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Toronto Hotspots
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34 Player Q&As
PLAYBOOK 14 TEAM ROSTER A full look at the 2020-21 Toronto Six roster.
18 WINTER SWAG Just because it’s colder out doesn’t mean you can’t look your best.
20 TORONTO HOTSPOTS Visiting town or looking for a weekend adventure? Here are six spots you absolutely must hit up when you’re in The Six.
22 WORKOUT TIPS Three easy workouts you can do at home, whether you’re in another lockdown or not.
24 COOL GEAR From hats to face masks, water bottles to blankets, check out these cool items from the Toronto Six.
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28 PLAYER BIOS Get to know your favourite players a little better by reading up on their hockey accomplishments.
44 TEAM STYLE Support your favourite team and wrap yourself in these T6 designs.
FEATURES 34 SARAH STEELE Six defender Sarah Steele explains who her biggest hockey influence was growing up.
35 LINDSAY EASTWOOD Collegiate star Lindsay Eastwood shares her favourite hockey memory to date.
36 EARNING HER WORTH As Senior Managing Director at Bernstein Private Wealth, Kim Mustin continues to climb ladders.
38 SPORTS & BUSINESS SUCCESS Find out how Olympic champion Angela Hucles Mangano turned success in sports into success in business.
42 SARAH-EVE COUTU GODBOUT Six sniper Sarah-Eve Coutu Godbout is looking forward to starting her first season with Toronto.
43 MIKYLA GRANT-MENTIS Rising star Mikyla Grant-Mentis offers up advice to young girls wanting to become professional hockey players.
NWHL 48 KNOW THE LEAGUE A crash course on the National Women’s Hockey League and how it has grown.
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PRESIDENT & HEAD COACH
igit Murphy is an innovator, visionary, and builder in the women's sports world. In April 2020, she accepted a role as the President of the first NWHL Professional Women's Hockey Francise in Canada. Previous to that, Digit was working on a startup that was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Before that, she worked to help the Kunlan Red Star, a professional men's hockey organization in the KHL, build women's hockey in China in preparation for Beijing hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics. Digit Murphy is the current founder of United Womens Sports, an innovative and disruptive model in the women's sports space. UWS is about building a new paradigm shift for the women's sports world. She developed the Sport Ambassador model in China for Kunlun Red Star Hockey Club. Paying the players is a priority for Digit and she prides herself on challenging the
existing markets and models in women's sports. Under Digit's direction, the upstart KRS team in the CWHL was narrowly inched out of a first-place league finish and they finished as runner-up in the CWHL final game. In 2013 and 2015 Digit, coached the Boston Blades to two Clarkson Cup championships in three years. Digit also has over 20 years of coaching experience since her start at Division I Brown University. She has coached Olympians and All-Americans, and earned numerous ECAC and Ivy League titles. A key component to Digit’s coaching philosophy is the belief in the growth of women’s presence in ice hockey and coaching, a passion she incorporates into all her work. Digit is a tireless advocate for creating opportunities for women using sports as her platform. She is presently the Founder of Proven Winners, a company that connects athletes and corporations. In 2017-2018, she was the Head Coach of Team China and worked as an advisor and coach to Kunlun Red Star, the largest Chinese Ice Hockey Brand in China. Her KRS team played in the Canadian Women’s Hockey League and finished as the runner up in the Clarkson Cup Championship in their first season. Digit and Co-Founder Aronda Kirby started professional Womens Lacrosse (The UWLX) in 2016. She was Brown University’s first female head coach and spent 24 years Coaching the Brown Bears women’s ice hockey program. Her teams have made it to national semifinals four times and played for National Championships three times. In 2014, she was recognized as the first female in the Brown Ice Hockey Legend portrait gallery in Meehan Auditorium at Brown. Digit was inducted to the RI Hockey Hall of Fame in September 2019.
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TEAM ROSTER
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NAME
POS. HEIGHT D.O.B.
COUNTRY
HOMETOWN
COLLEGE/UNI.
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TAYLOR WOODS
F
5'3"
26-Sep-94
Canada
Morden, Manitoba
Cornell
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SARAH STEELE
D
5'6"
10-Apr-95
Canada
Stratford, P.E.I.
