Cindy Curley sees a bright future for women's hockey

The Boston Globe · Emma Healy · 2026-11-06 10:00 UTC

Curley will be the 15th woman inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Cindy Curley remembers having to buy her own Team USA sweat shirt before her first world championship appearance in 1987.

It wasn’t even an official IIHF event, more of an experiment than anything, but to Curley, participating was the honor of a lifetime. Whatever the sweat shirt cost, she’d pay it.

Official event or not, Curley’s participation in that tournament paved the way for the future of women’s hockey in the United States and abroad.

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