Hockey Hall of Famer Angela James named general manager of Toronto Six

Hockey Hall of Famer Angela James has taken about as common supervisor of the Toronto 6 women’s professional hockey group.

The 57-yr-old from Toronto stepped into the work two months following assuming an ownership stake in the Leading Hockey Federation workforce together with previous NHL participant Anthony Stewart and coach Ted Nolan.

“I’ve had 35 a long time of athletics administration working experience, so this was an straightforward match for me,” James explained Tuesday in a statement unveiled by the Six.

James was a Six assistant mentor to Mark Joslin last season when Toronto completed next in the six-staff league with a 16-3-1 history. The 6 shed to the eventual Isobel Cup winner Boston Satisfaction in a playoff semifinal sport.

James replaces Krysti Clark, who was Toronto’s GM for 1 year.

A star on the Canadian staff before women’s hockey became an Olympic activity, James was a person of the initially two girls inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2010 along with Cammi Granato.

The PHF’s wage cap will be $750,000 US for every group in 2022-23 with a floor of $562,500.

‘I’m actually fired up about the fact that I am a portion of a new starting for expert women’s hockey players getting paid out a truly excellent contract,” James said.

“Not only are the PHF proprietors having a skilled technique to our league, the precise teams are having a experienced solution, as properly as the players in phrases of company.”

Right after two seasons with the Six, star forward Mikyla Grant-Mentis signed a a person-yr agreement with the Buffalo Beauts last month value a claimed $80,000.