Boston University
9
MACKENZIE MACNEIL
F
5'8"
1-Jan-96
Canada
Richmond Hill, Ontario
Vermont
11
BREANNE WILSON-BENNETT
F
5'4"
5-Mar-96
Canada
Markham, Ontario
Colgate
13
MIKYLA GRANT-MENTIS
F
5'8"
15-Jul-98
Canada
Brampton, Ontario
Merrimack College
19
BROOKE BOQUIST
F
5'4"
27-Jul-96
Canada
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Providence
20 KRISTEN BARBARA
D
5'8"
30-Oct-92
Canada
Mount Hope, Ontario
York University
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AMY CURLEW
F
5'3"
5-Feb-98
Canada
Goose Bay, NFLD&LAB
Cornell
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NATALIE MARCUZZI
F
5'7"
27-Apr-98
Canada
Thornhill, Ontario
Robert Morris
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SARAH-EVE COUTU GODBOUT
F
5'7"
16-Jun-97
Canada
Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec
Quinnipiac
25
EMMA GRECO
D
5'9"
6-Mar-95
Canada
Burlington, Ontario
Quinnipiac
27
SHIANN DARKANGELO
F
5'11"
28-Nov-93
USA
Royal Oak, Michigan
Syracuse, Quinnipiac
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ELAINE CHULI
G
5'7"
16-May-94
Canada
Waterford, Ontario
University of Connecticut
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SAMANTHA RIDGEWELL
G
5'11"
16-Jul-96
Canada
Outlook, Saskatchewan
Merrimack
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LINDSAY EASTWOOD
D
6'1"
14-Jan-97
Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
Syracuse
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EMMA WOODS
F
5'7"
18-Dec-95
Canada
Burford, Ontario
Quinnipiac
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JENNA MCPARLAND
F
5'9"
12-May-92
Canada
Schreiber, Ontario
U. of Minnesota-Duluth
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Natalie Marcuzzi, Taylor Woods and other members of The Six go through protocols before entering Canlan Ice Sports for practice ahead of the 2021 NHL season.
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1 THE NEED FOR SPEED Speed and power find themselves at the top of the list when it comes to trainable qualities during a lockdown and here’s why: Firstly, building speed and power might be the most costeffective training means available that will drive real performance improvements.
this time of year, most athletes have settled in with their teams, found the rhythm in the season, and are beginning to prepare for a final push into the New Year. This year has surely presented challenges for players both mentally and physically and has forced athletes and strength coaches alike to get creative and think outside the box when it comes to physical preparation. As many regions deal with their second lockdown, once again we see a transition of athletes training from the comfort of their own home, likely with minimal-to-no equipment. Although maybe not the most ideal scenario, the good news is with smart purposeful approaches, athletes can still maximize this time and ensure they are ready once the puck drops again!
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It requires no equipment and can be done almost anywhere. To get faster or more explosive, all you need is some space to sprint or jump. Disclaimer: Keep it simple! Many athletes often confuse training speed and training conditioning because they try to do too much or don’t take the time to let their bodies recover between bouts. Two-to-five sprints, 10-20 meters, with all-out effort, and lots of rest in between reps is all it takes. If you get bored or want to spice things up, change your foot positioning or starting stance, but don’t overdue the volume or the distance. Remember, we are hockey players, not Olympic sprinters.
2 HIPS DON’T LIE Mobility and soft tissue work often become overlooked throughout the course of a season. Now is a great time to begin chipping away at those tight hips before the volume of skating picks back up. Being locked up in a boot, hunched over all season has its fair share of demands on the human body. In actuality, skating might be one the most unnatural positions for the body. Five to 10 minutes of focused and purposeful mobility work can help the body stay healthy and mitigate risks for injury – and again the best thing is we don’t need any equipment to train it effectively. When programming mobility work for hockey players, I tend to focus on the hips, ankles, and t-spine (upper back). Here are my three go-to mobility drills I program for most of my athletes as a warmup or as part of a recovery session:
IMPROVE DURING A LOCKDOWN A) 90/90 HIP ROTATIONS
B) HALF KNEELING GROIN ROCKBACKS
3 TRAIN ON ONE LEG C) SPIDERMAN WITH REACH
Give them a try! One-to-two sets x 5-8 reps each should do the trick.
