Team Canada general manager Doug Connor Barwin Youth Jersey Armstrong and his World Cup of Hockey management staff met Monday to update their player list for the September tournament.Team USA, led by Dean Lombardi, is expected to meet Tuesday night here in Toronto as well as Wednesday morning.Its the third time Team Canadas brain trust has met since last March and, yes, the list is indeed changing."Its interesting now, this is our third time going through, the number of players that make consensus each time," Armstrong said after the meeting. "Its starting to clarify our 16; I think our 16 will be universally accepted by our group at least. But theres more players coming into the equation after the first month and a bit of the season, which is what we expected and what we wanted. Some players like a [Tyler] Toffoli, like a [Mark] Stone, like a [Jake] Muzzin, [Brendan] Gallagher, guys that we knew were good players but have continued on from what we expected and now are pushing some of the players that maybe have a deeper résumé."Armstrong's management staff, which also includes Ken Holland, Bob Murray, Marc Bergevin and Rob Blake, is scheduled to meet again in January, at which point itll pretty much select its first group of 16 players to meet the March 1 deadline. The rest of the 23-man roster must be named by June 1.http://www.giantsnflofficialonline.com/AUTHENTIC+JAYRON+HOSLEY+JERSEY "Theres probably 12-13 guys for a limited number of spots," said Armstrong. "So we got to really hone in on that group."Angela Ruggiero becomes the fourth woman ever inducted in the players category of the Hockey Hall of Fame, and the former Team USA star was beside herself when she got the call."I never dreamed of this day," said Ruggiero.Just like she never dreamed of playing in the Olympics as a kid because there was no womens hockey in the Games when she was growing up; just like she never dreamed of playing NCAA hockey as a kid because she never saw that; and, well, how many women were in the Hockey Hall of Fame, where all the greats have their plaques?But when Cammi Granato and Angela James were the first female players inducted, back in November 2010, that changed everything. Geraldine Heaney followed two years ago."When I found out Cammi and Angela were inducted, obviously I was ecstatic for the game, because that was a symbolic moment in time where the Hall was saying, 'We accept the women's game, we understand you guys are hockey players and what youve done for the sport,'" said Ruggiero, the youngest member of the squad that won gold in Nagano in 1998.http://www.officialauthenticbroncos.com/AUTHENTIC+TERRELL+DAVIS+JERSEY Seeing women have a place in the Hockey Hall of Fame changes everything for young girls playing the game today."The quote I reference a lot, Billie Jean King says, 'You can see it, you can be it.' So its really hard to imagine yourself in someones shoes that doesnt look like you, whether youre talking gender or race or anything," said Ruggiero. "To have that barrier broken down with women in the Hall now, young girls are going to say, 'You think I can be like Angela James, or Cammi Granato or Geraldine Heaney.' Theyre going to grow up without even blinking twice thinking that its possible. And thats great. Whether it happens or not, they have that aspiration as a kid, and I think it sends such a positive message.""I struggle between wanting to spend the time being grateful and thankful and look back on my own career, versus seeing this as a more symbolic moment for women and what its doing for the womens game and hockey in general," she said. "Again, its opening the door for half the population that didnt have it before. http://www.49ersshopnfljerseys.com/AUTHENTIC+DWIGHT+CLARK+JERSEY In that symbolic way, even though we always had hockey, its more visible now."Which is why Ruggieros own induction represents so much more than just her individual achievement.
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