General posts, including essays and discussions.
Heated Rivalry became a hit sensation gradually over the past five weeks. What began as a show (based on a series of books by Rachel Reid), presumably targeted towards LGBTQ+ audiences and adult cis-women, who make up a large portion of the consumers of gay romance, quickly became a hit sensation, surpassing the show’s expectations.…
Women’s hockey is finally getting the attention it deserves. The PWHL expanded with two new teams this year, merchandise is flying off the shelves, and I can watch game highlights on the tvs at the gym. Just a few years ago, it was hard to find any news items about women’s hockey; yet, today in…
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…
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…
“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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
Hockey in Society / Hockey dans la société 