Single leg strength makes up a big part of our programs for hockey players, whether we are inside the gym or not. Besides the benefits of how well it translates to the ice, it is going to allow athletes the opportunity to train lower body strength without having access to an elaborate weight room. The skater squat is a great versatile choice for most athletes and checks off a lot of boxes. We include this into a lot of our programs because of its position in relation to the skate stride and how well it allows athletes to progress and regress based on the depth they can achieve. Start with 2-4 sets of 5-8 reps. Too easy? Try holding a backpack with a few of your favourite books. Still too easy? Use a wall or strap to help unload the movement. Through smart purposeful work, an unforeseen situation like a lockdown can present itself a unique opportunity for physical development. Use this time wisely, get a little bit better everyday, and see just how ready you’ll come out on the other end.
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ix years ago, Madison Novotny attended her first all-girls hockey camp. Her father, Jeff, was excited for her to be on the ice with all girls. The host of the camp was Digit Murphy, the founder of the Play It Forward Sport Foundation. Digit is a dreamer. And she’s competitive. An outspoken advocate for women on the ice, in the board room and anywhere else, Murphy made a big impression on both Jeff and Madison. “It really sticks in my craw that we can’t tell our stories,” Murphy said. “I always struggled with women being written out of the history books.” Over the years, Murphy and Jeff Novotny developed a friendship. She was able to be a mentor to Madison in as her hockey skills developed, but
the off-ice passion Murphy showed to tell the stories of successful women was what stood out. “I have three daughters,” Novotny said. “I have always tried to instill in them that they need to follow their dreams and paths and not let others define what those paths might be based upon you being female. That aligns a lot with what Digit has always done. We have a lot of the same philosophies.” In 2018, after the wedding of one of the players on her team in Ohio, Murphy visited the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton. She looked around the beautiful, multi-milliondollar facility in awe of the way money was being spent to tell the story of a single men’s sport – and they were building an eight-figure addition.
She called Jeff to let some of her frustration out. “I’ll drive a bus across the country to tell people what women have done,” she remembered telling him with a laugh. But Novotny was intrigued. An engineer by trade and father of three daughters, he has always been an advocate for women, as well. So, when Murphy started talking about telling women’s stories, the wheels started spinning in his head as well. Fast forward to a fundraising dinner later that year. Murphy admitted she couldn’t be as passionate in front of that audience, but she did bring her personal collection of memorabilia from women in sports. The people at the event were fascinated by the unique items. But there isn’t a museum to house these artifacts or tell their stories. “To me, women’s sports is a total blue ocean – a total opportunity where I see so much potential,” Murphy said. “I want to see one of these in every
NCAA university and be sponsored. And we want to make it look good and we want to see them everywhere.” Through a relationship at the AdventHealth Center Ice Arena in Wesley Chapel, Florida, Novotny was able to pitch the idea of a dedicated HERSTORY Museum. Since then, a website has started to tell women’s stories. As they began building content, “everything has a flair for women,” Murphy said. They recruited women to lead their video process and woman-owned firms to work on their social and web presence. During the 2020 election in the United States, they shared a campaign of 100 women who inspire us to vote on Instagram. And now they are talking about developing virtual museums where other stories can be told. “Our vision was to have these not only in arenas, but
you can tell women’s stories anywhere virtually,” Murphy said.
What does the future hold for HERSTORY? Novotny’s oldest daughter is pursuing a career in medicine with a residency in the Air Force while raising two young kids. His middle daughter is the director of the largest ice rink in Florida. And the baby in the family, Madison – who was the 12-year-old camper six years ago – is now a freshman on the women’s hockey team at Utica College. Jeff is excited for how HERSTORY can help be a change agent for young girls to see themselves as more. “What Digit tries to do is challenge women to look outside the standard mold of what you should be and look at what you can be,” he said. “That’s what we hope to accomplish with HERSTORY is to show girls at younger ages
what women have accomplished and help that define you more than what your friends or family or classmates might define you as.” In April, Digit was named the President of the Toronto Six and later became the Head Coach. She is excited to see how women continuing to use sports as a vehicle for equality can make an increasing impact on the world. “If women have an opportunity to get to the table through sports as a platform the world is going to be a better, broader, safer place with women leading the change,” she said.
