Before the NWHL, Madison Packer thought her career was over: "I wasn't ready to be done ... but I really had no choice."
Madison Packer is hard to miss. Whether she's forechecking aggressively, blocking shots on the PK, or signing autographs for an endless stream of fans, you know she's there. Packer grew up in Michigan and played Big Ten hockey at the University of Wisconsin with fellow Riveter Brooke Ammerman. Over her four years there, the Badgers won a national championship and a Western Collegiate Hockey Association league title; Packer was named captain her senior year. Today, she's an alternate captain for the Riveters, and was chosen by the fans for the NWHL's first All-Star Game.