Triano, Littlechild and 1990 women's hockey team enter Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
The Legacy Edition recognizes trailblazers who broke barriers in hockey, basketball and Indigenous sport leadership.
- On Wednesday, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame announced the 2026 inductees: basketball leader Jay Triano, the 1990 Canadian women's hockey team, and Indigenous sport advocate Chief Wilton Littlechild.
- The Hall dubbed this class the "Legacy Edition," recognizing trailblazers who broke barriers and redefined their sports; honourees will receive the Order of Sport on Nov. 4, 2026, at the Canadian Museum of History.
- Triano captained Canadian Olympic basketball teams in 1984 and 1988, then coached in the NBA; the 1990 women's hockey team won the first world championship, establishing credibility for women's ice hockey internationally.
- Littlechild, an 82-year-old from Maskwacis, Alta., is being inducted for a second time after co-founding the North American Indigenous Games in 1990 and advocating for global Indigenous rights.
- Marking the 70th anniversary, the Hall will also present Legacy awards to sports businessman Larry Tanenbaum, the Southern family of Spruce Meadows, the Canada Games Council, and Special Olympics Canada.
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Jay Triano, Chief Littlechild and 1990 women's hockey team enter Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Basketball player and coach Jay Triano, the 1990 Canadian women's hockey team and Indigenous sport leader Chief Wilton Littlechild were named the 2026 inductees into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame on Wednesday.
Triano, Littlechild and 1990 women’s hockey team enter Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame
CALGARY - Basketball player and coach Jay Triano, the 1990 Canadian women's hockey team and Indigenous sport leader Chief Wilton Littlechild were named the 2026 inductees into Canada's Sports Hall
Winnipeg Free Press
Triano, Littlechild and 1990 women's hockey team enter Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
CALGARY - Basketball player and coach Jay Triano, the 1990 Canadian women's hockey team and Indigenous sport leader Chief Wilton Littlechild were named the 2026 inductees into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame on Wednesday.
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