8 female hockey players in the HHOF
Riika Sallinen in number 9
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The lone women to be inducted this year is Finnish forward Sallinen. The 48-year-old played 16 seasons with the national team, earning two Olympic bronze medals in 1998 and 2018, world championship silver in 2019 and six world bronze medals. Internationally, Sallinen scored 63 goals and 59 assists over 81 career games for Finland.
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No comment about her, since I've never heard of her, but if her accomplishments set the standard for what it takes to be a HOFer, then many players from the US and Canadian women's teams who likely have many gold medals at the Worlds and Olympics should start writing their acceptance speech