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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

[cornwatcheshockey]

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!

[lesbiannieism]

for anyone who isn't aware, wnba players have been speaking out recently about the abuse they've been receiving online from sports betters who bet on them and weren't happy with the outcomes of the games. notably, chelsea gray blasted a guy who called her a racial slur because she didn't score as many points as he bet she would, and courtney williams posted a voice note of her response to a guy who said some absolutely vile stuff to her

i know most of the wnba fans on here are more casual watchers, but it's still something i think everyone who pays attention to the league should be aware of because it's astounding how many comments i've seen saying that the players should just suck it up because that comes with the territory and all athletes have to deal with it. while it's true that this problem is by no means unique to the wnba, that doesn't mean it's okay or that players should have to tolerate harassment and bigotry (i swear every single one of these comments is overtly racist, misogynistic, and/or homophobic)

if the league is going to openly endorse sports betting, partner with betting platforms, and actively promote betting during every single commercial break, then it NEEDS to also take measures to protect its players from the vitriol that betting inspires. personally i think it's incredibly fucked up that sports leagues are endorsing betting at all, but that's a conversation for another day. natasha cloud said it well when she was interviewed about it: if the wnba wants to endorse betting for the sake of financial growth, fine, but that cannot come at the expense of the players, and cathy needs to step up and protect them (in this way and so many more). elizabeth williams (secretary of the players’ association) said that there’s a meeting scheduled to discuss the issue with cathy soon, but i honestly don’t know how much we can expect to come from it

[jaynejezebelle]

8/8 teams complete!

I humbly request no more future teams be allowed to use the color blue (you’re on thin ice San Jose).

[cornwatcheshockey]

wait did i miss an announcement about the 84 game season?? what did they add

[coffee-at-annies]

It’s a part of the updates from the last cba negotiation finally going into effect. they took 2 games away from preseason to update the schedule so it’s more regular season games but the same amount of games overall. It why the season is starting September 30th and the Pens home opener is October 3rd.

As for what they changed, it’s mostly matchup weighting. There’s now a guaranteed 4 games for divisional opponents, 3 for in-conference opponents, and 2 for opponents in the other conference. So the Penguins will play everyone in metro 4 times (2 home, 2 away), everyone in the atlantic division 3 times (split 1, 2 for home/away but it differs per team/opponent who gets the 2 home vs the 2 away), and everyone in the western conference twice (1 home, 1 away).

[werewolf-transgenderism]

reminiscing upon that absolutely fucking insane shootout goal from Müller against the Sirens like that was craaaaazyyyyyyy work

[werewolf-transgenderism]

^ this one

[cornwatcheshockey]

wait did i miss an announcement about the 84 game season?? what did they add

[glovesdown]

Hockey Asks!

How/when did you get into hockey?

Are you a fan of any other sports?

Do/did you or anyone close to you play hockey?

Has hockey inspired you to try any new activities (e.g. learning to skate)?

If you’re a fan for a team in a city you don’t live in, how did you pick them? If you’re a fan of your local team, do you follow any non-local teams?

Do you go to games? If so, what’s your favorite part of seeing them in-person?

Are you a fan of any fictional hockey media, or just the real thing?

Do you collect merchandise or memorabilia (cards, pucks, jerseys etc)?

What is a moment from a game you’ll always remember watching live?

Do you watch games alone or with others (irl or virtual)?

If you had to add a color to your team’s color scheme, what would it be?

What’s the weirdest place you’ve watched a game?

Have you ever met any players, either by chance or at team signing–type events?

Have you gotten anyone else into hockey?

If you had to commentate a game, would you rather do play-by-play or color?

If you could change, add, or remove a rule from the game, what would it be?

Have you started using any hockey slang in other contexts?

Do you sacrifice sleep to watch games at late/early hours?

Do you have a favorite ultra-specific hockey stat?

What is your favorite jersey from a team you're not a fan of?

Should [insert league here] expand? If so, where do you want the next team?

What is your most hockey player–esque habit irl?

What is one overused question you wish you could make beat reporters stop asking?

Would you rather work for your team's social media (pitch/produce content) or general management (have a say in trades/drafting)?

What is your favorite thing about watching hockey?

