{"id":9752,"date":"2023-03-27T18:51:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T18:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/wordpress\/lavie\/?p=9752"},"modified":"2023-03-27T18:51:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T18:51:03","slug":"women-in-hockey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2023\/03\/27\/women-in-hockey\/","title":{"rendered":"Women in hockey"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Alexis McCarney \u201925, staff writer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With March being Women\u2019s History Month, La Vie wanted to look at how women are affected by participating in a male-dominated sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ice hockey is predominately played by men; however, at LVC, a women\u2019s team was established in the 2016-17 season. By comparison, there has been a men\u2019s team on campus since 1998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this sport, women are typically treated differently than men. One of the biggest discrepancies is with basic rules. When trying to gain control of the puck, men are allowed to hit and bodycheck each other; however, it is written in the rules for women that they are not allowed to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are also limited opportunities for young girls to participate in the sport unless they join a boy\u2019s league.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere were not girls\u2019 teams, so I had to play on a boy\u2019s team, but looking back, that was fine,\u201d Mallory Burdick, first-year forward, said. \u201cI had fun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For another team member of the women\u2019s ice hockey team, the experiences were similar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe girl\u2019s program was very small; for my first few seasons, I was on co-ed teams,\u201d Lilly Newcomer, a first-year forward, said. \u201cWhen I was 12, the only girl\u2019s team was 16U, so that was the only option. There are more opportunities now, though.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are a lot of stereotypes in sports in general, ice hockey especially. People seem to think one needs to be big and tough to play the sport, but that can be limiting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is not uncommon for ice hockey players to move for the sport. Burdick and her family moved to Michigan from Florida for her to get some experience on a women\u2019s team, although she also played on a boy\u2019s team in high school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was better because you can hit, and in girl\u2019s hockey, we can\u2019t,\u201d Burdick said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being shot down in a sport that one is passionate about is discouraging, especially as a young child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon\u2019t quit, don\u2019t give up and don\u2019t let the boys tell you [that] you can\u2019t,\u201d Burdick said. \u201cBoys would always try to tell you, \u2018You can\u2019t play because you\u2019re a girl,\u2019 but stay with it and don\u2019t give up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo matter what, keep going,\u201d Newcomer said. \u201cNo matter what anyone says, just keep doing what you want to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Female athletes are often overlooked even if they are doing better than their male counterparts. Young women need to be able to see a representation of themselves in sports; it is very impactful on how they perceive themselves and their sport. Only one example of a professional female ice hockey player came to mind when asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHilary Knight, on the Olympic women\u2019s team, was always [a] spotlight,\u201d Newcomer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being a woman in sports is empowering; it shows that hard work and perseverance are not limited by gender.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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