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HERSday Links: Women Keep Breaking Barriers On and Off the Ice

Today we celebrate the women who play and cover the game of hockey

By Sandie Gauthier and Taylor Clark

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Today is HERSday

Introduction by Taylor Sedona Clark (@taylorsedona)

Women are so important to every aspect of hockey, whether it be competitiveness or growth of the game as a whole. The women who play the sport are role models and inspirations. Coverage of the women’s game is always going to be important. We’ve recently decided that Thursdays at Mile High Hockey will now be ‘hersday’. To celebrate the first Hersday, today we will feature hockey coverage by a number of talented women. Some are regulars at MHH, others are friends and colleagues - but all have a passion for watching and covering the game of hockey. For daily, hard-hitting women’s hockey coverage, please visit our sister site, The Ice Garden. To kick-off our own ‘hersday’ women’s hockey coverage, later today we’ll be featuring Nicole Hensley, from Lakewood, Colorado, who was recently named to the US Women’s National Team.

Women’s Hockey

Seven players who should be in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Women are rather underrepresented in the HHoF, maybe it’s time that changes. No? [The Ice Garden]

Last night Team USA leader and NWHL superstar Hilary Knight held an AMA [Reddit]

Minnesota’s annual Hockey Day to showcase women’s hockey [FanRag]

Here is the Schedule for the USA Girls U-18 Development Camp [USA Hockey]

From the editor’s desk: Women in hockey reporting and blogging. [Five for Howling]

Timeline of the CWHL's expansion to China. [The Ice Garden]

Manon Rheaume, the NHL's first female goalie, continues to inspire. Her son is now a goaltender. [Sports Illustrated]

Why eliminating practice players from the NWHL is a bad move. [PensionPlanPuppets]

Women Covering Hockey

Check out the first episode of the Outliers Podcast featuring Maya and Taylor. [iTunes] [SoundCloud]

Friend of the blog Cat Silverman takes a look at the chances of Elias Lindholm having a breakout season in Carolina. [FanRag]

Over at Raw Charge, Alexandra features Jake Dotchin as #12 on the Lightning Top-25 under 25 list. [RawCharge]

Sarah McLellan explains how Andrew Borroway has reaffirmed his commitment to keeping the Coyotes in Arizona. [AZCentral]

Hannah Stuart takes a look at the top prospects for the teams in the Atlantic Division [FanRag]