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PLAYER BIOS
MEET THE SIX 2 TAYLOR WOODS
6 SARAH STEELE
FORWARD 26 YEARS OLD FROM MORDEN, MB
DEFENCE 25 YEARS OLD FROM STARTFORD, PEI
After an outstanding four years at Cornell – serving as an alternate captain in her senior season – Woods was a mainstay in the lineup of the Markham/Brampton Thunder of the CWHL starting in 2016. The Manitoba native won the Clarkson Cup with Markham in 2018. Woods was also a member of gold medal-winning Team Canada at the U-18 World Championships in 2012.
After a strong collegiate career at Boston University and three years in Europe, Steele joined the Six for their first NWHL season. She never missed a game in four years on the BU blueline, playing 151 games between 2013-2017 and was named to the Hockey East All-Academic Team in 2016 and 2017. Last season playing for KMH Budapest of the EWHL, Steele registered 4G and 13A for 17 points in 18 games. The native of P.E.I. won a gold medal with Team Canada at the IIHF U-18 World Championship in 2013.
9 MACKENZIE MACNEIL
11 BREANNE WILSON-BENNETT
13 MIKYLA GRANT-MENTIS
FORWARD 24 YEARS OLD FROM RICHMOND HILL, ON
FORWARD 24 YEARS OLD FROM MARKHAM, ON
FORWARD 22 YEARS OLD FROM BRAMPTON, ON
MacNeil played at the University of Vermont and one season in the CWHL before spending last season playing pro hockey in Denmark. She played 140 games for the UVM Catamounts, establishing herself as a strong defensive forward capable of chipping in with clutch goals. In her senior year, she earned Hockey East Player of the Week honors after her hat trick led Vermont to a victory over Ryerson. After her collegiate career, MacNeil played 25 games for the CWHL’s Toronto Furies in 2018-19 and had two goals and two assists.
As a senior at Colgate, Wilson-Bennett had 19G and 22A for 41 points in 41 games and was a dominating 64.5 percent in the faceoff circle. In the 2018 NCAA Tournament semifinal against Wisconsin, she scored three goals, including the game-winner at 16:03 of double-OT and was named to the All-NCAA Tournament Team. In 2018-19 with MODO Hockey in Sweden, she had 8G and 12A for 20 points in 21 games. Before college, Wilson-Bennett won gold medals with Team Canada at the U-18 World Championship and Team Ontario Red at the U-18 National Championship in 2014.
At Merrimack, Grant-Mentis is the program’s all-time leader in points (117) and assists (61), and she is second in goals (56). In 2019-20, she led the team with 20G and 13A for 33 points in 33 games and earned Hockey East Second Team All-Star honors. The 20 goals ranked tied for second in Hockey East and top ten in NCAA Division I. At the completion of her collegiate career, Grant-Mentis joined the Buffalo Beauts for the last two games in the 2019-20 regularseason and promptly earned Veda NWHL Player of the Week honours.
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19 BROOKE BOQUIST
20 KRISTEN BARBARA
21 AMY CURLEW
FORWARD 24 YEARS OLD FROM THUNDER BAY, ON
DEFENCE 28 YEARS OLD FROM MOUNT HOPE, ON
FORWARD 22 YEARS OLD FROM GOOSE BAY, NFLD
Boquist spent last season with Leksands IF, leading the team in goals with 14, and the 2018-19 season with MODO Hockey. In 41 SDHL games over two seasons, the centre had 25 goals and 24 assists for 49 points. From 2014-18, Boquist played at Providence, where she was the team’s second-leading scorer in her junior and senior seasons. For her career with the Friars, she had 49G and 42A for 91 points in 139 games. Before college, Boquist played at Shattuck-St. Mary’s in Minnesota, winning the national championship in 2013.
The 28-year-old defender from Mount Hope, Ontario won the Clarkson Cup with the Markham Thunder in 2018. After her collegiate career at York University, Barbara played three seasons in the CWHL, where she totalled 7G and 12A for 19 points in 58 games.
Curlew was the eighth-overall pick in the 2020 NWHL Draft. From 2016-2020, she was a standout forward at Cornell. In her senior season of 2019-20, Curlew had 9G and 13A for 22 points and was +30 in 32 games. Prior to Cornell, she played for the Oakville Hornets of the PWHL, and played for Team Newfoundland and Labrador, serving as an assistant captain at the 2015 Canada Winter Games.
