#minorities in hockey

[annieqattheperipheral]

HER STORY IS INCREDIBLE EVERYONE SIT DOWN AND LEARN FROM THIS QUEEN ⤵️

Kiana Scott, who played minor hockey system for 11 seasons, including four seasons on boys teams, gravitated to scouting from watching her brother’s games and critiquing his strengths and weaknesses.

Unaware of jobs available in hockey, she enrolled in makeup artistry college after high school, but knew her heart was in the sport.

She eventually enrolled in an online hockey general manager scouting course.

Scott joined the International Scouting Service Hockey mentorship program in 2018 and scouted for the service for two years while holding down two jobs.

“I love scouting future prospects, and the evaluation process,” she said. “I think that's kind of where my passion lies. It's just the evaluation process. And it's exciting, building a team.”

Scott spent two seasons as a full-time scout for Erie before she took a bold step and left the organization to move to Calgary and became an independent scout in June 2022.

“I just kept practicing my craft and kind of paid my own way, like, throughout the whole year,” she said. “All of the tickets to every game, all of my travel expenses, everything. I just put all my money into scouting and trying to evolve and then I ended up getting my (Avalanche) internship the next year.”

Scott had some financial help from her family for the move and she supplemented her income by working as a bartender at a Calgary casino, a job with hours that allowed her to scout games.

If all that wasn’t enough, she also enrolled in the University of Florida’s online sports management program.

“I've always had the mindset to just keep betting on myself and working hard and evolving,” she said. “I think I've taken a lot of risks to get to where I am, but I wouldn't try to change the journey for anything.”

Scott said she hopes women, women of color and people who don’t come from a so-called “traditional” hockey background will follow her on the journey.

“I grew up playing hockey, but I didn’t play professional hockey, I didn’t go to college or university for hockey,” she said. “I just had a passion for it. I love scouting. I worked at it, and I continue working at my craft.

“People that don’t necessarily come from the traditional background, I hope they see themselves in me and believe that they can put their minds to it and get it done.”

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The 2024 NHL Draft was as eventful for Kiana Scott as it was for the players who were selected in the seven-round event at Sphere in Las Vegas last month.

The 25-year-old Barrie, Ontario, native signed with the Colorado Avalanche at the draft to become a full-time amateur scout, fulfilling a goal she has had since she was a teenager.

“This is something that I've worked really hard for my whole career to be able to sign my first NHL contract,” Scott said. “I was elated. The Avs have been really good for me the past year, and I’m excited to keep building with them.”

Scott joined the Avalanche after working as an intern for the organization.

Colorado general manager Chris MacFarland said he and executive director of hockey operations Suzanne Borchert “were impressed with her work ethic and her passion."

MacFarland said: “Kiana was on our radar when she was scouting in major junior circuits ... and it worked that a few years ago we had an internship opportunity for her.

“She did a good job in that role and was an integral part of our amateur scouting department. We’re excited to see her contributions moving forward in her full-time role as an amateur scout.”

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Scott made history when she became the first woman scout in the Ontario Hockey League with Erie in March 2020.

She was among the initial of a wave of women who were hired in recent years as scouts at all levels of hockey, including Cammi Granato (Seattle Kraken), Blake Bolden (Los Angeles Kings), Krissy Wendell-Pohl (Pittsburgh Penguins), Meghan Hunter (Chicago Blackhawks), Gabriella Switaj (Anaheim Ducks) and Brigette Lacquette (Chicago Blackhawks).

Granato moved on from Seattle to become an assistant general manager for the Vancouver Canucks on Feb. 10, 2022, and Hunter was promoted to assistant GM by the Blackhawks on June 22, 2022.

“When I first started scouting, I didn’t know of any women in the industry already,” she said. “Cammi Granato got her job with the NHL a year after I started scouting. That’s when I kind of knew it was possible. But I never had anyone to look up to. I just had this dream and the passion for hockey. I knew that I had to the talent and skill to do it, and to try to keep building on them.

