Claim: Lacquette began skating at the age of four, and was soon introduced to hockey by her father and cousins; but since there were no hockey rinks in Mallard (a community in the Canadian province of Manitoba with a population of 120), her father built one in their family yard.
Evidence: Brigette Lacquette (born November 10, 1992) is a Canadian ice hockey player, currently playing for the Calgary section of the PWHPA and the Canadian national team, playing defence. Lacquette grew up in the remote Métis community of Mallard, Manitoba. Mallard is a community in the Canadian province of Manitoba. A designated place in Canadian census data, the community had a population of 120 in the Canada 2006 Census. Lacquette began skating at the age of four, and was soon introduced to hockey by her father and cousins. Since there were no hockey rinks in Mallard, Lacquette's father built one in their family yard.