She was the sole girl on the boys' hockey team. Decades later, she's cheering on the PWHL
The PWHL is giving an opportunity for women to forge a career in professional hockey — something Ontario's Dagmar Boettcher never had growing up in the 1950s and '60s.
![She was the sole girl on the boys' hockey team. Decades later, she's cheering on the PWHL](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7118049.1708118846!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/dagmar-boettcher.jpg)
![Dagmar Boettcher, 70, made waves in 1964 when she was the first girl to play against boys on her local hockey team. Smiling woman wearing a red sweater skates in a rink.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7118049.1708118846!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/dagmar-boettcher.jpg)
The PWHL is giving an opportunity for women to forge a career in professional hockey — something Ontario's Dagmar Boettcher never had growing up in the 1950s and '60s.