*Trigger Warning: sexual assault/abuse* This is a guest post. The writer has chosen to remain anonymous. After decades of playing women’s hockey, I decided to join a co-ed league a few years ago. It was an opportunity to play on the same team as my husband, and to find a new social circle after returning…
Vice Sports published a piece in honour of Hayley Wickenheiser’s retirement titled, “Hayley Wickenheiser Didn’t Let Sexism Impede Her GOAT Career.” The first time I read the title, it irked me the wrong way because, while it pats Wick on the back for “having thick skin,” it backhands other women for basically not, in Sheryl…
Last week, I wrote a short piece about the growth of hockey in Ladakh, India – home to the highest ice rink in the world at 3,484 meters. This small region of the Indian Himalayas, with a population of less than 300,000 people, has fallen in love with hockey. They can only play three months…
Indian Residential Schools are a dark part of Canada’s history; it is a fact that we would probably prefer be swept under the rug. The history of American slavery continues to be part of everyday vernacular (whether popular or not), yet residential schools and Canadian settlement really aren’t talked about. It wasn’t something that I learned about…
The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. Enjoy! The featured photo isn’t an article but it is worth sharing. Big props to the Columbus Cottonmouths, of the SPHL, for putting Shannon Szabados on a billboard! In Halifax, Nova Scotia, a hockey mom is fighting for her daughter’s…
*Cross posted on The Rabbit Hole. I have noticed that the new National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL) has been showing a lot of military appreciation on its Twitter feed recently. If you like women’s hockey and supporting the troops, it seems they have a jersey for you: I wrote a piece in 2012 about the increasing…
*Warning: explicit language included in this post. Chicago sports journalist/broadcaster Julie DiCaro has come under recent fire for her reporting of the Patrick Kane case. She received a litany of abusive tweets and death threats from the Kane supporters, and one rather specific tweet about her movements that forced her to briefly stay away from her office for fear…
The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. After a brief hiatus, we are back to posting this feature weekly. Enjoy! Serena Williams won her 21st career Grand Slam, but what does that have to do with hockey? Pension Plan Puppets uses a recent New York Times article…
Hockey in Society / Hockey dans la société 