#pride goalies

[novelconcepts]

I sort of love that Van is reliably a dick to Jackie the whole time they’re in the woods. This is a character with a reputation for being sunshine, but Jackie left her for dead ONE TIME and that lesbian was like “fuck it, it’s on sight for the rest of eternity.”

There’s an alternate reality where Jackie survives to be rescued, and Van rolls up 25 years later with booze to share with everyone, “except you. You know what you did.”

[dewarism]

guys watch out this is my moment, woller got the belt!

[codename-adler]

i hope you’ve all been aware of Travis Dermott and this…

but i hope, i hope, that you’ve all thought of LAILA DERMOTT doing this in the NCAA or Pro Exy League. racquet taped up on the end or just below the net. and not just as an ally, as proud mf woman-loving-woman.

by god Alvarez would be so down bad.

so would i.

[arsonandhockey]

Now that this is officially not going to happen here are the pads I designed for Kassidy Sauvé

[st-louis]

this article is super cute! some notable bits:

when he was a baby his comfort item was a habs ministick

not the biggest goalie but good at positioning

super competitive.

had four assists last season and considers his puckhandling one of his strengths

this insane anecdote

pregame routine includes stickhandling the puck around while wearing his glove and blocker

marty coached his son ryan against jacob's team in minor hockey and is familiar with his game

jacob's grandfather married a woman from quebec so the family is very familiar with and fond of the province

he's very easy in front of the cameras and loves pressure and the first thing he said after getting drafted was "montreal? what a perfect place for me."

[barzyhughes]

the bestest duo

[thatskrakenhockeybaby]

Per Elliotte Friedman - From NHL Board of Governors: teams will not wear specialty jerseys in warmups next season.

Booooooo this is so lame. What the hell is with the NHL and shooting themselves in the foot? You KNOW this is about Pride too. Ridiculous. Get with the times, because Hockey *should be* FOR EVERYONE

[archived-lehkonen]

this is so....

[halliewriteshockey]

Since my beloved Avalanche got Georgiev, please share on him oh beloved goalie knowledge queen! I know he punched TDA, so I’m perfectly happy to love him no matter what.

Oh, I love Georgie so much, he's such a sweetheart. He's always had good vibes to me. He's very quiet and introverted, and he's struggled behind Igor because he wants the starting position, and who can blame him? He hasn't been happy in New York, and I really hope he can find a place in Colorado.

He's also been outspoken in his support of BLM and LGBTQ+ rights, and he has a pet rabbit!! He's just a sweet, shy dude who loves hockey and I can't wait to see how he does in his career, I wish him nothing but the best

[poisindonottouch]

Queer reads: Avon Gale & Piper Vaughn

Day 30! And this one is on time! Okay, to round out my sport romance section, I give you Avon Gale & Piper Vaughn. (side note: I only had room for 3 posts for sport romances, and let me tell you, there are hundreds. Thousands, probably. Some better than others, but I’ve really only scraped the surface of the gay sport romance genre)

So, this is the Hat Trick series, which is a sport thing (yes, I figured out what a hat trick is, it’s a hockey thing). 

Avon Gale has lots of books, some co-written, some not, as does Piper Vaughn, but having read some of each, I think I like their cowriting together the best. (Avon Gale has a couple books cowritten with Roan Parrish, who I also like, but surprisingly I was not moved by the one I read. It lacked something for me.) 

Anyway, Off The Ice is book 1, and I think my favorite of the three, because it features a sunshine/asshole dynamic, and I love that shit. These books are more about the characters than they are about the sports, and I enjoyed the relationships between the characters, and in particular, I enjoyed the dialogue in these books. A+ banter. 

I said I liked these two writing together better than their other stuff, but I also really enjoyed her Scoring Chances series, which is five books about a minor-er league than the NHL and the hockey players there. 

[nylwnder]

JOSEPH WOLL’S FOURTH STRAIGHT WIN AND THATS ON PURRRRRRRRRR BITCHES

[palatteflags]

Soccer Goalie based Ace moodboard~ :) For an anon! Hope you enjoy!

Want one? Send an ask!! -mod Jay

[arsonandhockey]

It’s gay

[carpehistoryandthepens]

:( six score. 5-3.

[murdereyesnicky]

xtians stop usin your religion as an excuse for your bigotry challenge

[extraliga-related]

With everything that's been going on lately, here's a short non-comprehensive accumulation of things that could be called progress regarding relations between men's hockey and being queer:

The 🇦🇺 AIHL's Melbourne Mustangs, advocating for trans rights in sports since 2017, and the same team in 2023, donning pride jerseys designed by former goalie (and twin sister of Ty) Tia Wishart who is part of the LGBTQ community.

Jase Polglase of the AIHL's Central Coast Rhinos who puts pride tape on his stick every single game.

Robert Dowd and Marc-Olivier Vallerand having a dance after a win with the Sheffield Steelers.

Starting off with individual efforts, the 🇬🇧 EIHL has since extended their pride event to the duration of a full weekend following a conjoint initiative by the teams' fanbases in 2019.

Zach Sullivan, one of the few out queer athletes in the sport, felt supported enough by his team to come out as bisexual ahead of the Manchester Storm's pride game in 2020.

Danish goalie Jon Lee-Olsen came out as gay a year prior and was reportedly supported by his teammates.

The 🇸🇪 SHL lead the way, awarding the cause a full week since 2019 with elaborate campaigns and getting refs as well as coaches involved. It's a colorful sight.

While Pride Games are at present not an official part of the schedule, several 🇩🇪 DEL teams are joining in. Augsburg and Köln do their part, Berlin has one of the dedicated queer fanclubs and visibly stands against homophobia since at least 2016.

As of 2022 the entire league, as well as a growing number of clubs in the tiers below, cooperate with Hockey is Diversity e.V.. So does the Para Ice Hockey National Team, including Jörg Wedde, who also keeps pride tape on his equipment.

🇫🇮 Liiga's TPS added these stunning jerseys to the mix.

While all the aforementioned teams already wear the jerseys for at least one full game, IF Kiruna of the Swedish 3rd league stepped it up several notches. In 2014 they've decided to wear rainbow jerseys for a full season in support of the LGBTQ community. Since then they've made the rainbow a permanent fixture in their logo and club identity.

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Plenty of clubs out there hosting events where queer people are given a platform and shown support in a multitude of ways that aren't merely empty words.

And even if it's not part of general discussions within a league, you've got voices who are willing to speak up.