Edouard Lavoie grew up in Quebec and played for the Canadian juniors team for a season before transferring to the French federation and playing for Team Rhine. Playing for the Canadian team was different as the majority of the team did not speak French, so moving the French federation was interesting, though also quite different than what he was used to. Quebecois French and Parisian French is quite different, so despite the fact that he and is new teammates were speaking the same language there was still a barrier. It did not take long until everyone was on the same page, though, and Edouard felt comfortable on his new team. It helped that Mia followed him from Quebec as they both had French nationality and eligibility to play for the French Federation. It has been a particularly fun experience being able to play hockey in another continent for a completely new team. Edouard had grown up playing with a lot of the Canadian players, but integrating into the new team was a fun and challenging experience.