Margot Page
Inducted In
2017
Margot Page grew up in Kitchener and is a role model for many young Canadian girls and women in sport development.
She played forward for the Canadian National Women’s ice hockey team from 1989 to 1994. During this time, the team won three gold medals at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women’s World Hockey Championships in 1990, 1992 and 1994.
Page has served as a coach with Hockey Canada in various capacities. She is the first former National team member to become part of the team’s coaching staff. Page coached the National Women’s Under-22 team in 2000, 2003 to 2004 and 2010, winning gold medals at the 2003 and 2004 Air Canada Cup, and the 2010 MLP Nations Cup.
At the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, Italy, Page was part of the Team Canada gold medal winning coaching staff.
From 1997 to 2009, Page was Head Coach of New York State’s Division 1 Niagara University Purple Eagles, and is currently Head Coach for the USport (CIS) Brock University Women’s Hockey Team.
Page worked as an on-air broadcaster with TSN from 1997 to 2002, and with CBC during the 1998 (Nagano) and 2002 (Salt Lake City) Olympic Games.
She is a Coach-Mentor for both the Senior and Under-18 National Teams from Switzerland. Page says that she wants “to give back as much as possible to make the game and opportunities better for others. It is a critical moment in the women’s game and I want to make sure I do what I can to help grow it at home and in other nations.”