lowkey [way too into] hockey

/ alyssa pens, stars, avs, oh my i write sins + tragedies [ requests open ] mobile fic masterlist+ prompt list

[ticklefighthockey]

I’m sorry but the nate ‘high knees’ story is like the funniest canon story I’ve ever heard in my life. imagine meeting your childhood hero for the first time and right before he arrives your mutual trainer tells you to do high knees and then just doesn’t tell you to stop. you’re fifteen and your trainer is standing there shooting the shit with his good friend and longtime client, who also happens to be the object of your most fervent teenage crush, and all the while you’re doing high knees in the background because you’re too scared to ask if you should stop, and also you want to impress sidney crosby with your high knees and your commitment to the sport of hockey. fic writers couldn’t make this shit up we can only laugh until we cry

[9116]

i have uploaded to google drive the episodes of the quest for the st*nley c*p for those who are being geoblocked from watching it 🌻 watch or d*wnload them here

[lowkeyhockey]

Can wait for part 2 of miros story

oh my god, i can’t believe there’s someone still waiting on that :’DD thank you, you’re so beyond sweet!

tbh i dropped tumblr writing when things got busy for me because i thought no one’s really interested, but i’d love to do more for my existing stories

[lowkeyhockey]

im...so sad

like, it wasn’t a surprise, it absolutely shouldn’t be a surprise with the injuries they have, but. still.

[lowkeyhockey]

though on that note, someone up there really saw that i have both stars and avs as my #2 teams and went “bet”

[lowkeyhockey]

im...so sad

like, it wasn’t a surprise, it absolutely shouldn’t be a surprise with the injuries they have, but. still.

[bjugstad27]

on racism in hockey

Readings:

Hockey is not for Everyone - Akim Aliu

Silence is Violence - Mark Fraser  

Joel Ward on What the Hockey Diversity Alliance Can Accomplish - Mike Johnston 

Sarah Nurse Urges Fellow Canadians Not to Suppress Our Black History - Thomas Ketko 

NHL Exec. Kim Davis on Racism in Hockey and Growing the Game - Jerry Bembry 

NHL Needs Action, Not Words, on Racial Injustice - Greg Wyshynski

Kevin Weekes: NHL Needs to Get Real About Inequality - Emily Kaplan

For NHL, the Battle to Eradicate Racism in the Sport Continues -Helene Elliot 

Anthony Duclair’s Protest, Racism in Minor Hockey, and More - Brandon Maki

Jospeh Opens Up About Racism, Protests 

‘What the Hell are You Doing Here?’ A Conversation With Black Hockey Fans - Mark Lazerus 

Evander Kane on White NHLers Addressing Racism: We Need ‘Strength in Numbers’ - Ryan S Clark 

Why White NHLers are Calling out Racism Now: ‘Hit Me So Deep That I Was Angry’ - Ryan S Clark 

We Need to be Loud, We need to be Unflinching - Erik Gudbranson

‘It Can’t Just be Their Fight’: Why Blake Wheeler is Speaking out Against Racism - Murat Ates 

Rethinking Canada Through Indigenous Hockey - McKegney and Auksi

Videos: 

How Racism in Hockey Affects Indigenous Communities 

How Racism Affects Hockey Culture 

Iginla on Racism in Hockey

A Roundtable on Racism with NHL Players  

Black Ice: African-Canadians and Hockey  

Soul on Ice: Past, Present, and Future  

Akim Aliu Sits Down For A One-On-One With Ron MacLean 

Ryan Reaves Talks About Hockey in the Black Community 

Is Hockey Having a Moment of Reckoning? 

The Conversation: Improving Representation And Shedding Bias In Hockey & The NHL 

[cjjackson70]

Articles:

Hockey Is For Everyone, Or Is It? - Nicole Giordano with R. Renee Hess

As hockey confronts its racism problem, why have so many NHL players remained silent? - Hemal Jhaveri

Everything wrong with the New York Islanders statement on George Floyd - Hemal Jhaveri

Nihilism and White Bliss in America’s Most Livable City; On Pittsburgh, the canonization of Mario Lemieux, and stories white progressives like to tell - Casey Taylor

Here’s what happens when you proclaim “Black Lives Matter” in the whitest sport in America - Rebecca Renee Hess

