By : Sami Jo Small 91 days 4 hours 35 minutes ago.
Exactly one year ago, many of the elite players in Canada, including myself, received news via emails that our league was folding. The former NWHL, the league started after the inaugural Olympics in 1998 as a place for us to hone our skills and to be able to play against the best players in the world, was suddenly no longer.
The former owners of the NWHL teams decided to take a hiatus for the 2007-2008 season to determine how they could make the league profitable — and I don't blame them.
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By : Sami Jo Small 93 days 14 hours 43 minutes ago.
Women's hockey has been witness to some pretty controversial cuts or releases over the years, but none have made me shake my head in such disbelief as the recent release from Team Canada of superstar Vicky Sunohara.
One person doesn't necessarily make a championship team but Vicky was definitely sorely missed at the recent World Women's Hockey Championships in Harbin, China.
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By : Sami Jo Small 100 days 15 hours 44 minutes ago.
The NHL may be right in the middle of playoffs, but the women's hockey season has officially drawn to a close.
The players on Canada's National Team finally have a chance for a little R&R. After a season of training sessions, long bus rides, and airing our equipment out in the back of our cars, we finally have a couple of weeks to let our bodies morph into a relaxed state until fitness testing begins our next season in the middle of May.
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By : Sami Jo Small 111 days 2 hours 55 minutes ago.
I wasn't really sure how I'd feel watching the Canadian Team at the Women's World Hockey Championships just recently in Harbin, China. When I got cut from the team for the first time in ten years at the beginning of March, I vowed I'd never watch Team Canada play, let alone cheer for them.
I was angry, I was bitter and I was upset. That was supposed to be my spot, my team and my adventure. After the news I cried, I threw things and I moped, but in the agony something amazing happened.
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By : Sami Jo Small 114 days 6 hours 1 minute ago.
"Dear Mom & Dad, I have officially become a blogger!"
A Stanford education, a degree in Mechanical Engineering and now I'm a blogger. Who would've ever thought that my pursuits would lead me to writing? But here I am. I am now officially a member of the Hockey.com team and this latest pursuit in my life is pretty exciting for me.
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