22.07.10
Angela James has made the ultimate cut. In November, James and American hockey icon Cammi Granato, will be the first women ever inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. While the news elicited jock banter from a few critics with their garters in a twist about women “stealing” spots from NHLers, the Hockey Hall of Fame committee finally set the record right. (The same number of men can be inducted annually, but the eligibility rules have been adjusted to make the Hall more inclusive to women).
Born in Toronto in 1964, Angela James has always had a knack for getting into trouble – code for testing the world. She grew up playing ball hockey with boys in Flemingdon Park, one of the city’s poorest neighbourhoods. At the time, most girls didn’t play rough-and-tumble games like hockey and black kids weren’t exactly encouraged in hockey either. Even then, she snagged all the top prizes.
