corn • 26 • she/her mostly hockey but sometimes other sports pens, boston fleet, and some others @a.corn.field and @cornsobsessions main and ramblings/shows
hi! hello! my name is corn and i like to watch hockey (and many other sports). i'm a born and raised pens fan but several other teams have crept their way into my heart so there will be plenty of them here too. my main is @a-corn-field so any likes, replies, etc come from there and i yell about random things and also shows on @cornsobsessions
most commonly used tags around here are:
#corn watches hockey: for when i am live blogging any game, no matter the team. i use team specific lb tags for each team! (#pens lb for example)
#hockey: for any non lb related hockey posts like gifs, news articles, etc. like lbing, i use team specific tags and sometimes player tags when applicable! (#pittsburgh penguins for example)
#corn rambles: any thoughts and ramblings i may have related to hockey or not
i will inevitably talk about other sports on here (i like them too much not too) and when i do they will follow a similar format!
if you're looking for what this is all about while i still get things going over here, check out these tags but on @cornsobsessions to see!
hi i want to talk about the blatant inequality that the new gender rules of hockey USA may cause. and how this may affect the future of womens hockey.
released on april 1st of this year, usa hockey has released a policy stating that all leagues and teams under it's governance must restrict players to their assigned sex based team (excluding coed leagues and teams). this is not only incredibly disruptive to just trans athletes, but moreso female athletes
as you probably know, hockey is a predominantly male sport, so most local and smaller teams are more likely to be all-male teams. in the past, girls have been able to get around this by joining male teams as a female, playing the same game.
this is no longer possible, and female athletes, even beer league or low level leagues, are restricted to teams, leagues and games that are either female only, or coed. both of which are hard to find and usually are only low level--meaning it restricts a lot of girls and women from playing at a higher level.
most olympic level or professional hockey players in the PWHL were able to reach their level via playing in boys leagues and teams, because girls teams weren't available. with this new policy, it could be harder than ever before for girls to play and access hockey.
despite girls hockey growing exponentially in the past couple of years, this may prove to be a bigger challenge for girls than any actual trans athletes. this ban not arguably harms more athletes
the policy's an act of hostility towards women's sports and gender equality in sports. it may not explicitly state that it will put such barring limitations on women, but it does and will.
She was asked about what she thought about the Fever fans planning an anti-trans rally before the Lynx-Fever game on Sunday, and to wildly paraphrase her very detailed and well put thoughts, she basically goes,
~Everyone has the right to peacefully demonstrate. However, I don't personally agree with their viewpoint and I hope they continue to educate themselves on the issues, because it's interesting that they claim to be supporting women's sports and yet are trying to demonize trans people instead of looking at the actual biggest threat to women's sports: "the cis-gendered men who have held us down for years."
the primary reason women should get more coaching gigs is because they deserve them the 17020372920th reason women should get more coaching gigs is because i think they look really really really hot
the thing about having a team who sucks at baseball is that one or two good games will have you saying shit like “Keep this up and we’ll win the World Series” and some part of you will genuinely believe it
people are reblogging my post about accessibility reforms for pwhl streams and i want to be clear about how egregious the situation is because not only is there ZERO effort put into live caption at all there is also no effort made at all for even post live caption! and im not just talking about the streams of the games either. the only captions available for either of the podcasts is the auto generated ones from youtube which is simply not good or reliable enough. i will commend them for the fact that there seems to be captioning on the videos talking about the current draft class but tbh that is what i would expect them to be doing for a draft class that includes a deaf/hoh* player. like its just so disheartening for something as simple as proper captioning of the podcasts and playbacks of streams isnt thought about :/
The flood of emotions hit Makenna Webster like a tidal wave.
Her longtime dream, once unattainable due to the lack of professional women’s ice hockey opportunities in the U.S., became a reality.
Webster was surrounded by her family and friends, including both her Ohio State field hockey and ice hockey teammates inside her Columbus, Ohio, apartment when she got the call that would change her life.
