Wendy Lam | Channeling a sports passion through art
Wendy Lam is a hockey player, Oilers fan, and artist who’s found a way to channel her passion for sports through her art! At a young age, Wendy fell in love with sports and always loved art, but didn’t have the confidence to put her art out into the world. Now, she’s building a following […]
Women’s Sports Love List: Spring Edition
It’s our favourite day of the month: Women’s Sports Love List day! Spring has sprung and we’re pumped for warmer weather, summer sports, and a new Spring wardrobe supporting women in sports. If you’ve missed our last two, you can read the inaugural one here and last month’s Love List celebrating Black History Month and […]
Quinn Phillips | From tagging along to the rink as a kid to a career in sports
Quinn Phillips is a reporter and anchor for Global News Edmonton. Her father, former radio announcer for the Oilers, Rod Phillips, fostered her love for the game when she was young and she’s worked hard to create a name for herself in the sports world since. We chatted with her about how her love of […]
To the people who don’t see the value in women’s sports
To the people who don’t see the value in women’s sports: Let me first start with a story: When I was 12 years old, I excitedly told my uncle about my hockey team. He replied with, “Girls hockey? That’s not hockey, that’s participaction.” Maybe you just laughed. Maybe you don’t see the big deal. Maybe […]
14: Putting the fun back in sport and coaching athletes as people first with Jesse Porter
Jesse Porter’s coaching philosophy is to find the fun, and that’s exactly what we did in this podcast episode! When she was a kid, Jesse took part in various sports and also watched her mom take up hockey just for fun. Now, as the head coach of the University of Toronto women’s lacrosse team and […]
Michelle LeMoignan | Taking the leap in entrepreneurship and hockey
Michelle LeMoignan is a beer league hockey player (who started playing in her 20s) by night and an entrepreneur by day in Edmonton, Alberta. Fun fact: Michelle’s business, Flirt Cupcakes is the local pickup place for our herShop orders so you can grab your apparel AND a delicious cupcake (or 12). MEET MICHELLE LEMOIGNAN Who […]
Jen Wrobel | Bringing the hockey community together through Oilers Girls Night
Our her Soul Shot team is based in Edmonton, Alberta and we’ve teamed up with our local friends at Oilersnation to feature some of the incredible women who are making a difference and doing rad things in the hockey community! We also wanted to share their stories with you here—the more inspiration the more fuel […]
It’s her time: How Verbero is changing the game for women’s hockey
With the Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association hot off back-to-back weekends of their nationally televised Dream Gap Tour at Madison Square Garden and the United Center, the future for women’s hockey has never looked so bright. Grab your shades, ’cause it’s about to get even brighter right now. We’re talking to some of the top […]
13: From World Series rings to helping women level up their sports careers with Jahaan Blake
Do you want to level up your career in sports? Do you know how to set yourself apart from others? Are you thinking about leaving corporate to carve your own path as an entrepreneur? Do you struggle with managing self doubt to reach your full potential? Then have we got a treat for you, girl! […]