[shesgaymarcus]

yet again wondering when the p-dub will get more butch

[dilftanger]

can i say something

[dilftanger]

many people give the nfl a lot of shit for the injury and concussion rates but like. the nhl has a very comparable rate of injury and concussion and doesn’t acknowledge it + has a much worse culture around it. the nfl is by no means perfect but they are working to improve the gear to help players (see the guardian helmets for example, as well as helmet designs per position) meanwhile the nhl doesn’t seem to give a fuck about it’s players’ safety at all as we’ve seen time and again.

now think very carefully about why the nfl may be viewed as more violent and injurious as a sport..

[tmobilepark]

ok. census time! because i feel like i have no idea what nhl/pwhl teams actually have a community with a presence on here. teams will be alphabetical by proper name across 4 polls. pleaseeeee don't vote in multiple polls!! i'm specifically trying to measure what people consider their "main" community on here (not necessarily the team you root for irl). you can pick one; i believe in you!! (click "show results" if you're curious about other polls)

no nuance. what side of hockey tumblr are you (mostly) on? (1/4)

avalanche

blackhawks

blue jackets

blues

bruins

canadiens

canucks

capitals

charge

detroit (pwhl)

devils

show results

Remaining time: 17 hours 10 minutes

[tmobilepark]

2/4

ducks

flames

fleet

flyers

frost

golden knights

goldeneyes

hamilton (pwhl)

hurricanes

islanders

jets

show results

Remaining time: 17 hours 11 minutes

[tmobilepark]

3/4

kings

kraken

las vegas (pwhl)

lightning

mammoth

maple leafs

oilers

panthers

penguins

predators

rangers

show results

Remaining time: 17 hours 12 minutes

[tmobilepark]

4/4

red wings

sabres

san jose (pwhl)

senators

sceptres

sharks

sirens

stars

torrent

victoire

wild

show results

Remaining time: 17 hours 14 minutes

​ok done. yay! if you reblog this long ass post i will owe you my life

[saviorified]

when a woman points out that sports fans hate women and sports leagues hate women and athletes hate women people will often go "just watch women's sports" and it's a stupid fucking response every single time

[saviorified]

women should be respected in every single sports space, none of these structural issues are solved by just ... sending them somewhere else + the way people say this always comes across as demeaning; watching womens sports is worthwhile on its own, it shouldn’t be prescribed as exile for women who notice that the wider sports world hates them

[ntshastark]

Some of my favourite non-football WC26 moments (so far) [3/?] - the 'technically kinda football' edition

[devilspenguins]

saw this on reddit and instagram. tough choice...

[briannejenners]

PWHL AND E.L.F. PARTNER WITH WOMEN OF COLOUR HOCKEY COLLECTIVE TO HELP 200+ GIRLS STAY IN THE GAME EACH YEAR

NEW YORK AND TORONTO – The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) and e.l.f. Beauty, a league partner since the inaugural PWHL season, ha

3 day free hockey camp for girls of colour with Sophie Jaques, Mikyla Grant-Mentis and Jade Iginla coaching

[passengerprincipessa]

i’m so tired of being told that what female fans want in men’s sports is more fashion and champagne and over the top displays of wealth and wag content when really what women want is, like, a sport where the managers and players and marketers and male fans aren’t raging misogynists

[happydivorce]

the first thing u need to understand about athletes is that they are cringe losers bc they skipped school in hopes of never having to work a real job. the second thing you need to understand abt athletes is that they are first and foremost workers whose years of lucrative labour are capped by the very real limit that the strain of that selfsame work puts on their bodies which means they retire at an age before most people's careers even really take off and are expected to get by for the rest of their lives on the money they earned those few years. the third thing you need to understand is that they want to fuck their coworker.

[mateymedialunas]

i think one of my favourite things about watching sports (beyond the sport itself) is the magical thinking, the way every spectator feels responsible for the success of the team. the people who are physically there need to sing and scream as loud as possible but then everyone at home has their little rituals. who's to say if the goal we scored was because the players know how to play or because i refused to go to the bathroom, this friend of a friend in rio sat down to watch the game for the first time in his life, these dudes in lanús lit a candle, my cat walked into the room, this woman in caballito did an intention ritual to cure the evil eye, my coworkers in núñez switched seats, a friend froze their goalie. i mean clearly the first option but i think it's (1) hilarious that this kind of magical thinking seems to be largely unavoidable (2) a lot of fun. we're all doing our part ❤️