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24 SARAH-EVE COUTU GODBOUT
25 EMMA GRECO
FORWARD 22 YEARS OLD FROM THORNHILL, ON
FORWARD 23 YEARS OLD FROM ROUYN-NORANDA, QC
DEFENCE 25 YEARS OLD FROM BURLINGTON, ON
Marcuzzi was selected in the fourth-round of the 2020 NWHL Draft. She played at Robert Morris University and helped lead the Colonials to three straight regularseason titles from 2017-19 and four consecutive trips to the CHA Championship game, winning the title in 2017. An assistant captain as a senior, Marcuzzi appeared in all 36 games in 2019-20 and registered 7G and 8A for 15 points.
Coutu Godbout played at Quinnipiac from 2017-2020 and was the team’s leading goal scorer and second in points last season, with 16 goals and 10 assists for 26 points in 36 games. She was also a member of Team Canada when they won the silver medal at the U-18 IIHF World Championship in 2015.
The defender from Burlington, Ontario played for the Toronto Furies in the CWHL’s final season. After her college career at Quinnipiac, Greco played in the 2017-18 NWHL season with the Connecticut Whale.
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27 SHIANN DARKANGELO
29 ELAINE CHULI
34 SAMANTHA RIDGEWELL
FORWARD 27 YEARS OLD FROM ROYAL OAK, MI
GOALIE 26 YEARS OLD FROM WATERFORD, ON
GOALIE 24 YEARS OLD FROM OUTLOOK, SK
As a member of the U.S. National Team, Darkangelo won a gold medal in 2016 at the IIHF World Championship and competed in two Four Nations Cups. Before playing in the CWHL for Toronto and Kunlun, the Michigan native was a very popular player in the NWHL with Buffalo and Connecticut. Darkangelo played collegiately at Syracuse and Quinnipiac and won gold with the U.S. National Team at the U-18 World Championship in 2011.
The 26-year-old goaltender from Waterford, Ontario played in the CWHL for the Toronto Furies and Vanke Rays. The No. 1 goaltender at the University of Connecticut for each of her four years at college, Chuli was a member of gold medal-winning Team Canada at the U-18 World Championships in 2012.
Ridgewell was the No. 1 goaltender last season for Djurgardens IF and had a 2.03 GAA and .920 save percentage over 22 games. She had an exceptional college career at Merrimack, where, as a senior in 2018-19, she had a school-record five shutouts, and her 1.89 GAA and her save percentage was a Hockey East-leading .938. Ridgewell, who was runner-up for Hockey East’s goaltender of the year award, developed with the Notre Dame Hounds and Saskatoon Stars prior to college.
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67 EMMA WOODS
91 JENNA MCPARLAND
DEFENCE 23 YEARS OLD FROM OTTAWA, ON
FORWARD 25 YEARS OLD FROM BURFORD, ON
FORWARD 28 YEARS OLD FROM SCHREIBER, ON
In 2019-20 at Syracuse, where she was named First Team All-CHA, Eastwood shared the team lead in points (28) and was first in assists (20) in 36 games. She captained Syracuse in 2019 to the first CHA Tournament title in program history and earned selection to the All-Tournament Team. In 2020, Eastwood was named the recipient of the prestigious Doris R. Soladay Award, given to one female and one male student-athlete at Syracuse for community involvement and “a history of positively influencing their peers personally, academically, and athletically.”
Woods has already carved out a magnificent hockey career that has taken her from All-ECAC honors and the captaincy at Quinnipiac University to the CWHL’s teams in China and last season with Leksands IF in the SDHL. She is a player who has shown she’s capable as a forward and a defender. She was selected 14th overall by Buffalo in the 2016 NWHL Draft while she was leading the way at Quinnipiac. With Leksands IF in 2019-20, Woods had 10G and 19A for 29 points in 35 games.
McParland is an outstanding all-zone forward from the 2018 Clarkson Cup champion Markham Thunder of the CWHL. In Game 2 of the semifinals that year, McParland opened the scoring with three straight goals to lead Markham to a 4-3 victory over Montreal. In 141 games at the University of Minnesota-Duluth, she had 5G and 66A for 116 points. McParland developed playing for the Toronto Aeros of the PWHL and was a member of Team Canada at the U-18 World Championship in 2010.
