Women's Ice Hockey Research Paper

Many boys growing up playing hockey dreamed of becoming pro hockey players, playing in the National Hockey League (NHL) and eventually winning the Stanley Cup, the championship trophy of the NHL. Unlike them, girls who grew up playing hockey played to increase their chances on being able to go to college on a scholarship or maybe play in the Olympics, if they were lucky. Many of these girls saw their hockey careers end after they graduated college. A few of the lucky ones, who were skilled enough to play in the Olympics, just did not find an opportunity of making hockey into a paying career. Yes, there are opportunities to get paid to play the game these women love, but sadly there are that not many options. The only paying option is to go …show more content…
Ice hockey has evolved over time with newer equipment and technology incorporated into the sport. But it has also advanced with allowing women to play and creating girl’s teams and leagues. In the 1998 Winter Olympics was the first year that women’s ice hockey was featured, while men’s ice hockey had been in the Olympics since 1920. It took 78 years for women to be able to play on the same level and ice as the men. The 1998 US women’s national ice hockey team consisted of mainly college or graduated players, which we could call the “Dream Team” since it consisted of non-professional players. In 2007, former women players created the Canadian Women’s Hockey League (CWHL); the league would pay for every part of ice rental, uniform costs and travel, plus some equipment. However the league would not pay the …show more content…
While your male-counterparts acquire millions even if they never played in an Olympics. In what universe is this fair? Two athletes should get two paychecks no matter of their gender, but even now in our society “women earn just 77 cents for every dollar a man earns”, or in this instance nothing at all. () Many of the current players from the CWHL need to have second job to pay for the bills or the equipment that the league does not cover. Several players even requirement a third job. Many of you may wonder why would these women put themselves through this struggle of not knowing if you will be able to pay the bills at the end of the month or if you will be able to continue playing the sport you grew up playing. These players’ definitive purpose is to eventually get paid, promote awareness for women’s hockey and flourish the game for younger girls to come. Their vision is for one-day young girls who play hockey can have the same goals/dreams as boys who play hockey; that they will be able to aspire to becoming pro and winning their own version of the Stanley