40 greatest female athletes: Cammi Granato
May, 3, 2012
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By ESPNHS | ESPN.com
Bruce Bennett Studios/Getty ImagesCammi Granato, who grew up in Downers Grove, Ill., inspired the next generation of girls' hockey players.In 1990, just 6,000 girls were registered with USA Hockey. Today, there are more than 62,000.
Much of the credit goes to Cammi Granato, the No. 37 player in ESPN's countdown, who led the underdog United States to a 3-1 win over Canada in the 1998 Winter Olympics in women's ice hockey's debut at the Games. Granato ended up on a Wheaties box, wrote her first book and began broadcasting games for the NHL.
"She was the face of the sport when the game burst onto the international scene," says USA Hockey executive director Dave Ogrean. "There wasn't a lot of women's hockey in this country pre-Cammi. She can take credit for so much."
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Earlier in this series:
No. 40: Diver Fu Mingxia
No. 39: Jockey Julie Krone
No. 38: Gymnast Mary Lou Retton
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