Scali, a New York Rangers fan and hockey player in the Junior Rangers program from Whippany, New Jersey, noticed while playing with a Rangers card deck that the kings and jacks held hockey sticks but the queens were holding pom-poms. She then wrote a letter to the NHL asking if the cards could be changed so the queens were holding sticks too.
"I was annoyed," Scali said in a video posted to the Rangers Twitter account. "So we tried to change that with a note."
The League took notice and fixed the mishap, and the Rangers invited Scali to a game where she and U.S. Olympic gold medalist Amanda Kessel unveiled the new card decks at Madison Square Garden.
Kessel joined other U.S. and Canada players in signing a print of the cards for her, commemorating the occasion. Kessel will remember Scali's impressive persistence, particularly given her age.
"I know how much I've gone through being a woman in hockey," Kessel said. "I can't even believe that at 7 years old she had the courage to fight for that."
