Here's the great Red Fisher's take on women being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. It's published today in the Montreal Gazette.
I have no daughters, but I've always wondered why cities find it necessary to have entirely different organizations for female minor hockey - the Devilettes in London, for example. Why can't existing minor hockey organizations offer all-female teams and leagues? Why does the pool of talented volunteers have to be spread more thinly and why do families with sons and daughters who like the sport have to be split in different directions?
I realize that many girls start off with their community associations but either drop the sport or join a female-only organization when the boys start gaining a physical advantage.
But wouldn't having all youth hockey, male and female, under one organizational umbrella solve a lot of problems ranging from spats over prime ice time to declining overall numbers?
And wouldn't it help to raise the world stage elite female game beyond its current AAA boys level?
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