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…
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…
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 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,…
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…
*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…
Today, the Chicago Blackhawks, who have worn Pride jerseys in warm-up in past years, announced they will not be wearing them this year, supposedly to protect Russian players from consequences of Russia’s expanded “gay propaganda” ban. This is the first NHL team to officially use this explanation for cancelling the jersey, after speculation this was…
The ‘Out with the Old-School’ series is based on the findings from Donna Cumming’s MA thesis. The study involved interviews and focus groups with 11 Canadian varsity women hockey players about their hockey leadership experiences, perceptions, and intentions. In my last post, I talked about the potential for a more inclusive hockey leadership culture. But…
Roundtables are an occasional feature on Hockey in Society. Roundtables present brief commentaries from Hockey in Society contributors on pressing or timely issues within hockey and its culture, with the aim of presenting multiple critical viewpoints on the topic under discussion. On January 17, 2023 the Philadelphia Flyers hosted its annual pride night celebration. James…
It’s a battle within yourself. You want and need to play hockey so bad, as it’s a way to feel like yourself again, but at the same time feeling judged by others for bringing your kids with you and parenting from the ice and bench, like a bad mom. ~ Heidi When I started playing…
The Men’s World Junior Championships (WJC) are back, coming at the close of the year where Hockey Canada’s shadowy, unaccountable leadership has fallen apart and their image tarnished. The year has seen two Hockey Canada CEOs go, two Hockey Canada Board Chairs resign, and two secret slush funds for sexual assault claims exposed. All of…
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