In addition, she was the captain of the Canada women's national ball hockey team that won a gold medal at the 2015 ISBHF World Championships in Zug, Switzerland.

A member of the Saskatchewan Huskies women's ice hockey program in the Canada West conference (part of Canadian Interuniversity Sport), Purcell would serve as team captain in her final two seasons (2008–09, 2009–10).

During her final season, Purcell would log a hat trick in a 5-0 victory against the Calgary Dinos, providing the Huskies with their third straight win to start the 2009-10 campaign.

[2] Competing with Team Alberta, Purcell would log the first point of her CWHL career in her debut, an October 29, 2011 match versus the Brampton Thunder.

Purcell was among the members of the Canadian national women's team that captured the gold medal on home soil at the 2013 ISBHF World Street Hockey Championships in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.

Of note, she was one of four CWHL players named to the 2013 roster, including Mallory Johnston of the Brampton Thunder, and both Jenny Brine and Britni Smith of the Toronto Furies.

[10] In the autumn of 2014, Purcell was named as one of the forwards for the Canadian national women's team at the 2015 ISBHF World Street Hockey Championships in Zug, Switzerland.