Growing up with a father who had played professional ice hockey and three older brothers who loved to lace up their skates in the backyard rink, Hayley Scamurra found her passion for the sport early on. The 28-year-old now is a veteran of the U.S. women’s ice hockey team, which took gold in May at the 2023 Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship.

“That was pretty incredible,” says Scamurra, a forward/left wing whose father, Peter Scamurra, played for the NHL’s Washington Capitals in the 1970s. “To feel like I am a veteran on the team is pretty exciting and cool. It’s something I worked very hard to achieve. I love being able to help other people, and I also can give hope to some of the older girls that they, too, can make it.”