from Emily Sadler of Sportsnet,
Saying a woman is powerful in the game of hockey today can mean so many different things.
It can mean she laces up the skates, elevates the competition, and empowers others to follow suit. It can mean she strides into an office and takes her seat at the decision-makers’ table. It can mean she calls the shots in a broadcast booth or a boardroom. However it’s earned and then exercised, though, having power is about bringing people together, generating ideas that push the game forward and holding the keys to the future.
Hockey is always changing, so it should be no surprise that the barriers and boundaries around who wields power in the sport have changed, too. In 1956, a nine-year-old named Abby Hoffman had to cut her hair — and trim her name — so teammates and opponents wouldn’t know “Ab” was actually a girl. Today, girls hockey is one of the fastest-growing sports in North America and women are hitting the ice at NHL All-Star Weekend....1. Kendall Coyne Schofield
ON JAN. 24, 20 of the best women’s hockey players on the planet gathered in St. Louis for a game of 3-on-3 on the NHL all-star stage. That doesn’t happen without Kendall Coyne Schofield.
One year earlier in San Jose, Coyne Schofield became the first woman to compete in the NHL All-Star Skills Competition, completing the Fastest Lap event in a blazing-fast 14.346 seconds. It was clear, even in her first three explosive strides, that what Coyne Schofield did that night was about so much more than a lap around the rink. In just over 14 seconds, she accomplished what her predecessors and peers have been fighting for their entire careers: she created a platform, a voice, an opportunity and a spotlight under which to shine.
And what she’s done with that platform in the two years since has made the Team USA captain the most powerful woman in hockey today....
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