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Elite Female Athletes - Where do they belong?
by The Rabbit Hole
posted June 19, 2011 at 12:48am

Photo from Bitten BoundOne thing that elite male athletes will never share with elite female athletes (well a bunch of stuff actually, but humour me here) is the question - where do I belong? Male athletes at the top of their sport are exactly where the...more

"It's Something About Hockey": a commentary about Vancouver's Hockey Riot
by Women in Sport International
posted June 17, 2011 at 2:51pm

It's something about hockey < p>Friday, June 17, 2011 < p>By Laura Robinson, Women in Sport International Contributor, Published in the Ottawa Citizen < p> < p> < p>When I was in Vancouver in the early days of the Stanley Cup p...more

The vicious circle of struggling hockey teams
by The First Line
posted May 31, 2011 at 11:58pm

Note: the petition to save the Wayne State team has collected over 2000 signatures. Please join them. With the news of Wayne State dropping women’s hockey, I went to my bookmarks list to check out what the official word was. Then I realized I didn�...more

Tanya Foley: The Woman Giving Female Hockey Players Worldwide a Chance to Celebrate
by Women in Sport International
posted May 9, 2011 at 10:40am

On the day of gold medal game of the Vancouver Olympics women's hockey tournament Jacques Rogge distracted media and fans from the game by announcing, prior to the match, that the IOC would consider dropping women's hockey if the parity did not improve. R...more

Playoffs still not a good barometer for team quality in hockey
by The First Line
posted May 4, 2011 at 3:04pm

During the airing of the HBO special 24/7, I critiqued the Capitals’ rebuilding project with the truism that if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. I argued that it’s regular season success, and not wins in the short series that define the playoffs, t...more

Parity And Olympic Hockey: My Two Cents
by The First Line
posted May 1, 2011 at 12:10pm

The recent piece by Caroline Murphy for ESPNW and the response by David De Remer have opened an important discussion about women’s sports in the Olympics and the media coverage thereof. From my perspective, we risk getting stuck in a paradigm where we...more

USA Hockey wins Worlds
by After Atalanta
posted April 27, 2011 at 12:51am

Congrats to the women on the USA Hockey Team. They are now the reigning World Champions with a 3-2 victory over Canada. This article is from my hometown paper--the one I used to write for (briefly)--and focuses on local star Megan Duggan, a key player on ...more

USA women win IIHF World Championships and women's hockey gains momentum
by Women in Sport International
posted April 26, 2011 at 4:29pm

The United States has won their third straight women's world hockey championship!The championship was a hard fought and very entertaining 3-2 battle against Canada, with the USA scoring in overtime to bring home the championship. Hilary Knight scored the ...more

U.S. claims third straight world hockey title
by The First Line
posted April 26, 2011 at 2:49pm

In a game that was extraordinarily evenly matched by U.S.-Canada standards, the Americans scored an overtime victory to capture a third consecutive world championship in Zurich. Generally the U.S. must score early to win, and they did take a two-goal le...more

U.S. seeking third straight World Hockey Championship gold
by The First Line
posted April 24, 2011 at 2:52pm

I have to say that once again I don’t believe that the U.S.’ defensive corps is as skilled, big, or mobile as Canada’s forwards and this could cause us some problems. I foresee a number of dumb penalties. The U.S. is once again pitting relative ...more

Is the NHL gearing up to establish a women's pro league?: NHL hires Val Ackerman, formerly of the WNBA
by Women in Sport International
posted April 24, 2011 at 2:06pm

Val Ackerman was at the women's world hockey championship on Saturday on a mission from the NHL- learn more about women's hockey and find out how the NHL can help the women's game. Ackerman told the Canadian Press: "I have been hired by the NHL as a con...more

TV and online coverage of the IIHF Women's World Hockey Championships?
by Women in Sport International
posted April 23, 2011 at 12:45pm

The IIHF Women's World Hockey Championship is about to wrap up with the two semi-final games occurring today.The first semi-final between Canada and Finland is kicking off at 10:00am EST and is being televised on TSN in Canada. The second semi-final betwe...more

