A Golden Tear: Daniele Sauvageau's Journey to Olympic Gold - Softcover

Sally Manning

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1894263693 ISBN 13: 9781894263696

Publisher: General Store Pub. House, 2002

Synopsis

February 21, 2002. A golden day in the annals of Canadian hockey. Canada's National Women's Hockey Team was up against their arch-rivals, Team U.S.A., in the only game that had ever mattered, for the only prize they had ever wanted. Olympic Gold. Four years earlier, in Nagano, Japan, they had reached for this holiest of grails in international sport and come up short. But not this time. And not in this place. Meeting in Salt Lake City on American home ice, the Canadians were determined to overcome an 1-8 win-loss record to Team U.S.A. and reclaim ownership of their game.
And standing calmly behind the bench in this classic march to the pinnacle of sport was Daničle Sauvageau, who has become one of the most intriguing and inspiring people in sport today. Raised in the hockey-mad province of Quebec, where the sport is akin to religion, she pursued a career in policing, first with the RCMP, then with the Montreal Urban Police. This, at the same time as she was rising in the ranks as a hockey coach.
Girls didn't play hockey much in the 1970s and '80s, let alone coach, nor did they often bust a car full of drug dealers, yet Daničle overcame the prejudices of her peers with the same quiet determination and attention to detail that have become her trademarks.
Written in co-operation with Daničle Sauvageau, Team Canada head coach, A Golden Tear takes us behind the scenes of a fascinating Journey to Olympic Gold.

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About the Author

Sally Manning grew up on Pheasant Hollow Farm, a fifteen-acre tract of apple orchard and forest near Maple, Ontario. At that time, the farm was still very much in a country setting, and life revolved around the natural world just outside the back door. With two brothers and four sisters, there was never a problem finding playmates. Her earliest recollections centre around hockey, heading down to the pond in the hollow, skates and stick in hand, on that first frosty morning when the ice had grown just thick enough for skating. Many a winter's evening after school and Saturdays and Sundays was spent playing countless games up to "ten" against her older brother, Bob, and whoever else wanted to join the fun. Unfortunately, organized hockey was still not an option for most girls in the fifties and sixties.
In the fall of 1967, Sally began her studies at the University of Toronto. Here, she was introduced to field hockey and quickly became a stalwart on the varsity squad. In 1971, she was selected to the Canadian team, beginning a decade-long career at the national level. The highlight came in 1979 at the World Championship in Vancouver, when she was chosen to the World All-Star Team, the first Canadian ever given this honour.
Away from the pitch, Sally taught high school in York Region, north of Toronto. In 1984, she spent her first summer in Canada's North, paddling the legendary Nahanni River. She's spent every summer since, sea kayaking, hiking and canoeing in Greenland, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon, much of the time as a guide for Black Feather, a wilderness company.
In 1988, Sally was inducted into the University of Toronto Sports Hall of Fame. This was followed by induction into the Vaughan Sports Hall of Fame in its inaugural year. Her dreams of one day playing in the NHL continue to flicker as she skates for the Parry Sound Phantoms in a four-team loop in Ontario's lake land.
She has written for several Canadian publications including Up Here, Explore, and Doctor's Review and one U.S. magazine, Women in Sport. A Golden Tear is her first book.

Edition details

• Publisher: General Store Pub. House
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1894263693
• ISBN 13: 9781894263696
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Number of pages: 180