Breaking the Ice
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The following article featuring former Harvard standout Angela Ruggiero appeared January 21 on the American Profile Web site.
By Margaret Haberman
Poised to compete in her fourth Winter Olympics next month in
Vancouver, hockey veteran Angela Ruggiero laughs now at her
inauspicious start on skates as a wobbly 7-year-old girl clinging
to the wall of an ice rink.
"I'm not going to lie. I cried," says Ruggiero, describing her
first outing on the ice while growing up in Panorama City,
Calif.
But that same moment also marked the beginning of her twin
passions—for hockey and for breaking barriers in an intensely
physical sport dominated by men and boys.
Complete article can be accessed via the American Profile Web site by clicking here.
