It has been a big year for former Wisconsin hockey star Madison Packer. One of many surprises.
A member of the National Women’s Hockey League’s Metropolitan Riveters, Packer thought that the 2016–17 season would be her last. A hip injury lingered and required surgery. Her playing career, it appeared, had run its course.
“I had decided not to play,” Packer told B5Q. “I had a hip injury in the 2016–17 season and when I went to the doctor he recommended surgery. It was looking like a long road to come back and I kind of thought I was ready to be done.