year, Fortino graduated with the sixth-most assists in team history (98). Fortino closed her career with 35 goals and 133 points in 133 career contests. She earned a spot on the 2010 all-tournament team for the NCAA Championships. She would go on to become part of an Olympic gold medal-winning team at the 2014 Sochi Olympics and helped claim silver in 2018 in Pyeongchang for Team Canada. She medaled at six World Championships, including capturing gold in 2012. She was the first overall pick at the 2014 CWHL Draft by the Brampton Thunder.
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