Blogs & Videos

The #OFFSIDE team is thrilled to bring the second installment of our podcast #BuilderSeries, featuring some major players in the growth of the #femalegame in Canada and beyond. That includes #MurrayCostello, former NHL player and president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA), now Hockey Canada, and one the most well-known #womenshockey advocates in the…

The #OFFSIDE team is pleased to “drop the puck” on this hockey season with a very special set of #podcast episodes we’re calling our #BuildersSeries, featuring both men and women who have helped grow the #femalegame over multiple decades in Canada and beyond. In our first episode, hosts #RhondaTaylor and #DaveBriglio talk to two true…

Rhonda, Let me say, right off the top, that I enjoyed reading Offside, your detailed book on women’s hockey, written from the perspective of a woman’s personal experience of being a participant in the modern regrowth of women’s hockey in Canada. It’s not easy to put into print your own personal experiences, good and bad,…

We’ve got another awesome podcast to please the ears!This time we have the pleasure of chatting with Caroline Wiley, president and co-founder of SeeWhatSheCanDo, an organization that describes itself as “a team of doers, dreamers, storytellers, sport-lovers and community builders with a common purpose to change the way active women are seen and see themselves.”…

The latest #OFFSIDE podcast is out for your listening pleasure!It features fellow Kingston, Ont., native Britney Millar (podcast host Rhonda Taylor and commentator Kris Lipscombe are Kingstonians as well)! Millar is a former NCAA Division I and professional women’s hockey player, and now runs her own growing hockey business, Millar Power Skating, based out of…

The latest #OFFSIDE podcast is out and we’ve got a very special guest on this time! Hosts Rhonda Taylor, Dave Briglio & commentator Kris Lipscombe were fortunate enough to speak with #TeamCanada‘s very own Brianne Jenner, who talks about getting creative during #COVID19, including turning her annual summer hockey academy into a virtual event and…

Our podcast hosts Rhonda Taylor, Dave Briglio and commentator Kris Lipscombe recently spoke with both #Olympic silver medallist #SarahNurse of #TeamCanada and the #PWHPA, as well as Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team and Yale Bulldogs alumna #SaroyaTinker of the #NWHL about the added challenges of #ethnicity and #race both faced while rising up the ranks…

#OFFSIDE podcast hosts #RhondaTaylor, #DaveBriglio and occasional commentator #KrisLipscombe (Lippy) recently had the honour of chatting with two-time Olympic medallist (gold and silver) and 2012 IIHF Women’s World Champion #NatalieSpooner about everything from how she’s surviving #COVID19 and continuing her training through #selfisolation to her weekly Instagram Live show #BigBlueQuarantineCouch which has had her interview,…

By Rhonda Leeman Taylor & Kristen Lipscombe She is the future. That is, girls such as 10-year-old Claire Zywien of Rochester, Mich., represent the future of women’s hockey. Young Claire’s passion for ice hockey started at the tender age of just five years old, when she started following the Detroit Red Wings, much to her…

Last time, we spoke with 10-year-old #ClaireZywien from Rochester, Mich., who started playing hockey with the boys when she was five years old and now plays on a girls’ team. But THIS time, hosts #OFFSIDE podcast hosts #RhondaTaylor and #DaveBriglio spoke with Claire’s mom #StephanieZywien, who was SO inspired by her daughter’s love for hockey…