“You go to your daughter’s game and you don’t have a worry in the world. And you go to your son’s and you’re like ‘glad he made it through that.’ ”

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My friend Mel is a master archivist and found this amazing interview with amateur female hockey players in Quebec, circa 1966 by Radio Canada: Des femmes sur la glace.

This weekend, Montreal became the top club team in North America, winning the Clarkson Cup. This report by RDS.ca highlights the game today. Women’s hockey still isn’t particularly well documented outside of international events, but both these two videos, side by side and 45 years apart, make for an interesting comparison.

Today, Canadian Angela James and American Cammi Granato will be the first women inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in its 65-year history!

Growing up, I was in awe of James, who had an unsurpassed drive, unbeatable scoring touch, and could lay a mean hit (she played in the 80s when the female game still included body checking!). She’s also the first woman of mixed race and lesbian in the Hall! I also had the daunting task of playing against Cammi Granato on several occasions, and my only personal claim to hockey fame is having won 2 face-offs against her in a game.

Here’s a feature article in The Dominion on Angela James.

HockeyDykeInCanada also ran an interview with James a few months back.