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Ellie Black wins the vote for best moment that embodied the Olympic spirit 👏🇨🇦

LEARNING FROM THE BEST 👨‍🏫 🏒

Some of the best players this province has produced are leading the way this week at the Turnbull Saulnier Skills Camp in Dartmouth. 🙌

Good luck to all of the participants — and coaches — taking part in the camp. ⛺️

Have fun, everyone! 👏

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BRANDIE WILKERSON AND MELISSA HUMANA-PAREDES WILL PLAY FOR GOLD 🏐

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When it comes to the female athletes competing right now in the 2024 Olympic Games, want to know what I couldn’t care less about?

What their hair looks like.

What their BMI is.

What they wear when they compete.

If they have makeup on.

How long their nails are.

How masculine or feminine they appear to be.

These are the most boring, uninteresting parts about all of them.

Talk to me instead about how the biker who won gold in BMX did so wearing her brother’s number on her jersey, and how she broke down in tears afterward because he was there cheering her on despite suffering a horrible crash in 2020 that left him in a coma for two months and despite her own wipeout at the Tokyo games that crushed her spirit.

Talk to me instead about how the most decorated female swimmer in Olympic history became only the second swimmer EVER to win the same race in four straight Olympic games (she did it the first time at 15 years old, no big deal).

Talk to me instead about how the gymnast who struggled with her mental health defied all the couch potato internet haters, focused all her energy on getting better, and fought her way to an epic comeback to become the most decorated American Olympic gymnast.

Talk to me instead about how the rugby player who preaches body positivity and acceptance helped the women’s sevens team make history by earning its first-ever medal (and the first medal for U.S. rugby period since 1924).

Talk to me instead about how the rower who won gold secretly wrote about her dreams in her diary at the age of 14, only to have her note handed back to her seven years later by her dying father as a reminder that even when she didn’t believe in herself, he always did.

Talk to me instead about how the judo champion who has been a trailblazer for women’s rights in sports worked tirelessly to ensure that breastfeeding athletes received hotel rooms during the games, brought her daughter with her to training, and held her aloft after winning the bronze.

Talk to me instead about how a 55-year-old shooter is the first female athlete to compete in 10 Olympic games, setting a record for longevity in her sport.

Talk to me instead about how this is the FIRST Olympics in history where we have true gender parity—5250 male athletes competing and 5250 female athletes competing.

And I really couldn’t care less about what they look like, how much they weigh, if they choose to wear leggings instead of bikini bottoms, what their hair looks like, how long their nails are, how old they are, or if they don’t fit the “mold” of what society says they should.

Because the only thing worth talking about is how all these female athletes are out there absolutely DOMINATING in their sports, and they are proving there is space for EVERYONE.

The future is female.

LFG!!!

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Summer McIntosh becomes the first Canadian to win three gold medals at one single Olympics. She is only 17. 🥇🇨🇦

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IT’S GREAT TO BE WOMEN’S EIGHT 🇨🇦🥈

Rowing Canada Aviron gets back-to-back Olympic medals, winning silver at

presented by Petro-Canada.

6 pts? Whatevs! 🇨🇦❤️ LFG!

This team, they're gonna rewrite THEIR story and I'm here for all of it!

DON’T COUNT THIS TEAM OUT ‼️

IS QUARTER-FINALS BOUND AT

The Seattle Kraken have hired Jessica Campbell as an assistant coach, making her the first woman in NHL history to be behind the bench 👏

You’ve been waiting and we’re ready! WickFest YYC. Hayley Wickenheiser Canadian Tire Gatorade Canada

The Walter Cup will be lifted tonight. 🏆

📍Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell
⏰ 7pm ET / 6pm CT
📺 NESN, MSG, Bally Sports App, Fox9+, TSN, RDS, Women's Sports Network
➡️ Finals presented by Scotiabank

Seattle could have our first full-time female assistant coach in the NHL 👀

We're heading into overtime!

Voting for the has been extended starting NOW, Wednesday, May 22 at 1:00 p.m. ET until Thursday, May 23 at 1:00 p.m. ET.!

Here's the plan: Mark DeMontis wears number 9, so let’s do our best to help him win by tagging 9 (or more) of your friends and family to vote!

Thank you all for supporting Mark Demontis & Blind Hockey and please take a minute to vote one more time:
https://www.nhl.com/community/willie-oree/willie-oree-community-hero-award

Canadian Blind Hockey would like to extend a huge thank you to you all for your support over the last 2 weeks encouraging friends and family to vote for Mark DeMontis for the 2024 NHL Willie O'Ree Community Hero Award, which would in turn, greatly benefit Canadian Blind Hockey!

The Canadian winner will be publicly announced in June!

No matter what the outcome is, we're so proud of our supportive community ❤️

Another. Record. Shattered.

Nous marquons l'histoire.
Merci Montréal!
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GAME DAY! It’s a beautiful day to go for gold. 🇨🇦🇺🇸

JOUR DE MATCH! C’est une belle journée pour viser l’or. 🇨🇦🇺🇸

📺 TSN / RDS

PREVIEW: HockeyCanada.ca/WomensWorlds
APERÇU: HockeyCanada.ca/MondialFeminin

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Spooner Having Standout PWHL Season: "It's Very Inspirational" | Pittsburgh Penguins When the Penguins hosted the PWHL in the Steel City game at PPG Paints Arena earlier this month, Natalie Spooner’s husband Adam Redmond and their infant son Rory came down from Toronto for the contest. Rory was born on Dec. 6, 2022 – which means he’s been along for the

PRIDE AT THE RINK! 🌈

We are so excited to officially announce our first ever Pride Night, happening on Wednesday, April 24 at TD Place! Stay tuned for more exciting details 👀

🎟️ bit.ly/3IPOovs

MEET AND GREET WITH THE PWHL'S VICTORIA BACH 🤝

Saint Mary's University Halifax, in partnership with the Genevieve Francis Memorial Fund, is hosting a Meet and Greet with PWHL Toronto’s Victoria Bach next month and you're invited!

Light refreshments will be provided and attendees will have an opportunity to win a game-used (and autographed) Victoria Bach stick.

📅 Sunday, April 14
⏰ 10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
📍 Dauphinee Centre (934 Tower Road, Halifax)

Metro West Force Female Hockey Association | Metro East Inferno Female Hockey | Fundy Highland Female Hockey Association | Western Riptide Female Hockey Association | Valley Wild Female Hockey Association | Quad County Female Hockey | Cape Breton Blizzard Hockey |

OHIO STATE TAKES DOWN THE REIGNING CHAMPS TO BECOME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 🔥

Ohio State University Women's Hockey