I live in such a weird hockey bubble. I never paid much attention to it (as a sport to watch or play) growing up so my interactions with hockey have predominately been:
1) My mom played tennis with Cammi Granato's aunt, so that first Olympic gold in 1998 was really exciting.
2) A bit over a year ago I decided to start learning to play hockey, predominately with a women's hockey league.
3) Around the same time much of, female-heavy, fandom that I'm on the periphery of got into hockey.
So 90% of my hockey experiences involve either women who play hockey, women who are fans of hockey, or men who are supportive of and actively involved in encouraging women's hockey. And, well, mostly people who like what they like and will take no prisoners when someone tries to tell them otherwise.
Weird hockey bubble. I think I'm going to continue to enjoy it.
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1) My mom played tennis with Cammi Granato's aunt, so that first Olympic gold in 1998 was really exciting.
2) A bit over a year ago I decided to start learning to play hockey, predominately with a women's hockey league.
3) Around the same time much of, female-heavy, fandom that I'm on the periphery of got into hockey.
So 90% of my hockey experiences involve either women who play hockey, women who are fans of hockey, or men who are supportive of and actively involved in encouraging women's hockey. And, well, mostly people who like what they like and will take no prisoners when someone tries to tell them otherwise.
Weird hockey bubble. I think I'm going to continue to enjoy it.