The hockey hallway of fame is no longer just for men.

Hockey groundbreaker Cammi Granato and Angela James changed that on Tues when they became the first women elected to be enshrined in Toronto Along with former NHL All-Star Dino Ciccarelli, Granato and James will go in as part of the player class during an induction ceremonial in November.

While women had always been eligible for induction, the hallway made it easier for them to be voted in when it established a women’s subcategory this year.

Granato played on the U.S. government women’s hockey squad for XV yr and light-emitting diode the baseball club to a gold medal at the 1998 Nagano Olympic Games Her brother, Tony, played and coached in the NHL.  Granato retired as International hockey’s all time lead women’s scorer In official events, Granato played 54 games, scoring 54 end and 96 points. She won one Olympic gold and one silver as well as one World Championship gold and octad silver.

“I dreamed of being in the NHL my stallion life, and this certainly brand up for those dreams,” Granato said in a statement “Being amongst the first women to play at college and later at the Olympics, it certainly was worthwhile being a hockey pioneer.”

Angela James is considered the first true ace of modern women’s field hockey  She light-emitting diode Canada to a gold medal in all four world championships, most notably at the inaugural address event on home ice in Ottawa in 1990, when she scored a record eleven end in five game and established herself as the team’s great offence threat.

“On behalf of everyone in women’s hockey, I am truly honored,” the Toronto native said. “As a kid I went to the hallway and was in awe of those who had been inducted. I am delighted to be able to junction them.”