Farewell Hockey Night in Canada
CBC announced they will no longer participate in Rogers Sportsnet’s coverage of the NHL under their renewed 12 year deal. Hockey is no longer a public cultural good.
An Important Addition to Women’s Stand-Up Hockey History Books
Photo from https://www.tidewaterpress.ca/ice-in-their-veins/ Ian Kennedy’s Ice in Their Veins: Women’s Relentless Pursuit of the Puck is an important update to women’s (stand-up) hockey history books. Unfortunately, but perhaps unsurprisingly, there are very few books on women’s hockey or its histories, and several of them are out of print. Here is a list, for those wanting…
Good Wood: Bringing circularity to hockey sticks
What do you do with your old hockey sticks? Throw them in a corner? Put them on Facebook marketplace? Hand them down to the younger generation? Upcycle them into some sort of art project? Regardless of your individual choice, hockey sticks have been designed to stay on this planet long after the players who used…
PWHL: Where past, present, and future meet
“The cameras on the PWHL broadcasts have lingered on the faces of the young girls in the stands, waving signs that say the players on the ice give them something to work toward and dream about. But the creation of the PWHL has been just as much of a dream come true for 64-year-old Harrison,…
Call for Research Participants: Concussion Experiences among Indigenous Women in Competitive Ice Hockey
Relevance of the Research In the past two decades, in response to the rising concern over concussions in sport, we have seen an increase in policies at all levels of sport to help prevent, identify and manage concussions. For instance, in response to the concussion-related death of 17-year-old rugby player Rowan Stringer in 2013, the…
Chloé Aurard écrit l’histoire du hockey sur glace français
Read the English version [HERE]. Les camps d’entraînement de la Ligue Professionnelle de Hockey Féminin (LPHF) vont commencer le 15 novembre 2023. C’est une étape historique pour la ligue car cela va marquer le début sur glace officiel de cette nouvelle ligue. Avant cela, la création de la LPHF à l’été 2023 a été historique…
Chloé Aurard and History for French Hockey
Pour lire la version FRANÇAISE clique [ICI]. Training camps for each Professional Women’s Hockey League team are set to start on November 15, 2023. This is a historical step for the league as it will mark the official on-ice start of this new league. Before that, the creation of the PWHL in the summer of…
Overtime: A film about representation, aging, and identity
Overtime is a 40-minute documentary about Kelley Lee-Gilmore, a 60-year-old mother, wife, and university professor, who also loves hockey. It has been at the Calgary International Film Festival and the Vancouver Asian Film Festival. I recently had the opportunity to sit down (virtually) with Kelley and her daughter, who also directed Overtime, Jenny Lee-Gilmore to…
Indigenous Hockey Research Summit Recap
On October 19th, 20th and 21st, 2023, The Indigenous Hockey Research Summit took place in Montreal, Quebec. Hosted by the Indigenous Hockey Research Network (IHRN), the summit is “A gathering of Indigenous hockey players, advocates, researchers and communities in pursuit of a more just game.” The summit hosts were Davina McLeod and Mike Makwa Auksi,…
Online Sports Gambling: Ontario adds important legislation
It’s hard to avoid ads for online gambling platforms these days and that’s a problem. BetMGM, Play 360, Proline, DraftKings, Betway, and Sports Interaction are just a few of the more popular sites available. It wasn’t long ago that sports and gambling weren’t even allowed in the same sentence. Historically, the fear has been that…
My Open Letter to James Reimer
*Content Warning: Suicide statistics* Dear James Reimer, Once upon a time, I was your biggest fan. Even when most of the Toronto Maple Leaf fandom questioned you as the starting goaltender over Jonathan Bernier, I fervently advocated for you. I saw your passion for the sport, and win or lose, I could tell you…
Hockey in Society / Hockey dans la société 