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Hockey Hall of Fame's exclusion of women is just plain sad

By Damien Cox
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

It helps to imagine the Hockey Hall of Fame to be a little like North Korea. Dark. Secretive. Isolated. Resolute. Oh, and a little backward. How else to understand the unwillingness of this institution not only to admit females as honored members but even to consider nominating them? Another year has passed, and another class of members will go into the Hall this weekend. The group includes players Glenn Anderson and Igor Larionov, longtime linesman Ray Scapinello and junior hockey executive ...

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