'Momentum’s really growing': Sami Jo Small joins Toronto Six as team president - Sportsnet.ca

The Toronto Six’s front office staff just got even more decorated with the addition of three-time Olympic medallist Sami Jo Small as team president.

The rumour of Small’s impending presidency was broken last week by Sportsnet’s Jeff Marek, and Small, a four-time world champion, says she has been “deflecting questions about it ever since,” while waiting for the league to release the news. Speaking of the PHF, it sounds like Olympic gold medalist Sami Jo Small will be named President of the Toronto Six.While Small is excited about the roster — she says rookie Brittany Howard “is going to be a superstar for a long time in this league” — her role is on the business side. As team president, she’ll oversee sponsorships, maintain and grow partnerships with various stakeholders , and ensure money is coming in and budgets are adhered to.

In January, Small was an honourary coach at the PHF all-star game, and after that, conversations about her involvement started up again. She said with commissioner Reagan Carey running the PHF, and after having conversations with Team USA star Brianna Decker, who joined the league’s front office, as well as former Hockey Canada front office staffers in Mel Davidson and Danièle Sauvageau, the time seemed right to get involved.

“I have more hope for women’s hockey now,” she adds, in part because she can see the monetary investment in the PHF, and the respect garnered by Carey as the league’s commissioner.

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