Ice hockey – among the last male bastions?
As parents, my wife and I always wanted a daughter. So you can well imagine our delight when Jenny came along. In no time, she had us wrapped around her little finger and my wife often jokingly pointed out that I was paying more attention to the new girl in my life than I did to her. Which was true actually; as she grew up, I found I just had to allow her to have her way in most things. Of course, there was a line I would not cross but a ‘pleeeease daddy’ often had me drop all that was doing to get down on my hands and knees pretending to be a horse while she sat on my back and laughed deliriously. I quite enjoyed watching her feminine side evolve as she grew, except when it came to sports.
She turned into an avid admirer of outdoor sports with Ice Hockey given top priority to our utter dismay. You can well imagine our trepidation at letting her play a game where the puck often crossed speeds of 100mph and can easily cause injury. A game where strategy in changing room benches most likely revolved around causing maximum physical harm to the opposing team! We imagined tiny knives that could be concealed in the palm for a quick jab when the referee was not looking being passed around just before a game. Probably part of the training involved secret lessons in mortal combat as well!
Gradually as we learnt the game and we watched her play with children her age, we realised all our parental worry was quite misplaced. Our daughter was quite gifted with her speed, dexterity and power packed shots. There were other parents too with the same concern as us but we all came to accept that slowly girls were making an inroad into a sport that was traditionally dominated by men. And the girls were doing a pretty good job too!
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