The Sirens drafted Webster in the third round (No. 17 overall) in the 2025 PWHL draft.
Webster soon after found herself staring down at what she called “one of the hardest decisions” she ever made.
“Growing up, ice hockey was always the dream, that was my passion,” Webster told The Post. “And then later in life, field hockey kind of came around, and more opportunities being on teams with that. I love representing my country and wanting to play for the national team. And the goal is to go to the Olympics.”
U.S. women’s field hockey coach David Passmore let Webster know he has a lot of belief in her and invited her to join the program as soon as possible. That would mean delaying her PWHL career in pursuit of another major ambition.
For someone who always struck a perfect balance between both sports, Webster now had to choose one to commit to full-time. It was either field hockey and the chance to potentially represent her home country at the 2028 Los Angeles Games, or joining the Sirens, which also meant playing alongside close friend Casey O’Brien.
She picked field hockey.
This summer, though, Webster decided it was time to get back on the ice.
She signed a three-year contract with the Sirens, she exclusively told The Post this week. She’ll join a young core featuring O’Brien, Sarah Fillier and Kristýna Kaltounková as New York hopes to make the franchise’s first postseason appearance.
General manager Pascal Daoust knew there was a risk Webster would take time away from the Sirens in pursuit of her dream of making the U.S. field hockey roster for the 2028 Games. But he and the rest of the organization were eager to work with her.
“I won’t surprise anyone by talking about her speed and competitiveness that she brings,” said Daoust, who gushed about Webster’s ability to glide on the ice. “She’s a player that, even if you think that you can beat her with deceptions, she’s gonna be back in your face. She works hard with the puck, she works hard without the puck, she’s someone who will always be active on the ice.”
Webster is rare as a Painite gem.
Amid a trend in which athletes specialize in one sport at young ages, Webster never limited herself.
Ice and field hockey. Soccer. Track. Basketball. You name it.
“As I got older, I still couldn’t decide to play one,” she said.
Remarkably, she excelled at ice and field hockey.
Webster initially began her college ice hockey career at the University of Wisconsin. She transferred to Ohio State a year later to become a two-sport athlete. She’s a two-time NCAA ice hockey champion with Wisconsin in 2021 and Ohio State in 2024, and a three-time All-American in field hockey. She represented the U.S. in both sports as a teenager.
It’s a common misconception that field hockey is just ice hockey on grass. Webster said the sports are completely different. The stickhandling and dribbling are dissimilar. Sure, she said the hand-eye coordination and quick hands translate to both sports, but the motions and muscles used are different.
At Ohio State, her trainers created a hybrid workout she could use to train for both sports simultaneously. She worked on her time management skills to ensure she was pouring as much as she could into every task.
She couldn’t do it alone.
“Honestly, it was really my teammates that would keep me going, would help me out if needed with anything,” Webster said. “Their support truly allowed me to be successful as well to manage everything. And without them, I wouldn’t be able to, wouldn’t have been able to do that, do both sports and be successful in both.”
Webster spent last year in Charlotte, N.C., training with U.S. field hockey. Though that was her focus, she also coached a local youth hockey team, which allowed her ice time.
Her ice hockey training increased dramatically in recent months when she decided she wanted to play next season with the Sirens.
“I was in Australia having some conversations, and I realized I think taking a step back … realizing that there’s two years until the Olympics, maybe playing one season and trying to go back would be the goal,” Webster said. “And let’s say if I don’t make the national team or don’t make the Olympic roster, I’m glad I still played a season of hockey because it would be easier to go back if needed.”
Webster is not on the country’s field hockey roster for next month’s FIH World Cup, but she remains an Olympic hopeful and on Passmore’s radar.
In the meantime, Daoust is happy to have her and believes she’ll fit right in with the Sirens.
“I’m a strong believer in multisport development,” he said. “When you have the opportunity to work with these athletes, they definitely bring consistency, they bring a DNA of someone who is not only talented but committed to being the best that she can be. … That’s part of [the] culture that you want to bring to an organization.”
