Former Toronto Sceptres goalie Erica Howe was at work in early July when she first noticed the lump in her breast.
She was at the Mississauga fire station where she’d been a full-time firefighter since her retirement from professional hockey, wiping her shirt when she noticed it.
“I was honestly brushing some jelly doughnut dust off,” Howe said. “And I was like, ‘Oh that’s weird.’”
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She wasn’t worried about it at first; a quick Google search told her that it’s not uncommon for women in their thirties to get breast lumps. But at the urging of former teammates and friends — along with her wife, Kelley — Howe agreed to see her
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