The 2025 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame induction is Dec. 10. This year's class includes Joe Pavelski, Zach Parise, Scott Gomez, Tara Mounsey and Bruce Bennett. Here, NHL.com staff writer William Douglas profiles Mounsey.

Tara Mounsey still has the competitive fire, whether it’s racing her three kids to the car after a shopping stop or playing on Sundays in the South Shore Women’s Hockey League, which encompasses the Boston area and Rhode Island.

“I’m playing in the highest-level women’s league that you can play in in the state and I’m playing, like, college kids,” Mounsey said. “I’m in good shape, I like to play, and I can still outsmart youngsters.”

That competitive spirit is what drove the 47-year-old Concord, New Hampshire native to become one of the best defensemen in women’s college and

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