Stereotypes In Hockey

As I stood in line waiting for the doors at Chelsea Piers Sports Complex to open a woman behind me questioned the bleacher already filled with youth hockey players, the man in front of me answered that many of the girls teams around Stamford had purchased tickets. I couldn’t help but chime in that I was glad they were getting seated first and he agreed, saying he’d be happy to stand, the girls are who are important today.
With the inaugural game of the NWHL young girls sporting sticks and skates have a new type of role model, a type of female hockey player that is not playing merely as a hobby but as a career. The girls made their presence known, from their volume and their many attempts at starting a wave before the game has even started to being the first in line to get autographs after the game, the enthusiasm was easily discernable. Although the young women who Whale goaltender Jaimie Leonoff gave her stick to proved that the girls who weren’t rocking team jerseys were just as bright-eyed. Unlike so many generations before them these girls could now set their sights on a goal that was becoming more plausible thanks to the paychecks players are now receiving. …show more content…
The typical excuses of female players not being fast or aggressive enough to entertain hockey fans are easily brushed off by anyone who has seen these women play. The timing of plays can be calculated, but that didn’t stop the scoring opportunities from being just as rich as any other professional game. As for aggression, the rules prohibit checking not chippiness, no rule stops the game from being spirited or the scrums from being