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The Ringette Canada Hall of Fame, established in 1988, recognizes outstanding contributions to the development of the sport of ringette and the outstanding achievements of ringette athletes, coaches, officials and administrators across Canada.

SRA is proud to report that Danielle Hildebrand (Hobday) has been inducted into the Ringette Canada Hall of Fame this year. Danielle has played in Eastman since she was 15 and has coached AA Eastman teams for about 10 years.

Danielle came to Eastman as a first year U19 player. That year she played for Leon Morrisette  (inducted in 1999 to the Ringette Canada Hall of Fame) who convinced her to give up her Bonivital Angel affiliation and become a Flame. She played in numerous National Championships where she achieved 4 National All Stars.

At age 16 she began coaching AA with Barry Hobday and Mike Carrier and continued to coach AA for about 10 years winning Eastman’s only National Championship in 1997. She also was head coach of the Team Toba Winter Games team in Whitehorse, and currently is an assistant coach of the national Junior Team.

She played for Canada’s National Team for 9 years and was instrumental in winning Canada’s last world championship in 2002.  Canada won that championship 3-1 and Danielle scored goals 2 and 3. She was also chosen to the 6 player all-star team at forward.

Congratulations to Danielle! The Springfield Ringette Association is grateful for your contributions to our program as a head coach and board member.