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| A six-time member with the U.S. Women's World Championship team ('97, '99, '00, '01, '04, '05, 07, and '08), Angela Ruggiero is one of the premier defensemen in women's hockey history. With her explosive speed and excellent agility, Ruggerio has been named the tournament's top defenseman three times ('00 '04 and '05). She has helped the U.S capture gold at the 2005 and 2008 World Championships, and brought home gold at the 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano, silver at the '02 Games in Salt Lake City, and bronze in Torino 2006. Possessing one of the strongest and most accurate shots in women's hockey, Ruggerio was an invaluable player on special teams at Harvard University capturing the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award in her senior year as the top intercollegiate player in women's hockey in 2004. |
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Sami Jo Small grew up in St. Vital, Manitoba, where, at the age of five, her hockey career began in 1981. But it wasn't until she started attending Stanford University on a track & field scholarship that Sami Jo discovered how deep her passion for hockey ran. Sami Jo was the starting netminder for Stanford's men's team for five years while she completed her degree in mechanical engineering. In 1998, Small was part of Team Canada at the Winter Games in Nagano, Japan. In 1999 and 2000, Sami Jo was selected MVP as Team Canada won the World Championship both years. The outstanding goaltender was part of Team Canada's Olympic gold medal effort in Salt Lake City in 2002 and 2006. At the Women's World Championships in 2004, Sami Jo was a gold medal-winning member of Team Canada, who earned their eighth consecutive championship. |
| The oldest player on Canada's women's team at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, 39-year-old France St. Louis was a veteran of Canada's Women's World Championship teams from 1990 to 1999. She was the top scorer in the Quebec Senior Hockey League as a 38-year-old in 1996-97, but was noted as an outstanding defensive centre who excelled at winning face-offs. She was Quebec's Athlete of the Decade in hockey and lacrosse for 1980 to 1990 and the Athlete of the Year in 1986. She retired shortly after the 2002 Olympic Games in Nagano as one of the most experienced and decorated of all Canadian hockey players internationally. |
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An Olympic gold medalist in '02 in Salt Lake City, silver medalist in '98 and five time World Champion in '99, '00, '01, '04, and 07. Canada's Kim St. Pierre has proven time and time again that she is the one of the premier goaltenders in women's hockey. The Top Goaltender at the '01 and '04 World Championships, St. Pierre, who was also, named the Top Goaltender at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and backstopped Canada to gold in 2006 at Torino. Kim played five years at McGill University and became the first woman in McGill history to play for a men's varsity team in a pre-season game and the first woman in CIS history to be credited with a win in a men's regular season game when McGill defeated Ryerson 5-2 on November 15, 2003. In 1998, St. Pierre broke the Team Canada record of 22 wins set by Manon Rheaume. |
| Vicky Sunohara was a star player at Northeastern University who represented Canada at the first official Women's World Championship in 1990, collecting six goals and three assists in five games. She did not play with the National Team again until 1997. Sunohara has since captured six gold medals in eight IIHF World Women's Championships (1990, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, and 2007). She also represented her homeland at the Olympics, capturing a silver and two Olympic gold medals in her three appearances. Vicky ranks in the top 15 in career points at the World Championships and Olympic Winter Games. |
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An offensively gifted player and the current star of the US National Team, Krissy Wendell ranks third all-time in points at the World Championships with 59. Since she made her debut with the U.S. National team at the Three Nations Cup in 1998, Wendell has gone on to represent the U.S at five World Championships ('99, '00, '01, '04, '05, and '07), capturing silver in her first four tries and gold in 2005. She has twice led the tournament in scoring (2000 and 2005). In 1998, Wendell helped the U.S capture the first ever gold medal in Women's Olympic competition in Nagano and then went on to capture a silver medal in 2002 in Salt Lake City. |
| A physically dominant player whose skills constantly revolutionize the women's game, Hayley Wickenheiser is one of hockey's greatest all-time players. At the 2002 Winter Olympics, she led the Canadians to the gold medal and shared the event's scoring crown with 10 points. She duplicated that Olympic feat four years later in Torino, where she notched 17 points and earned top forward honours on route to another gold medal win. Wickenheiser first joined the Canadian Women's National Team as a 15-year-old in 1994 and helped the team win the Women's World Championship in 1994, '97, '99, '00, '01, '03, and '07. Her four goals and five assists at the 1997 tournament ranked second in scoring and earned her a spot on the All-Star Team. She repeated the all-star honour in 1999, 2000 and again in 2005. While growing up, Wickenheiser was consistently rated as the best player on boys teams in older age groups. As a 12-year-old in 1991, she scored the winning goal in the gold medal game in the 17-and-under girls division at the Canada Summer Games. In 1998, the Philadelphia Flyers offered her an invitation to their rookie camp. Two summers later, she became the only woman to represent Canada at both the Summer and Winter Olympics when she was named to the softball team for Sydney. In 2003, Hayley broke the gender barrier and signed a professional contract with Salamat in Finland where she went on to play parts of two seasons. She ranks first all time in Olympic scoring with 34 points. In 2008, Wickenheiser signed a one year contract with Eskilstuna Linden, also in the Swedish men's third league. |
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A veteran of Canada's Women's World Championship-winning teams of 1990, '92, '94 and '97, Stacy Wilson was the epitome of leadership and inspiration both on and off the ice throughout the 1990s. In the 1997 National Championship, Wilson had a medal she received as a game MVP cut into 20 pieces and distributed amongst her teammates. Her five assists at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games ranked her second on the Canadian team behind Hayley Wickenheiser and tied her for second overall in the tournament. |
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