​“Where’s home?”It seems like such a simple question.For me, the answer is easy: Montreal. I was born there and have lived there my entire life.For others, it’s a little more complicated.Especially when you were born in Rimouski, then lived in Drummondville, Hamilton, Tampa, Switzerland, Ottawa, Montreal and Connecticut—all before turning 20.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThat has been the journey of Naomi Boucher, who was selected by the New York Sirens in the sixth round, 67th overall, at the most recent PWHL Draft.Her father, Guy Boucher, held coaching jobs in most of those places, forcing the family to move time and time again.Life as a globe-trotter comes with its share of challenges, but it also offers plenty of advantages.Born on October 17, 2003, Boucher first laced up her skates at the age of three in her native Quebec. She started elementary school in Tampa, however. Arriving in Florida without speaking a word of English, she is now perfectly bilingual, something she credits directly to that chapter of her life.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement”Well, you know, when you’re young, it’s easy. We were at the beach every day. We played soccer and hockey, so it was easy to make friends. I was there from Grade 1 to Grade 4. We didn’t speak any English when we got there. It’s crazy when you think about it! We didn’t speak English and pretty much everything was in English—it was Florida after all! But we learned quickly, and it was a lot of fun.”She also happened to be living in Tampa during the years when Vincent Lecavalier, Martin St. Louis and Steven Stamkos starred for the Tampa Bay Lightning.”I remember seeing those guys all the time. I even remember them playing mini-sticks with me! We got to go to as many games as we wanted. It was really cool. Before and after the games, we’d go down to the lounges with the other players’ and coaches’ families. That was just our everyday life. It wasn’t until I got older that I realized how lucky I was because not everyone gets to experience that.”The Boucher family’s time in Bern, Switzerland’s fifth-largest city, also left a lasting impression. Although Boucher attended a French-language school, living in a predominantly German-speaking city meant she picked up some German in addition to French and English.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement”I played hockey with the boys in Switzerland, and it was pretty tough. First of all, I didn’t speak their language. Everything was in German. School was good because we went to a French school, and even though a lot of people spoke English there, we still had to learn German. There was this one game where you had to call out colours, and I said mine in English. My coach told me, ‘No, you’re not getting the puck until you say it in German.’ It was definitely an experience.”It was also in Switzerland, despite her young age, that she first began playing full-contact hockey.”In Florida, from ages six to ten, we were all pretty much at the sam