She’s a world figure skating champion with two Stanley Cup rings, a trailblazer in opening doors for women in positions of hockey power. Her journey from figure skating to hockey started with a minority share of the Storm. Dave Poulin — then Burke’s assistant general manager, and a smooth skater himself as an NHLer after starting out in figure skating — loved the idea. There was no hesitation in terms of doing something different like that at all.”Rielly says Leafs players have never had an issue with gender. And obviously, the NHL and hockey players are much more open to working with figure skaters.

Source: thestar November 12, 2021 14:03 UTC