Only the puck was black: a story of race and the NHL - Gilman W. Whiting

The significance of a Stanley Cup champion named Devante - Clinton Yates

Current and former NHLers are calling for greater transparency as the GTHL keeps secret its data on penalties called for discriminatory slurs - Rick Westhead

NHL20 has a racism problem, and EA needs to address it -  Jeff Veillette

Kevin Weekes: NHL needs to get real about racial inequality - Emily Kaplan

BLACK HOCKEY ROUNDTABLE: TALKING RACISM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE SPORT with David Amber, Blake Bolden, Grant Fuhr, Kwame Mason, and Sarah Nurse - Matt Larkin

Policy Paper for Anti-Racism in Canadian Hockey

‘We are gathered. We are here.’ Welcome to Black Girl Hockey Club - Kim Brunhuber

Books: 

Black Ice: The Val James Story - Valmore James & John Gallagher

Videos:

A critical look at social justice in women’s hockey, past, present, & future - Erica L. Ayala 

PART ONE: Exploring systemic racism with Blake Bolden & Allie Thunstrom. - Erica L. Ayala

PART TWO: Exploring systemic racism with Blake Bolden & Allie Thunstrom. - Erica L. Ayala

New episode of Social Justice in Women’s Hockey by Erica L. Ayala premieres Wednesday, June 9, 2020 at 8:30 pm ET with Saroya Tinker discusses “white gaze” and racism in Canada

A BGHC Community Event: Renee Hess and Saroya Tinker talk race, hockey and BLM

Podcasts:

Redvolution Rampage: The Color of Hockey with Hockey Coach Derrick Henderson, Ayo Adeniye, Malcolm Hayes, and Darius Kirksey

Bardown Beauties: #Sticktosports - Guest Erica L. Ayala

The End of Sport: Episode 16: Racism, Rebellion, and the Sport Media Complex with Hemal Jhaveri

TXHT: A Conversation with Saroya Tinker

Japers’ Rink Radio: Hockey Must Do Better with Marie Smith & Chris Watkins

Further Education & Involvement: 

Anti-Racism in Sports Resources Google Doc

FOLLOW BLACK GIRL HOCKEY CLUB

[makaeru]

I love hockey goaltenders because here's a six foot side of beef who can do the splits, he's basically bubble wrapped, and if you so much as look at him wrong his team will justifiably murder you.

[kreiderrider]

TAG YOUR FIRST ROUND ALLEGIANCES

WEST

Vegas Golden Knights vs. Chicago Blackhawks

Colorado Avalanche vs. Arizona Coyotes

Dallas Stars vs. Calgary Flames

St. Louis Blues vs. Vancouver Canucks

EAST

Philadelphia Flyers vs. Montreal Canadiens

Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Columbus Blue Jackets

Washington Capitals vs. New York Islanders

Boston Bruins vs. Carolina Hurricanes

[kiramartinauthor]

When you're writing and you suddenly realize you don't know what happens next

[taraljc]

When you’re writing and you suddenly realise you DO know what happens next

[justahappycloud]

When you’re writing and you realise you have to write what happens next

[spicychestnut]

Reblogging again because always relevant.

[vashthestampede-deactivated2020]

reblog with the best part of a mans body (tits, ass, dick, whatever) and your star sign i promise these are connected

[femcassidy]

basically if youre in the place to educate yourself on these topics and you arent

a prison abolitionist,

a harm reductionist,

for decriminilization,

and giving the land back

i really do not think your assertions of “ACAB” or “be gay do crimes” or “revolution” hold much weight

[femcassidy]

this is getting a lot of questions that could be solved with a google search into any of these topics, so i just want to respond with my own that isn’t: if you advocate for abolishing the police force but don’t support prison abolition for [x] reason—what happens to prisons in a post-police society?

