If there is one thing that is true about the intersection where Hockey Meet Publiced Writing, it is that there are simply not many great books about ladies’ hockey. Those who are written are good, but they are usually biographical and historical in the game that don’t really give you an up-to-date sentence about where the hockey of women has been, the fight to get where they are now and what there can be. Today, however, we have a book that takes us quite close to that moment, because the book club of Teebz is proud to judge Breakaway: The PWHL and the women who have changed the gameWritten by Karissa Donkin and published by Goose Lane Editions. Karissa opens the door to the ups and downs of one team through the first season of the PWHL, and she looks at some of the larger moments and personal stories from that season in her new book that will be released on September 23, 2025.
From her biography, “Karissa Donkin writes about ladies hockey and the PWHL for CBC sports and has worked and broadcast and broadcast for more than ten years. Since 2016 she has been working with the Atlantic Investigative -Unit of CBC, was profiled on the ATL -Brunswick services. The current. She has won a National Newspaper Award and various Atlantic Journalism Awards for her research work. Her journalism was also nominated for the prestigious Michener Award. Breakaway is her first book. “Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Donkin’s also graduated from St. Thomas University for which she worked The AquinianStud’s student newspaper while obtaining her diploma.
are financed. For those who think Donkin wrote Breakaway: The PWHL and the women who have changed the game From the perspective of an investigative journalism, I will kill that tension by saying that this book is not a kind of exposé at stake. Instead, Donkin combines women’s hockey history, the efforts that have led the PWHL to be created, the first season of Montreal Victoire and a number of personal stories of the players in a great book with which every hockey fan must be informed with the hockey movement of the ladies in North America. I will add that you do not need intimate knowledge of ladies’ hockey to enjoy this book.
Admittedly, the entire historical view of women’s hockey is not in the first few chapters, nor is there a study outside the competitions outside of North America, but this is perhaps better because writing keeps aimed at the ultimate goal of the PWHL. Donkin spends time talking about the NWHL, the CWHL, the second NWHL, the PWHPA and the PHF in the first few chapters to give us a framework of where the push for the PWHL started. She explains how Billie Jean King, Stan Kasten and the Walter group became involved in the rise of women’s hockey and how their efforts with a few important players allowed the PWHL to be realized and established.
The part of Escape That I found the most interesting was the gaze of Donkin to some of the bigger things that took place in the competition in that first season of Games while following the Montreal Victoire, then known as PWHL Montreal. As you may know, I appreciate the stories of the player about their individual journeys and some of the struggles they are dealing with, and Donkin does an excellent job in emphasizing a number of players whose stories need to be told. Among these players there are Ambrose, Catherine Dubois, Laura Stacey and Marie-Philip Poulin, and each of them have their own unique path to reach the PWHL.
Perhaps one of the best stories about Montreal defender Maureen Murphy. She won the inaugural hockey of the PWHL for all prize for her humanitarian work. In EscapeWrites Donkin,
“While she adapted to pro -hockey and right classes on the side, Murphy and her dog, Bean, had succeeded in fitting more than two hundred hours of volunteering.” We had some ups and downs this year, “Murphy Repriters told after the ceremony.” I think it is a great memory for all … [I’m] Do the best of both worlds. “”
Imagine how much time a diploma costs rights to get. Add professional hockey games, road trips and practices. Now add two hundred hours of volunteer work with different organizations while both make all those time -consuming efforts, and you can see why Murphy might have been a run -away choice for the hockey for all price. That’s just incredible when it comes to her selflessness, and it gave me a whole new respect for Maureen because I had no idea she did this before she read Escape.
General, Breakaway: The PWHL and the women who have changed the game Is a well -read from start to finish, because it gives readers some solid insight into the PWHL and enables readers to learn more about the hockey heroes of their wives. Donkin does not write the book where you should know a stack of hockeyfeiten for women before you start the book, but you know a lot about the PWHL when you’re done. The book reads fairly easily as the writing style of Donkin does not become too much, but she still achieves the goal of giving us a fantastic book that fans of ladies’ hockey will please. Because of the information presented and the easy -to -read presentation, Breakaway: The PWHL and the women who have changed the game definitely deserves the Teebz’s book club seal or good word!
You must circl the date on the calendar if Breakaway: The PWHL and the women who have changed the game Will not be bookstore until September 23, 2025. The book of 244 pages contains a number of amazing stories from the first season of the PWHL and a lot of good history about ladies’ hockey, including a whole chapter about inclusion, and it should be an addition to your library. As such I recommend When the Rangers were young For all readers, especially ladies hockey fans!
Until next time, keep your sticks on the ice!
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