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"I started playing ice hockey in
Long Island
in 1975 when I was 11 yrs old. We
had just moved back from
Paris
and I saw the boys out there having fun and wanted to play hockey
instead of figure skate. I
played with the boys for awhile and then got kicked off the team
because the boys’ fathers were upset that a girl was taking away from
their sons’ precious ice time. Apparently
they thought the girls got enough time for figure skating and since I
was a girl that was what I should be doing.
Fortunately the next year we moved to
Princeton
and I started to play with the
Nassau
boys’ club team.
Princeton
was much more receptive to a girl hockey player."
J
"I started playing with QHC in 2001.
I had not played since high school and it was something that I
always loved and wanted to do again.
My husband was very supportive and when our kids were no longer
infants he encouraged me to go back and play again."
"I love playing a sport with people who also really enjoy
it. Everyone on the team
is terrific and we have so much fun together. Everyone
supports each other and we have a blast!" |