I saw the film The Town today. There's a scene at the end that is set in a Boys and Girls' Club hockey rink. Both girls and boys are shown playing, and I liked how there was nothing about this that was made to seem unusual. It may be the first time I've ever seen girls play hockey in a major film release. It's a very short scene, and has nothing to do with the rest of the movie, but it was nice to see.
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Originally posted by PrincetonFan View PostI saw the film The Town today. There's a scene at the end that is set in a Boys and Girls' Club hockey rink. Both girls and boys are shown playing, and I liked how there was nothing about this that was made to seem unusual. It may be the first time I've ever seen girls play hockey in a major film release. It's a very short scene, and has nothing to do with the rest of the movie, but it was nice to see.
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Originally posted by PrincetonFan View PostI saw the film The Town today. There's a scene at the end that is set in a Boys and Girls' Club hockey rink. Both girls and boys are shown playing, and I liked how there was nothing about this that was made to seem unusual. It may be the first time I've ever seen girls play hockey in a major film release. It's a very short scene, and has nothing to do with the rest of the movie, but it was nice to see.Toe Blake On goalies: "You get four goals off them, or five, but the goal you've got to have to win, somehow the great ones don't let you get it.”
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Originally posted by IceIsNice View PostActually, in Charlestown, East Boston, and other sections around the greater Boston area, girls hockey goes way back. My cousin who is in her mid-fifties (yeah, she'd shoot me for noting her age, but anyway...) used to play on an East Boston club team, 40 years ago. Not so unusual around these parts!
The Brown Varsity team was the first known Female one in the US, and it was from Circa 1965. That is like 45 years ago.
Talk about female athletics in Boston in the mid 60's. Read up on Switzer and Gibb. Both trailblazers in their sport.
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Originally posted by OnMAA View PostMcGill had a womens varsity team back in the 20"s. You can see all the old pictures at the McGill arena.
The Brown Varsity team was the first known Female one in the US, and it was from Circa 1965. That is like 45 years ago.
Talk about female athletics in Boston in the mid 60's. Read up on Switzer and Gibb. Both trailblazers in their sport.
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I also LOVED seeing the girls playing hockey near the end of "The Town." It's great that coed or girls' hockey now is normal and unremarkable, a big change from when I played (1971-73 for Brown, just before it went varsity). Our only road trip during those years was to Montreal to play in an annual winter tournament hosted by McGill. We pretty much got clobbered, but it was awesome to be among the Canadian college teams with their full uniforms and admirable skills.
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Originally posted by DarthBruno View Post........ a big change from when I played (1971-73 for Brown, just before it went varsity).....
Originally posted by DarthBruno View Post........ . Our only road trip during those years was to Montreal to play in an annual winter tournament hosted by McGill. We pretty much got clobbered, but it was awesome to be among the Canadian college teams with their full uniforms and admirable skills.
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Originally posted by IceIsNice View PostActually, in Charlestown, East Boston, and other sections around the greater Boston area, girls hockey goes way back. My cousin who is in her mid-fifties (yeah, she'd shoot me for noting her age, but anyway...) used to play on an East Boston club team, 40 years ago. Not so unusual around these parts!
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Originally posted by lah02476 View PostMust've been the Massport Jets. Here's an article from Time Magazine from before most of you were born:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...917145,00.html
Charles Shultz loved the game.
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Originally posted by capitalist View PostThe only time I've seen women play hockey onscreen was in "Malcolm in the Middle" when Francis' logging camp had a grudge match with a local women's team. The women were beautiful but toothless and destroyed the loggers as I recall.
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Originally posted by D2D View PostFor some reason I'm having a hard time putting these two characteristics together.
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Originally posted by capitalist View PostThe only time I've seen women play hockey onscreen was in "Malcolm in the Middle" when Francis' logging camp had a grudge match with a local women's team. The women were beautiful but toothless and destroyed the loggers as I recall.
Back to football....
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