I had the plesure of meeting her once during a game in the NWHL.
The local media are already calling Hayley Wickenheiser the female Wayne Gretzky.
The arrival of the Canadian women's hockey star has shaken things up in this small tourist town, known until now as a haven for bird watchers.
Wickenheiser's decision to join Salamat, a second-division club in the Finlandia men's league, drew television stations — including a crew from Hockey Night in Canada — to an average mid-week workout Wednesday.
But with just a couple of days to go before Wickenheiser becomes the first woman other than a goaltender to play in a men's league, this was no average practice.
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