Get to the hockey, Canada
by The First Line
posted April 20, 2011 at 6:11pm

It seems like all that’s going on for the Canadian national team is pranks and pies in the face for the rookies, although maybe that’s just overexposure to Tessa Bonhomme’s perspective on my part. It’s no joke, though, that Canada had a tough ti...more

Reasons for bad sportsmanship in adult recreational leagues?
by One Sport Voice
posted April 18, 2011 at 4:30pm

I have been a competitive athlete my entire life. I have seen my fair share of bad sportsmanship in all the sports I’ve played and coached. I am hoping that you, the readers, can help explain why adult women playing in recreational leagues demonstrate s...more

Play at women's world hockey championships opens
by The First Line
posted April 16, 2011 at 2:56am

Finland will face Kazakhstan in the opening game. Canada will then play Switzerland, which had a surprisingly tight preliminary match against the United States. The Americans start play on Sunday against Slovakia. Universal Sports will televise and st...more

Women’s World Hockey Championshps/NHL Playoffs
by The First Line
posted April 14, 2011 at 10:14pm

This is really an unfortunate confluence of events that takes the attention of most of the hockey world away from the women’s competition. Perhaps the IIHF could think about rescheduling? ...more

Scenes you probably won’t find at men’s hockey world championships
by The First Line
posted April 11, 2011 at 6:25pm

According to The Twitter, Hilary Knight spilled buffalo sauce on a new white track suit (if I knew her, we might have to talk about that one), and Angela Ruggiero figured out how to remove the stain without it setting. This is clearly why the roster is ...more

Marie-Philip Poulin Is Sidney Crosby
by The First Line
posted April 5, 2011 at 2:07pm

So says Caroline Ouellette in this feature from TSN on the young star. It’s a little weird that in piece all about Poulin’s prodigious skills, there isn’t any footage of her actually playing. But if you are a fan of French-Canadian accents and a...more

Toronto ‘Upsets’ Mississauga For PWHL Crown
by The First Line
posted April 4, 2011 at 10:31pm

The real surprise is the five goals scored against one of the league’s more stingy defenses. The game was knotted at three-all going into the third, but Lindsey Allen and Jenna McParland scored for the Aeros to take home the gold. Attendance is report...more

Rest In Peace, Mandi
by The First Line
posted April 4, 2011 at 9:52pm

Despite many of the headlines you’ll see today, Mandi Schwartz did not ‘lose’ her ‘battle’ with cancer. That would mean that somewhere out there, people are ‘winning,’ and what does that say about those who don’t? All of us want to hon...more

Business and College Programs: Trouble ahead for women's hockey?
by The First Line
posted April 1, 2011 at 10:33am

It’s bittersweet news, that Canadian Tire has donated $60,000 to keep SMU’s hockey team afloat. On the one hand, this successful program will keep going. But the fact is, the university should be responsible for supporting its own programs, and ha...more

Division I to gain new hockey team
by The First Line
posted March 29, 2011 at 3:54pm

Beyond the Dashers is reporting that Lindenwood University, a powerhouse ACHA team, is moving up to NCAA status in the coming season. Lindenwood, which will no doubt be the subject of an upcoming college profile, is a “historically Presbyterian” lib...more

Montreal completes dominant season with Clarkson Cup
by The First Line
posted March 28, 2011 at 1:14pm

The big surprise is that Toronto, which had a win-or-go-home playoff to even get to the Clarkson Cup, reached the final. Kudos to them. Montreal then proceeded to do what it’s done all year: score tons of goals. They outshot Toronto 51-26 (or, as Ou...more

Montreal leads Toronto 2-0 In Clarkson Cup Final
by The First Line
posted March 27, 2011 at 2:46pm

We are underway in Barrie! Check in with Toronto CWHL for play-by-play (although not, apparently, details about who is doing the scoring for the Stars). ...more

Clarkson Cup underway
by The First Line
posted March 24, 2011 at 5:27pm

There was a joke going around that the Toronto conditioning coach sent a $1500 McDonald’s gift card to Brampton before the CWHL playoffs in order to slow them down. Apparently it’s the gift that keeps on giving, since Toronto has just ‘upset’ Br...more

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