Word: shewchuk
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Shewchuk may gave been able to prove herself to her male teammates, but women's hockey in general has yet to find acceptance and respect in the male-oriented hockey world...
...Shewchuk topped the Crimson's scoring list with six power play goals, five short-handed goals, four hat tricks, ten multiple-goals games, and was tied for the lead with three game winning tallies. Even with this impressive list of accomplishments, Shewchuk still considers the season disappointing...
...offense, though, that has allowed Shewchuk to play at the top levels of hockey. Because of her knack for find the back of the net, Shewchuk routinely found her way onto previously all-male teams. She was the first women hockey player to be signed as a reserve for a Midget AAA Canadian team. This Midget league is a feeder for many Junior Canadian team and, to varying degree, the NHL. Learning to play with and against physically larger and faster males has afforded Shewchuk an advantage over most other girls, who played in all-female leagues...
This advantage has not come without costs. She spent her youth playing hockey seven days a week with only boys. Although she made many great friends, and got to play against future NHLers, Shewchuk still was the only girl in the boys club, and was often treated as such...
...majority of hockey fans do not know anything about women's hockey, nor do they really care to know, either. Shewchuk believes general prejudices and stereotypes is what keeps fans away...