Veteran Canadian hockey player Nancy Drolet has married her long-time partner Nathalie Allaire in a civil ceremony. "We decided in 1995 to spend the rest of our lives together," Drolet said in an interview published in the weekly newspaper L'Echo du Nord after last week's ceremony. "This union is a legal document that will free us from future constraints. We adore children and like any new couple we think about having them, but not necessarily tomorrow morning." Same-sex civil unions became legal in Quebec earlier this summer. Drolet, 29, was a key member of the national women's hockey team during world championships held between 1997 and 2000.