[femcassidy]

you might come up with several answers here.

shit, i don’t know. we need prisons as prisons are to A) withhold certain people from harming their communities, B) punish certain people, C) kill certain people.

uh, i guess i can kind of answer this. the criminal justice system still exists. why don’t we just leave those people in charge? they’re not cops! and we should definitely let people who have committed non-violent offenses go. drug charges are stupid.

ok, i feel a little more confident answering this. we need to change the prison model for the better and follow the example of countries with restorative justice practices. incarcerated people need better access to healthcare and education, as well as access to opportunifies post-prison so that they are less likely to face reincarceration.

wait. if we’re abolishing the police for upholding white supremacy and terrorizing marginalized communities, we need to abolish a lot of shit. restorative justice sounds cool, i agree with that guy above. but shouldn’t these efforts be run by the communities affected? wasn’t the problem a white supremacist state? wasn’t the goal community terrorism? wasn’t the power taken out of our hands, especially the hands of people being systematically criminalized? i think i have things to read about.

anyway, whatever your conclusion: here are some things to read about.

darkness matters: on the surveillance of blackness by simone brown

are prisons obsolete? by angela davis

the law is a white dog by colin dayan

gendering the carceral state: african american women, history, and the criminal justice system by kali n gross and cheryl d hicks

“indigenous space and decolonizing prison abolition” from the final straw radio podcast (this is an episode of a podcast featuring ni frontiers ni prison, an indigenous prison abolitionist group)

migra! a history of the us border control by kelly lyle hernandez

disability incarcerated by liat ben-moshe and allison c carey

queer (in)justice by joey l mogul, andrea j ritchie, and kay whitlock

crazy in america: the hidden tragedy of our criminalized mentally ill by mary beth pfeiffer

inventing the savage: the social construction of native american criminality by luana ross

criminal justice facts posted by the sentencing project

is prison necessary? an article featuring ruth wilson gilmore & explaining prison abolition to children who were very good at asking “but what about [x]?” questions

and here’s an FAQ about prison abolition by people against prisons aotearoa

and then another collection of links by the marshall project.

if you have trouble getting ahold of any reading materials i can usually find you a pdf if you DM me. if you need epub i can’t guarantee i can get one for you, but i can try.

[fagflint]

pirates really had it going on man...... high waisted skinny jean lookin ass pants........ loose fitting and often deep cut shirts........ tall boots.... the belts.... swords....... long hair a lot.......... where did it all go........

[artanticaa]

I miss them :(

[anzekopistar]

Brady Tkachuk runs into Zach Hyman who proceeds to contemplate punching a teenager

OTT vs TOR | 2/6/19

[anzekopistar]

Bonus gif of just Zach trying to remember that he shouldn’t punch a teenager

[christinedieae]

[bjugstad27]

on racism in hockey

Readings:

Hockey is not for Everyone - Akim Aliu

Silence is Violence - Mark Fraser  

Joel Ward on What the Hockey Diversity Alliance Can Accomplish - Mike Johnston 

Sarah Nurse Urges Fellow Canadians Not to Suppress Our Black History - Thomas Ketko 

NHL Exec. Kim Davis on Racism in Hockey and Growing the Game - Jerry Bembry 

NHL Needs Action, Not Words, on Racial Injustice - Greg Wyshynski

Kevin Weekes: NHL Needs to Get Real About Inequality - Emily Kaplan

For NHL, the Battle to Eradicate Racism in the Sport Continues -Helene Elliot 

Anthony Duclair’s Protest, Racism in Minor Hockey, and More - Brandon Maki

Jospeh Opens Up About Racism, Protests 

‘What the Hell are You Doing Here?’ A Conversation With Black Hockey Fans - Mark Lazerus 

Evander Kane on White NHLers Addressing Racism: We Need ‘Strength in Numbers’ - Ryan S Clark 

Why White NHLers are Calling out Racism Now: ‘Hit Me So Deep That I Was Angry’ - Ryan S Clark 

We Need to be Loud, We need to be Unflinching - Erik Gudbranson

‘It Can’t Just be Their Fight’: Why Blake Wheeler is Speaking out Against Racism - Murat Ates 

Rethinking Canada Through Indigenous Hockey - McKegney and Auksi

Videos: 

How Racism in Hockey Affects Indigenous Communities 

How Racism Affects Hockey Culture 

Iginla on Racism in Hockey

A Roundtable on Racism with NHL Players  

Black Ice: African-Canadians and Hockey  

Soul on Ice: Past, Present, and Future  

Akim Aliu Sits Down For A One-On-One With Ron MacLean 

Ryan Reaves Talks About Hockey in the Black Community 

Is Hockey Having a Moment of Reckoning? 

