A 'decade of excellence': Edmonton women's hockey team inducted into Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame
CBC
The Edmonton Chimos Hockey Club joined the ranks of Alberta's most esteemed hockey players and teams Sunday.
The 1983-93 Edmonton Chimos Senior Women's AAA team was inducted into the Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame at a gala in Canmore, Alta., on July 16.
The Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame described the 1983-93 period for the team as a "decade of excellence where the Chimos showed their dominance but also their leadership in the growth of women's hockey."
The Edmonton Chimos team was one of the seven members of the 2023 induction class, along with John Utendale: the first Black hockey player to sign an NHL contract.
Deanna Miyauchi, a veteran of the Edmonton Chimos who played with the team for six years between 1983 and 1993, said that she was honoured to help establish more recognition for women in Alberta's hockey history.
The Chimos hockey club was established in 1973. It was the first women's hockey team to represent Alberta at a national championship and was also the longest-running senior women's AAA hockey program in the province.
Between 1983 and 1993, the Chimos won every provincial championship they could compete in and three Abby Hoffman Cup national women's championships.
"The body of work, when you look at it over that decade, is pretty remarkable," said Mel Davidson, a member of the induction committee for the Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame. "They all just came together, and they were one of the most successful teams in our province, men or women."
Davidson said that another achievement of the Edmonton Chimos is that they laid the groundwork for women's hockey in Alberta at a time when it barely existed.
Miyauchi remembers experiencing some hostility from the Edmonton hockey community when she first began playing with the Chimos.
However, she said a significant characteristic that defined the Chimos was their willingness to disregard anything or anyone that deterred the team from playing the sport.
"I was part of the group that remembers not being entirely accepted into arenas at the very beginning and having to go in through the back door or having to endure hostile stares as we walked in with our hockey bags," Miyauchi said.
It was even difficult for the Edmonton Chimos to find arenas to play at in Edmonton, Miyauchi added.
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