"That’s what I’ve always gone off on -- keep evolving, never give up on what you love.”

[tojisun]

“voice” in earlier poems - franz wright

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[starscelly]

aren’t you tired of being nice?? don’t you wanna go crazy???

or, jason robertson set to “all-american bitch”

[kitnita]

ty dellandrea gets five minutes for fighting — SJS vs STL — 12.12.24

[pokemonwearingsportsmerch]

[mitchmrner]

hearing about what happened during the canucks/oilers game

[atwhughesversion]

minor for WHAT my guy is innocent!!!!

[councilestatebarbie]

cant score. cant shoot. cant pass. cant get out the zone. cant defend. cant forecheck. cant not get penalties.

[genx3791]

[pemguims]

begging for someone to do a thorough and critical!! analysis of the intersections of masculinity (toxic and otherwise), misogyny, fan perceptions, the influence of marginalised fans in discussions of players/the game etc. there's so much rich text to discuss and yet so much of the discussion is so shallow. e.g., I think it's a fair point to say players who perhaps are considered more feminine will be subject to different criticisms/abuse (but that in itself ties back to misogyny)

EXACTLYYY!!! like this truly is a very interesting topic and i would absolutely love a good critical deep dive how the misogyny ingrained into ice hockey leads to the phenomenon of male hockey players receiving abuse that stems from misogyny, but thats a topic that absolutely Has To Include Conversations About Women In Hockey.

the conclusion part of that article absolutely kills me

"it would appear nhl hockey players are becoming less stereotypically masculine in todays game" DOES IT ? ON WHAT GROUNDS GIRL! because some guys hve shed a single tear in interviews? bc a handful of guys have talked about mental health? ( dont get me wrong i am not discounting the bravery and the vulnerability it takes for hockeys to talk openly about their mental health struggles, and i truly hope in the future we have more hockeys (and men in general) go to fucking THERAPYYY bc only good can come from that - but that is not the be all end all of this topic !! )

this is such a frustrating article to read . it like almost hits some good points but just completely falls short due to very shallow and fandom-goggle views. like pls ..tell me about the nhl players whose staues looks "depart from traditonal hegemonic masculinity" and still are sexist and homophobic, and how the cycle of abuse and bullying ALL STEMMING FROM MISOGYNY starts when these guys are small children (the fact that junior hockey and the insane lord of the flies mentalities therein are not mentioned in the article floors me) and just continues to roll generation after generation of players . tell me how the homophobia in the nhl and fear of gay people in locker rooms 'perving' on other 'normal straight' players also stems from misogyny; from men being unable to view women as anything other than just sex objects so obviously any gay man would feel exactly the same towards men, and have no morals, no boundaries and no respect towards the people hes attracted to. tell me how women in the sport have had to claw and scratch their way into their positions and are still laughed at and dismissed . tell me about FEMALE hockey players and the disrespect and disregard they have to endure despite preforming on a level with or higher than their male counter parts! for example: the womens canada team won gold at the u18 world championships and i didnt see a single thing about it on Any of the big hockey news sites i follow on instagram!!! imagine writing an entire article about misogyny in ice hockey and not a single time talking about the pwhl, or any female hockey players At All . AND making me read 'edmonton polycule' within the first three sentences. jail!

[oensible]

dubie ducking for cover. the noble screen....

[coffee-at-annies]

We really haven’t had a “can’t trust these boys with sugar” line on the ice in a while and it shows. (Specifically in my heart rate). PO and Picks may not be forwards but the unaccompanied minors energy is unmatched

[starscelly]

as someone who makes an effort to know an insane amnt about his hockey team and archive a bunch etc etc. it’s soo annoying when there’s minor things that are like. literally so unimportant . but i’m deranged and want an answer to. but not enough to do like a deep invasive dive . so i’m just left Wondering..

[rinksrats]

i'm trying to put a playlist together of the best hockey bars because I'm gonna do... something. so if anyone is a bit of a hiphop head or just has a favourite track please hit me up

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[rqsser]

the strong urge to write the most random au’s ever