Guy of the Day: Angela James
-hockey player born in Toronto, where her parents had met after her father (a Black man from Mississippi) moved to Canada to avoid segregation
-a multi-sport athlete whose mother wanted her to pursue swimming, she nonethless had the most passion for hockey
-hockey player born in Toronto, where her parents had met after her father (a Black man from Mississippi) moved to Canada to avoid segregation
-a multi-sport athlete whose mother wanted her to pursue swimming, she nonethless had the most passion for hockey
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-this and academic apathy nearly derailed her career before a Vice-Principal convinced her to apply herself and attend Seneca College
-shortly after graduation, she joined the newly formed Central Ontario Women's Hockey League in 1980
-despite the constant moving around, she played in 12 total national championship tournaments and won at least 4 Abby Hoffman Cups with 3 teams before the league was absorbed by the NWHL
-she was controversially left out of the 1st Olympic tournament in '98, but ended her career with the game winning shootout goal in the '99 3 Nations Cup