HALL CALL EXPLAINED

Six players and two builders were nominated this year, each receiving a 75% vote or higher from the 18 members of the selection committee in a secret ballot. A maximum of six players (four male and two female) can be chosen and two builders, unless someone is named from the referee/linesman category.

WHY DANIELE IS IN

The head coach of the Canadian national women’s team that won an historic gold at the 2002 Olympic triggered her involvement in seven Winter Games as coach, GM and coaching consultant.

But she never ceased efforts to bring more females into the game, be it players or the next logical step, into coaching and management. Sauvageau was the first female coach on a Canadian Hockey League junior team and, when circumstances couldn’t provide her any opportuni

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