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EPISODE · Feb 19, 2026 · 21 MIN

How a Montreal-area kid who wasn't allowed to play changed Canadian women's hockey forever

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If Canada’s women’s hockey team has developed to where it is today, and if professional women’s hockey in Montreal has become a reality, it’s in large part due to Daniele Sauvageau. CBC journalist Melinda Dalton traces Sauvageau’s journey from a hockey-loving kid in Deux-Montagnes who wasn’t allowed to play, to being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Watch the video documentary here.

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