Shoot First, Ask Questions Later
Last Tuesday, as I took the ice at the Ice Hutch for my second week of practice with the Columbia Women’s Ice Hockey team, one of our coaches stopped us mid-drill. We were doing a passing drill, and he...
View ArticleGame 1 Recap: “I had to have a doorman, like I was Beyoncé or Jay-Z”
So somewhere in there, in between grading midterms, reading Dante, and fighting hurricanes, I played in my very first hockey game. It’s a moment I’ve been waiting for my whole life since a year and a...
View ArticleGame 2 Recap: “It’s just a flesh wound!”
Everything I learned about playing hockey I learned from the Black Knight Playing hockey means endlessly having to reset your recklessness button. Which is a nice way of saying, sometimes you have to...
View ArticleGames 3 & 4 Recap: Two Games, One Lung
I love that my life now requires this warning label. As the last drop of Xmas egg nog has been drained and the late December swirl of year-end listmania has me feeling all-encompassing, I’ll attempt to...
View ArticleNew Year’s Eve Fashion Forecast
12:00 p.m. –> 12:00 a.m. If today is any indication, looks like it’s going to be a seamless transition into the new year. Thanks for checking out Puck Rookie, and see you in 2013!
View ArticleGame 5 Recap: Miracle!
Approximation of author’s joy at registering her first assist I’m so late with this game recap I’m like a slow loris pulling a wheelbarrow full of rocks on a drive to the net. (I’m also, as you may...
View ArticleReturn of the Rookie: Season 2 Preview
Thoreau once said, “Beware of any enterprise requiring new clothes.” Clearly, he never clapped eyes on these freakin’ awesome jerseys. October is here, and you know what that means. Crisp autumn air,...
View ArticleMe Talk Hockey One Day
Hockey players are widely admired for their skill and grace on the ice. Off the ice, it’s a whole lot of Dustin Brown and backwards Gatorade. Yesterday I was interviewed by a cub reporter for the...
View ArticleHelp Out Columbia Women’s Ice Hockey!
Dear Rookie Readers, You may remember me. I’m the thirty-something grad student who didn’t know a puck from a paperweight, and who skated in my very first hockey game two years ago with my numbers...
View ArticleNew Jersey Strong
S-s-s-summertime, summertime Saadness This summer, for the second summer in a row, I signed up for the women’s league at Chelsea Piers. This was by all accounts an unadulterated blast last year, so I...
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