#team hockey canada

[savagegood]

enemies to lovers? and they were teammates - and roommates? men’s sports have nothing on women’s sports

and this particular guy... cry harder (imagine if women's sports had the funding, visibility and accessibility men's sports are gifted):

[saucingitup]

It hasn’t been easy for many who have come before them. Twenty-six years ago in Nagano when women’s hockey debuted as an official Olympic sport, some media coverage focused more on the sexual orientation of the players than the competition.

But relationships among athletes are slowly gaining a normality in women’s pro sports. In 2021, married couple Allie Quigley and Courtney Vandersloot won a WNBA championship with the Chicago Sky, and they are just one of many couples in the league. 

Women’s sports is undergoing a transformative expansion — new leagues, more money and investment, increased media coverage — and the story of teammates as couples is only going to become more common.

“I've always been the hockey player. But I have a wife and I can be myself. People are coming to the rink and saying thank you for allowing me to be myself,” Poulin says. 

If Poulin has helped make Stacey a better hockey player, Stacey has assisted Poulin in living her most authentic life. 

And in a lot of ways, they have become bigger than the game.

Their late-September wedding at Le Peaches and Cream in Low, Que., is described by many of the 192 family members and friends who were in attendance as the perfect day. Poulin and Stacey both call it “the best day of their lives” — an epic celebration of life and love, the culmination of a relationship that began in 2017 when they locked eyes while swimming at a Team Canada event at Blue Mountain in southern Ontario.

Stacey had just competed in her first world championship, Poulin a decorated champion many times over. They were teammates, but they didn’t really know a lot about one another. 

“A few of us decided to go skinny dipping in the pool at 2 a.m.” Stacey says. “The two of us looked up into the sky at the same time and we saw a shooting star. Our eyes met and we asked each other if we just saw that. Nobody else in the pool saw it or knew what was going on but we saw it. For the rest of that night it was a weird feeling. I had a feeling.

“We always go back to that moment. Even in my wedding vows, that was the thing —that she was the wish I had always dreamed of and I didn’t realize it until now.”

and they were linemates... everybody stop drop and read this article on laura stacey and marie philip-poulin

[nottodayjustin]

December 27th 2024 best hockey tweet of the day

[ourravenboys]

women’s hockey continues to be the gayest and most entertaining sport

[intheupside]

[gyudons]

[hockeyboi]

can vs svk | 23.05.24

[annieqattheperipheral]

new sid gatorade ad for wjc2025

[tiger-balm]

[August 4th 2024] ethan katzberg (22, CAN) pumping up the crowd before his final throw after he's confirmed to have won gold. With huge 84.12m throw in hammer toss, 4.15m further than the next best, he earns canadas first ever gold in the event !

[justbackgroundnoise]

To any Hockey Canada fans who are all bummed that the boys at the world juniors just got knocked out in the quarter finals, fear not! Because the IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship begins THIS Saturday when Canada plays Slovakia at 1:30pm EST! More Canadian hockey! Yay! Support the U18 women and tune in if you’re able!

[nottodayjustin]

January 2nd 2025 best hockey tweet(s) of the day

[goaljuice]

[seaquestions]

it's been my unlucky season, tryna find a way to get to you / for every step i take, you've taken two (id in alt)

[three-headed-monster]

walk-in 12.26.24

[hockeyboi]

post game interview - can vs aut | 14.05.24

[annieqattheperipheral]

Black Life: Untold Stories | episode 6: More Than A Game

pk subban's ig

CBC Gem | Black Life: Untold Stories is an eight-part documentary series that reframes the rich and complex histories of Black experiences in Canada.