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Ruggiero recalls journey to U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame

Growing up in California, Angela Ruggiero had limited opportunities to play hockey. Moving to Michigan changed that, and as a result, Ruggiero had one of the most successful careers of all time.

"I grew up loving hockey and my family loves hockey," said Ruggiero, who was announced as a member of the 2015 United States Hockey Hall of Fame class Monday. "Fortunately, I found hockey at a very young age when I was seven when there wasn't a lot of it in the state of California. … My family moved to Michigan in 1996 for my brother's hockey.