Danna Ramadan and her younger sister, Malac, are making history as members of Egypt’s first women’s hockey team. They’re competing at the Amerigol LATAM Cup this week at the Florida Panthers IceDen in Coral Springs and Baptist Health IcePlex in Fort Lauderdale, the practice facility of the 2024 Stanley Cup champions.
When she was younger, Danna was headed toward her figure skating camp and noticed a girl dressed for hockey. “We saw this girl in a hot pink get-up walking in, and I was, like, ‘wait, what? Girls play?’” Danna Ramadan said. “That was an awakening moment for me.”
According to the NHL website, the Ramadan sisters aren’t strangers to the LATAM Cup. They’ve played on Egypt’s boys’ team at the tournament, but they said playing on an all-women’s team this year is special.
The team debuted at the inaugural Dream Nations Cup, a tournament for emerging hockey nations held in April at the Rink at American Dream in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Egypt finished third in the tournament.
This year’s LATAM Cup features 52 men’s, women’s and youth teams and over 1,100 players representing 17 countries, including Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Greece, Israel, Lebanon, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela.
