“It’s complicated. My dad played hockey in college, and when he and my mom were trying for kids, he really wanted a boy. When I was born, my mom was determined to steer me toward any other sport. Ballet. Figure skating. I even tried water polo and rowing. I kept going back to hockey, and she resented it,” she says. “Why?” “She always wanted a daughter, and I think she had this idea in her head where we’d go shopping together and get our nails done and I wouldn’t be around sweaty teenage boys. I do like to do those things, but I like to hit the puck too. I’d come home with black eyes and
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