"I dreamed of being in the NHL my entire life and this certainly makes up for those dreams...Being amongst the first women to play at college and later at the Olympics, it certainly was worthwhile being a hockey pioneer"-- Cammi GranatoOn Tuesday, the Hockey Hall of Fame announced its 2010 inductees. The list includes the first two women inducted into the hall, Cammi Granato and Angela James.
Granato is probably best known for captaining the
Angela James won four International Ice Hockey Federation world championships with Team Canada. She may have won more, but the IIHF did not hold the first women's championship until 1992, decades after James began her fight to play the sport she loved. In 1997, James was controversially removed from Team Canada's roster, robbing her of the chance to compete for Olympic gold. James is also the only person of color to captain a Canadian national hockey team.
James and Granato (along with Geraldine Heaney) were both inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2008. James' other honors include her 2009 induction to the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. Granato was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 2008.
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