Women's Hockey Legends

The announcement that Gillian Apps was retiring from Canada's National Women's team, so ended one of hockey's great family lines - for now.
Gillian's father was Syl Apps Jr., who played over 700 games in a decade long career back in the 1970s.  And her grandfather was Syl Apps Sr., the Hockey Hall of Famer who is arguably the greatest player in Toronto Maple Leafs player. He was also an...

Catherine Ward's hockey dream was to be a part of Team Canada and winning gold medals at the Olympics. But hockey gave her much more than the ultimate bling.
“Hockey has taught me so much and I wouldn’t be who I am today without it; it has shaped me for the better.," she said....

There was a time not so long ago that it would have seemed impossible that the Hockey Hall of Fame would ever enshrine someone who was born in sunny California.
And you certainly never would have guessed that player would be a woman.
But in the year 2015 that is exactly what happened, as the Hockey Hall of Fame welcomes Angela Ruggiero to hockey's highest honour....

At 37 years of age Jayna Hefford was the oldest member of the Canadian women's hockey team to win gold at Sochi in 2014.
She’s now pondering her hockey future.
Given her age she knows she is nearing the end, no matter how much she tries to ignore that. And given her status as one of the true legends of the women's game, there is nothing left for her to prove....