NHL Takes Big Strides on Women in Hockey Ops Executive Roles

Kate Madigan of the New Jersey Devils during Round One of the 2022 Upper Deck NHL Draft in Montreal.Photographer: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
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(AP) -- Kate Madigan blushed and she could not keep herself from smiling.

When it was time at New Jersey Devils development camp for her to introduce herself with her title, Madigan got the chance to say she was assistant general manager. She is just the sixth woman in the history of the National Hockey League to hold that position and the fifth currently.