queeraspuck

keeping track of that queer hockey content

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laura stacey & marie-philip poulin

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i love you brown household

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PWHL_Toronto: Game One fits are GIVING. 🤩

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The NHL: we’re banning pride tape

Travis Dermott: no you’re not

The NHL: no we’re not

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scotty 😭

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he says, ‘i see u homophobes and fuck y’all’ in the most zach hyman way possible

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hilary knight if you read this im free on thursday night and would like to hang out.

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NHL prospect Luke Prokop announces he’s gay, ESPN, 19 July 2021

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“when I think about the feeling of being free, that was the closest I think I’ve been to it so far.”

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'This is who I am': Predators prospect Luke Prokop comes out

Former pro player Brock McGillis says he "can’t wait to see what this kid does with that weight off his shoulders.’’

Luke Prokop was driving his car, so he couldn’t totally freak out.

But man, what he was feeling at the moment.

The 2020 third-round draft pick of the Nashville Predators was on a call with the NHL club’s key front office people including GM David Poile.

Their message to Prokop? They were all proud of him. They had his back. He didn’t have to worry about anything.

“When I think about the feeling of being free, that was the closest I think I’ve been to it so far,” Prokop, 19, said.

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Good for him!

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Madison and Anya Packer had their baby today!

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Out In The Open

What’s your deepest fear? What’s your darkest secret? How long have you lived in fear? How long have you gone protecting a secret? Everyone talks about being transparent and out in the open these d…

A dressing room can be an incredibly lonely and dark place for any player who doesn’t conform to hockey’s culture.

“I felt like an outcast,” confessed Duplessis.

Duplessis’ life as he knew it started to unravel. The skilled winger knew he had to protect his secret at all cost.

“Obviously at that point I couldn’t tell my teammates I was gay.”

“It was very hard,” admitted Duplessis when asked about protecting his secret.

“I didn’t want to say something or do something that would reveal that I was gay.”

“It was like an act, I wasn’t myself.”

The once outgoing fun-loving kid who sat at the back of the bus with “the boys” became a recluse.

Duplessis started to push everyone away. He welcomed the solitude, but deep down hated every second of it.

The fear of someone finding out his secret haunted his thoughts; his only escape was playing the game he loved.

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17-year-old junior hockey player hopes his coming out will inspire others | CBC News

Moncton Flyers forward Yanic Duplessis's mission is to inspire courage in others. He says his sexuality "shouldn't be a big deal."

As Quebec Major Junior Hockey League players gear up for a season they hope will change their lives, a goal-scoring 17-year-old New Brunswicker decided not to wait for the puck to drop before changing his.

Yanic Duplessis, an elite-level player who was drafted by the QMJHL's Drummondville Voltigeurs in 2019, revealed he is gay earlier this week.

In the hockey world, that qualifies as significant news. One of the reasons the native of Saint-Antoine, N.B., decided to step forward is to help make such announcements unremarkable.

"It was a struggle for me, and it shouldn't be," he said in an interview with CBC's Quebec AM, later adding "it shouldn't be a big deal."

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i haven’t seen any english articles about this, but i kinda just wanted to share that in denmark, hockey player jon lee-olsen (who is also poc) is making headlines for coming out as gay on national tv. he’s the first danish (male) pro athlete who’s come out during an active career, and the third hockey player on a global plan. he’s already received lots support from his team, danish ice hockey union and national team captain peter regin, saying he’s a huge inspiration. (x, x)

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@ jason zucker and his wife throwing a pride party for their kids you’re doing amazing

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gritty at philly pride