RIP Sonia Scurfield

[viper0220]

Former Flames owner and the only Canadian woman with her name on the Stanley Cup.

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[The Winter Soldier]

I just read this. RIP Sonia.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Never heard of her. Goes to show just how little women in hockey history get promoted, I guess.

RIP.

 

[Dont Toews Me Bro]

Thoughts and prayers. Gone too soon.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

RIP

 

[Schenn]

They did a story on her on one of the sports networks a couple weeks ago. I think they mentioned she was having a surgery at the time. Rest in peace to a pioneer.

 

[TheAngryHank]

Sad news.

 

[Hatter of the Beach]

Never heard of her. Goes to show just how little women in hockey history get promoted, I guess.

RIP.

Do you know the names of many owners of teams in the 1980s who stopped owning teams more than a decade ago?

 

[Dr Pepper]

Do you know the names of many owners of teams in the 1980s who stopped owning teams more than a decade ago?

I've heard many stories about Harold Ballard, Peter Pocklington, and Bill Wirtz.

Not one about Sonia Scurfield.

 

[Frank Drebin]

I've heard many stories about Harold Ballard, Peter Pocklington, and Bill Wirtz.

Not one about Sonia Scurfield.

Probably because she inherited her husband's interest in the flames when he died in 1980. I don't think she was exactly a female pioneer in the sport.

She married Ralph T. Scurfield, on July 24, 1954, in Edmonton, Alberta. Together they raised seven children in Calgary, Alberta. [4] Ralph Scurfield was part of the original consortium that bought the Atlanta Flames in 1980 and moved them to Calgary, and Sonia inherited his interest upon his death.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Probably because she inherited her husband's interest in the flames when he died in 1980. I don't think she was exactly a female pioneer in the sport.

That makes sense.

Still, even Marge Schott's name comes up from time to time, as far as the ever-rare female owner of a pro sports team. Perhaps the same conditions applied to Schott, marrying into wealth and inheriting the reins of a team. Maybe Scurfield was just content to be the anti-Schott, i.e. capable of owning a team without making headlines for all the wrong reasons.

 

[Thenameless]

That makes sense.

Still, even Marge Schott's name comes up from time to time, as far as the ever-rare female owner of a pro sports team. Perhaps the same conditions applied to Schott, marrying into wealth and inheriting the reins of a team. Maybe Scurfield was just content to be the anti-Schott, i.e. capable of owning a team without making headlines for all the wrong reasons.

Georgia Frontiere is pretty famous too.