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‘I thought my career was over’: Kim St-Pierre’s Hall of Fame journey almost never happened

University is a place where a lot of people figure out their life’s calling. Where future leaders and people who rewrite history have a moment that will change their lives, and because they are so brilliant, the lives of many others.

“Hall of Fame hockey player” is usually not one of those callings affected by university. But for Kim St-Pierre, the first female goaltender, and eighth woman, to be in inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on June, McGill University put her on the path toward induction.

“I owe a lot to my McGill years,” she said.