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Do you have any superstitions? I’d say I have more of a routine that I stick to, rather than superstitions. Before games I have to have a pregame coffee and listen to music on my walk to the rink. And I always do the same stretches in warmup. How do you unwind after a big game? After a big game, I like to hang out with my teammates and celebrate the win. I’ll usually review the game tape too, since watching the game afterwards allows me to be more objective when I critique my play. What can you be found doing away from the rink? Outside the rink, I like to read, write, and go for bike rides. Since I’m new to Toronto, I’ve been biking around a lot and exploring different parts of the city. Did you pick up any quarantine hobbies? My quarantine hobbies have involved lots of arts and crafts, binge-watching Netflix and attempting to stay on beat with Zumba workouts from YouTube.
Q: What are you looking forward to the most about playing for the Six this season? A: I can’t wait to see all our hard work and dedication come to life in our first game as a team. What’s your favourite hockey memory? My favourite hockey memory is winning a gold medal with Team Canada at the U18 World Championships.
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Who has been your greatest hockey influence growing up? My dad. Every winter growing up, he built a backyard rink for my brothers and I. He even converted our basement into a roller hockey rink. He always pushed me to be my best and told me
straight up how I played, even if it was hard to hear. I still call him up after my games to ask for pointers and tips about my game. What other sports did you play growing up? Besides hockey, I played soccer, baseball and did cross-country running growing up. (My dad) always pushed me to be my best and would tell me straight up how I played, even if it was hard to hear. Coolest place you’ve ever travelled to? One of my favourite traveling experiences I’ve had was a solo trip I took to Istanbul, Turkey and Jerusalem, Israel this past spring. My favourite part of the trip was standing on top of the Masada and taking in the view of the Dead Sea and the Judaean desert. What advice do you have for a young girl who wants to play professional hockey one day? Define your dream and how you envision yourself years from now. Break that image down into smaller, tangible goals and push yourself to accomplish those short-term goals. The culmination of those accomplishments will set you on the path to making your dream become a reality. Lastly, and most importantly, remember to have fun and cherish the amazing memories you make along the way.
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What’s your favourite hockey memory? Winning the CHA Championship and making the NCAA tournament with Syracuse University. It was the program's first ever title. We were projected to come third in the tournament but found a way to win. It was unreal to win with my best friends and carry on to put up a solid fight against Wisconsin in the Final 8 of the NCAA tourney. Do you have any superstitions? I have to put on my left equipment before right. Like my left skate before my right skate. If I have a good game, I can’t retape my stick no matter how chewed up the tape is. How do you unwind after a big game? Throw on some Netflix and chill out. What can you be found doing away from the rink? I am working for a Digital Marketing Agency called Critical Mass doing project management. But also creating sports media content; trying to chase my dream of becoming a sports broadcaster one day. I currently have a show on the Barnburner Network called “Tea It Up.” Other than, that hanging with friends or shopping.
Q: What are you looking forward to the most about playing for the Six this season? A: Being back in my home country, playing for a Canadian team. Toronto is arguably the best hockey city in the world, so getting to play for this team is an honour.
Did you pick up any quarantine hobbies? I would rollerblade a ton in the summer during quarantine.
Who has been your greatest hockey influence growing up? Would have to be my father. He played the game and coached all his life, so I’ve always trusted his opinion – even if I didn’t listen all of the time. All my life, him and my mom would do anything to make sure I was set up to succeed in hockey; they would work overtime so I could have the best equipment, not to mention they would drive across the country just to watch me play. What other sports did you play growing up? I played nearly every sport growing up, but mainly lacrosse and soccer. Coolest place you’ve ever travelled to? Grand Cayman island has to be the coolest place I’ve ever travelled to. Seven Mile Beach is spectacular. But nothing compares to my cottage on Lake Clear, in the Ottawa Valley. That’s my favourite place in the world. What advice do you have for a young girl who wants to play professional hockey one day? Remember to have fun. When you’re battling to the top you can lose sight of why you play from the pressure that you or others put on yourself. But it’s important to have fun with the process and make the most of it. Hockey is meant to be fun, that’s why we play, after all.
