The only Canadian woman to have her name engraved on Stanley Cup has died

Sonia Scurfield, one time Calgary Flames co-owner and the only Canadian woman to have her name engraved on the Stanley Cup has died at the age of 89.

She co-owned the Flames between 1985 and 1994.

Her name was added to the list of hockey greats when the Flames won the Stanley Cup in 1989.

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Scurfield married Ralph Scurfield in Edmonton in 1954 and took over his ownership of the team when he died in an avalanche while heli-skiing in 1985.

She raised seven children in Calgary.

Her son says she passed away peacefully after her battle with cancer.