Hayley Wickenheiser sees no barriers for women in hockey

[doniceage]

When Hayley Wickenheiser talks, people listen.

She’s the most recognized figure in women’s hockey, and one of the most recognizable in the sport worldwide. She won Olympic gold four times for Canada and has been breaking down barriers since 1998, when she participated in the Philadelphia Flyers’ rookie camp at age 19 at the invitation of then-GM Bobby Clarke.


https://www.thestar.com/sports/hocke...in-hockey.html

[Devlin]

Goaltender possibly. Forward or D, tough, lack of upper body strength. Someone will give it a try, i wish them luck.

[30ranfordfan]

We're probably much closer to the day when a woman is an assistant coach (or GM?) in the NHL, than we are the day when Manon Rheaume played a period for Tampa Bay.

If you get a few in assistant positions.... it's then only a matter of time before one becomes head coach, somewhere.

To coach well, you need to understand the game. I think for the most part... hockey still has it ingrained in its collective head that you have to have played the game in order to understand it. Aside from locker room culture (you probably really do need to have experienced it, to get it) I've never believed that to be true. You're seeing more and more people get hired by organizations that don't have any professional hockey experience (as a player) so a shift in that mentality is happening. That bodes well for the chances of woman getting higher profile jobs in pro-hockey.