obligatory hockey sideblog

Janai • 30s • they/them i follow from starryeyedjanai

[sockenpuppe]

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[thomasmomwell]

can't get over having "is one of the most popular Men’s Hockey RPF writers on Archive of Our Own, with over two million words and twice the page views of the next most popular writer" as your author bio on Penguin Random House dot com. girl at any point as you sat there collating other writers' page views did you doubt yourself or

[gordiehowehatty]

what if we just stopped and extricated ourselves from the hehe haha of hrpf for maybe five minutes and realized that sometimes, maybe, the decision you have made to tradpub the hrpf is THE WRONG ONE and then go back to hehe haha’ing about the hrpf on the hrpf websites and keep it there. where god intended for it to stay.

[bergeronprocess]

I love long term storytelling

[no1staceyfan]

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.

[no1staceyfan]

some notable players who played in boys sports:

abby roque (olympian and pwhl player): played in boys teams for her childhood, and was on her highschool's men's hockey team as the only girl. she also was the only freshman to make varsity hockey, and was alternate captain her senior year.

manon rheaume: played in boys hockey for her youth, also was the first and only woman to play in the NHL

megan keller (golden goal in milano-cortina 26, gold medal olympian, pwhl player): played in boys leagues in her youth as there weren't enough girls teams in her area

caroline harvey (the overall first draft in the 2026 pwhl draft): played boys hockey in her youth, also the first woman to ever practice with an NHL team

marie-philip poulin ("captain clutch", three-time gold winning olympian and regarded as the best hockey player in the world, captain of team canada and the victoire, pwhl player): grew up playing hockey in boys teams.

other notable people: renata fast, erin ambrose, kendall coyne schofield, taylor heise, brianne jenner, blayre turnbull, a lot more!!

[raccoonhockey]

you guys I'm about to throw up

official confirmation from the source

[ahotknife]

there's something so sinister about hockey rpf being used for engagement bait when the national hockey league is so well known for its homophobia and intolerance that somehow in its 100+ year history there has never been one openly gay/out player on a major league hockey team. like 100 whole entire years have passed and not one single man felt safe enough to be himself. but sure every time the notifs slow down let's just whip some willmack out there into the public eye. that oughta do it. i'm sure this has been discussed before i think it's just even weirder in today's climate. like they (the league) are very much using these guys for marketing regardless of what personal feelings they may have on the matter. like the second you sign that contract not only does the nhl own your body but they also own the public narrative about your sexuality and relationships. and they're going to get everyone else in on the joke because they want views/clicks. really weird. what happened to reasonable expectations of privacy. what happened to boundaries. it is literally statistically impossible that there should be zero (0) gay players in your league's entire history + current roster and yet no man has lived his truth for fear of backlash. don't worry y'all it's 2026 we love the gays look at all the colorful tape on our sticks. you freaks and weirdos are totally welcome here. but ☝️ remember that being gay is for other people, and for hockey players it's only okay if it's a joke and/or being flouted for engagement. super awesome great work everyone. let's hit the showers

[loverboyilya]

i had to 😭

[hockeybigbang]

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[hockeybigbang]

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[share-somelove]

<3

[pharmersonly]

ARE WE SEEING THIS

[suokiekko]

everyone's brining up the "we pee together" quote again and i have to say that personally i think the most underrated part about that whole thing is that one video where someone asks them about it and goes "i don't remeber which one of you said it" and jamie instantly goes "i would never say that" like thats fucking peak comedy to me. like i would never say that but this fucking clown of my best friend did and now i can never live that down. they're everything to me truly

[somewhatinvested]

It’s official (7/15/26)

[somewhatinvested]

“liked by trevorzegras” and other things that could mean nothing

[teex]

he got a new contract :))) and he received it without having to be dragged through the nine circles of hell by his gm and missing training camp can u believe??????

[teex]

he got a new contract :))) and he received it without having to be dragged through the nine circles of hell by his gm and missing training camp can u believe??????

[willmackism]

@/EASPORTSNHL: The next generation is here. Macklin Celebrini is the youngest NHL cover athlete in history. Tune in for the #NHL27 Reveal Trailer on July 16 at 11 AM ET.