The Conversation: Improving Representation And Shedding Bias In Hockey & The NHL 

[cjjackson70]

Articles:

Hockey Is For Everyone, Or Is It? - Nicole Giordano with R. Renee Hess

As hockey confronts its racism problem, why have so many NHL players remained silent? - Hemal Jhaveri

Everything wrong with the New York Islanders statement on George Floyd - Hemal Jhaveri

Nihilism and White Bliss in America’s Most Livable City; On Pittsburgh, the canonization of Mario Lemieux, and stories white progressives like to tell - Casey Taylor

Here’s what happens when you proclaim “Black Lives Matter” in the whitest sport in America - Rebecca Renee Hess

Only the puck was black: a story of race and the NHL - Gilman W. Whiting

The significance of a Stanley Cup champion named Devante - Clinton Yates

Current and former NHLers are calling for greater transparency as the GTHL keeps secret its data on penalties called for discriminatory slurs - Rick Westhead

NHL20 has a racism problem, and EA needs to address it -  Jeff Veillette

Kevin Weekes: NHL needs to get real about racial inequality - Emily Kaplan

BLACK HOCKEY ROUNDTABLE: TALKING RACISM INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE SPORT with David Amber, Blake Bolden, Grant Fuhr, Kwame Mason, and Sarah Nurse - Matt Larkin

Policy Paper for Anti-Racism in Canadian Hockey

‘We are gathered. We are here.’ Welcome to Black Girl Hockey Club - Kim Brunhuber

Books: 

Black Ice: The Val James Story - Valmore James & John Gallagher

Videos:

A critical look at social justice in women’s hockey, past, present, & future - Erica L. Ayala 

PART ONE: Exploring systemic racism with Blake Bolden & Allie Thunstrom. - Erica L. Ayala

PART TWO: Exploring systemic racism with Blake Bolden & Allie Thunstrom. - Erica L. Ayala

New episode of Social Justice in Women’s Hockey by Erica L. Ayala premieres Wednesday, June 9, 2020 at 8:30 pm ET with Saroya Tinker discusses “white gaze” and racism in Canada

A BGHC Community Event: Renee Hess and Saroya Tinker talk race, hockey and BLM

Podcasts:

Redvolution Rampage: The Color of Hockey with Hockey Coach Derrick Henderson, Ayo Adeniye, Malcolm Hayes, and Darius Kirksey

Bardown Beauties: #Sticktosports - Guest Erica L. Ayala

The End of Sport: Episode 16: Racism, Rebellion, and the Sport Media Complex with Hemal Jhaveri

TXHT: A Conversation with Saroya Tinker

Japers’ Rink Radio: Hockey Must Do Better with Marie Smith & Chris Watkins

Further Education & Involvement: 

Anti-Racism in Sports Resources Google Doc

FOLLOW BLACK GIRL HOCKEY CLUB

[dathen]

On twitter I’m seeing dozens of threads from Black activists warning people against burnout, giving all sorts of useful tips about preventing and managing it for the sake of a long-term, sustainable effort.

On tumblr I’m seeing a hell of a lot of young white kids yelling at anyone who actually follows those steps, and acting like burnout is a moral falling rather than a well-proven psychological phenomenon.

Be careful who you get your information from. Don’t let guilt lead you to make choices that will harm both you and the movement.

[nilzhoglander-deactivated202303]

I’m going to reblog this again since I see more individuals are inquiring about burnout prevention tips in the notes and it’s why I sought out this resource. I hope it helps you!

source

[madathockey]

Do you want an edit like the one above? Do you want a custom icon or header image for your blog? Maybe you just want a gifset of your favorite goal or fight? What about a phone background?

Well, I’m doing some commissions for it. The catch? You’re not giving me any money.  What I’m asking is the following:

You donate at least 10 dollars to a Black Lives Matter initiative. This could be a bail fund, BLM directly, or local initiatives.  Then you screenshot your donation and shoot me a DM with your request and I’ll get to work! (Please specify what you want in terms of edit/icon/header/gifset) That’s it! Please note that I will not be doing edits or requests that involve players that have spoken out against BLM (Landeskog/Eichel) or have history of abuse towards minorities or women. (Voynov, Kane, Watson, Matthews, D’Angelo, B. Lemeiux)

If you can’t donate, please consider sharing this! Thanks!