When Mélodie Daoust first got word that she would be joining TVA Sports as their newest NHL analyst, her first phone call was to Danièle Sauvageau.
“I called her just to thank her for the path that she forged for us because for this to be possible, for us to be on TV as a woman, it’s in part because of her,” Daoust said. “She has also tried to be in this world but unfortunately at that time, women weren’t welcome despite all the knowledge that she had. She was very proud of me and I appreciated that, but I wanted her to know at what point her work allowed women to have access and to dream of being on TV one day.