Rink Stories - #24 - MASS. HYSTERIA: Hockey Shut Down Again, with Ben Mottola

#24 - MASS. HYSTERIA: Hockey Shut Down Again, with Ben Mottola

10/27/20 • 29 min

Where Bob and Ben discuss the public health order in Massachusetts prohibiting indoor ice rinks and ice skating facilities from operating from October 23, 2020 to November 7, 2020.
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Ben Mottola is a proud bantam Dad and a 5-8 right winger out of Marblehead MA . Previously, he joined us in Episode 3 as the first ever guest on the Rink Stories podcast.
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Statements released on 10/22 concerning the shutdown of hockey:
From the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
https://www.mass.gov/news/massachusetts-to-temporarily-pause-all-indoor-ice-rink-and-ice-skating-facilities-operationsFrom Mass Hockey
https://www.mahockey.org/news_article/show/1129248

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The Rink Stories podcast is produced by Matt Hopf. Artwork and theme music by Ken Klein and the Mo’Nobs. If you like this podcast, please help us out by subscribing, rating, reviewing and sharing.
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Work hard. Have fun. Stay safe.

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#23 - Black Girl Hockey Club (@BGHC) , Tunisha Singleton and Fatou Bah

Rink Stories welcomes two leaders of the Black Girl Hockey Club: Vegas Golden Knights fan Tunisha Singleton and Washington Capitals fan Fatou Bah.
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Two years ago, Black Girl Hockey Club started out as a meetup group for women of color to attend NHL games. Since then its mission has broadened as a certified nonprofit organization, raising money for diversity education, hockey skills training and youth hockey scholarships. In September of 2020, BGHC was featured in The New York Times, highlighting its efforts to influence the league’s diversity and inclusion efforts.
In this episode we discuss: How Black Girl Hockey Club started; What it's like to attend an NHL game as a BIPOC; the NHL's response to recent events and its own problems with race relations; How to be an ally; The nature of fandom; The sad plight of an LA Clippers supporter; Stamkos vs Ovechkin; and much more. Don't worry, we also have a few laughs along the way.
NOTE FROM BOB: Matt and I consider this to be our most important episode so far. Here we get perspectives on our sport that every hockey person should hear. At the outset of this conversation, we tell Tunisha and Fatou to be as candid as possible about this country's issues with race, particularly as it relates to hockey, and they took us up on our invitation. #GetUncomfortable
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The Rink Stories podcast is produced by Matt Hopf. Artwork and theme music by Ken Klein, the Mo’Nobs, and TFIC.
If you like this podcast, please help us out by subscribing, rating, reviewing and sharing.
Follow @RinkStories on Twitter and Instagram.
Check out Matt's new podcast, Throwin' One Back, available wherever podcasts are found, like here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/throwin-one-back/id1530257371
Follow Matt @OneThrowin on Twitter and Instagram.
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Learn more
https://blackgirlhockeyclub.org/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/sports/hockey/a-black-fan-club-sought-to-diversify-nhl-stands-now-theyre-aiming-at-its-c-suites.html
Take the pledge
https://blackgirlhockeyclub.org/getuncomfortable/
Support youth hockey
https://blackgirlhockeyclub.org/bghc-scholarship/
Follow BGHC
https://twitter.com/BlackGirlHockey
https://www.instagram.com/blackgirlhockeyclub/?hl=en
Follow Tunisha Singleton, PhD
https://twitter.com/TSingletonSays
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-have-questions-podcast/id1531590204
https://tunishasingleton.com/
Follow Fatou Bah
https://twitter.com/FatouSadio
https://www.instagram.com/fatousadio/?hl=en
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Work hard. Have fun. Stay safe.

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#25 - Rebecca Morse (Moose) of the NWHL's Metropolitan Riveters

Where Bob chats with Moose.

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Rebecca Morse (aka Moose) is entering her 5th season as a member of the Metropolitan Riveters. A 5-8 blueliner out of Westfield, NJ, Moose is an Isobel Cup champion and NWHL all-star. Prior to the NWHL, she played 4 years at Providence College, where she also earned BS and MBA degrees. She was class valedictorian and captain of the hockey team at the National Sports Academy in Lake Placid, NY.

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In this wide-ranging conversation, Bob, Matt and Moose discuss: Maintaining good hockey form during the pandemic; stinky hockey bags; the finer points of one-timers; fireworks and bottle service with the Isobel Cup; recommitting to hockey after a career pause; being a fan of the NJ Devils; surviving a job interview with Lou Lamoriello; protecting the goalie; and rough play in the NWHL.

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The Rink Stories podcast is produced by Matt Hopf and is a Remsen Ave Production. Artwork and theme music by Ken Klein and the Mo’Nobs. Narration by Sophia Hopf.

If you like this podcast, please help us out by subscribing, rating, reviewing and sharing.

Follow @RinkStories on Twitter and Instagram.

Check out Matt's new podcast, Throwin' One Back, available wherever podcasts are found, like here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/throwin-one-back/id1530257371

Follow Matt @OneThrowin on Twitter and Instagram.

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Follow Moose (@moose_x_ing)

https://twitter.com/moose_x_ing

https://www.instagram.com/moose_x_ing

Check out the Metropolitan Riveters

https://riveters.nwhl.zone/

https://www.instagram.com/riveters/

Work on that one-timer

https://twitter.com/Riveters/status/1285582091116261376

Take the pledge

https://blackgirlhockeyclub.org/getuncomfortable/