Dartmouth’s men’s ice hockey team is making headlines—not just for their play on the ice, but for a celebrity fan in the stands.
Tate McRae, the Canadian singer and songwriter, was spotted at senior night on March 1 to cheer on her older brother, Tucker McRae. That night, Dartmouth’s Thompson Arena saw a record-breaking crowd of 5,195 fans as the Big Green battled Princeton to a 2-2 tie and secured the No. 2 seed in the ECAC Hockey postseason.
Fans at the Dartmouth game couldn’t miss Tate cheering on her brother.
Tucker, 24, captains the team while studying economics. When he was a freshman, Dartmouth struggled on the ice, ranking among collegiate hockey’s weakest teams. Fast forward to 2024–25, and the Big Green captured the Ivy League Championship for the first time since the 2006–07 season. The team is looking to repeat that this season. Tucker has said in interviews that he plans to pursue a career in business after graduation.
Meanwhile, Tate, 22, rose to fame as a 13-year-old finalist on “So You Think You Can Dance” in 2016, becoming the first Canadian to reach the finals. Tate has since turned to singing and songwriting, releasing three albums.
The siblings are clearly close. In a 2022 interview with Uproxx about her album “Think Later,” Tate said:
“My brother is a hockey player, and having grown up in Calgary, hockey has always been a part of my life. In creating the ‘Think Later’ era, hockey just became a great way to pay homage to my roots and highlight the athleticism in my fashion, style, and approach to live performances.”
Tate has also honored her brother in her music. She released a song, “Dear Brother,” written out of fear that she and Tucker might drift apart as they got older. She also writes about him on her 2023 song “Calgary.”
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