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DON’T ASSUME SOMETHING THAT’S IMPORTANT TO YOU IS IMPORTANT TO SOMEONE ELSE...
im Mustin is currently a Senior Managing Director at Bernstein Private Wealth in the heart of the financial world. She’s also a wife and mother who has worked hard to balance her personal passions with being a woman climbing the ladder in one of the most competitive sectors possible. “If there was one common thread throughout my childhood and my life it’s I like solving problems,” Mustin said. “When I was a kid it manifested itself in me taking apart things that work perfectly well to see how they worked and then put them back together again – including my mom’s car radio at one point.” Over almost three decades, Mustin has enjoyed solving puzzles. Now a leader on Wall Street, Mustin continues putting the pieces together in an increasingly diverse marketplace. She started as a forensic accountant for the Treasury Department and eventually made the move to the investment world, where there weren’t many women in leadership roles. There have been critical moments along the way where Mustin was able to piece together the map to her ultimate career goals. Mustin remembers one moment that shifted her approach to the ladder she was climbing. While working at Deutsche Bank, she had the best year of her career. She was waiting outside her manager’s office for her review meeting during, which she would learn the size of the bonus she would receive for her
exceptional performance. She was nervous. A male colleague had the appointment before hers. He hadn’t had a very good year, but when he emerged from the office, he was happy – he had been promoted to a managing director role. Mustin sat down and received a glowing review and the largest bonus of her career, an amount that far exceeded her hopes. At the end of the conversation she asked her manager about being promoted. The boss was crestfallen to learn that was a goal of hers; he hadn’t considered her for a promotion. At that time, Mustin learned that she needed to be her own advocate, and more vocal about her goals. “Don’t assume something that’s important to you is important to someone else,” she shared. “You have to show up and do the work and earn it, you have to deliver, but don’t just assume that someone is going to promote you.” Mustin then put a plan in place to join an admittedly small number of women in managing director roles at Deutsche Bank. During the following year the market tanked and she didn’t have nearly as good of a year as she did the previous year. But when she met with the boss for her review, while the bonus wasn’t nearly as large as she had received before, the promotion was available. In the years since, Mustin has been one of a growing number of women leading on Wall Street. And she’s thankful for men along the way who have helped cultivate her skills and encourage her to continue climbing.
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“At the time that I began working on Wall Street, there weren’t a lot of women so all of my mentors in my early, formative years were men,” Mustin said. “I’m incredibly thankful for the time they took to help save me from myself. One of the things I carried with me from my male mentors is how important it is to take calculated risks. And to create a ‘cabinet of supporters.’ If you take a calculated risk and fail, either you need to figure out how to politically get yourself back on your feet or have the ego to pull it off. I’m thankful for my cabinet of mentors who told me ‘if you fail, get back up.’” Mustin is excited to see the increasing number of women in influential positions in
her industry. She pointed out that 51 percent of the population is female and that the marketplace now expects that to be reflected in every level of organizations. As she has matriculated her way up the landscape on Wall Street, she has taken on a leadership role and served as a mentor to future generations of diverse leaders. Mustin was thrilled when Citi Group “broke the ultimate glass ceiling” when they named a woman their CEO. But as women continue to gain positions of power in the industry, it becomes equally important to build and retain a diverse staff to keep her own firm on top. “To me, diversity isn’t your skin tone or gender,” she said. “It’s about how you ap-
proach problems – because I’m a problem solver. I’m an impatient person, so I look for people who help me pump the brakes. So when I’m hiring a diverse team of people, I’m hiring people for those things... I look at what experience you’re bringing to the table. That is going to help us create better products and services and solve problems in a better way for our clients. “I have my arms around my female, LGBTQ, black and brown talent because they are the future of our firm,” Mustin continued. “I know that I need the smartest, most talented people and they need to look like the marketplace I am trying to service. If I don’t hold onto them, I know they’re going to get recruited by other people.” At Bernstein, Mustin continues to work with clients who have “unique wealth” to problem solve for their personal financial goals. Whether that wealth comes from a lifetime of hard work, smart investment, signing a contract as a professional athlete or inheriting a significant amount, every situation is different. And Mustin loves nothing more than a good puzzle. As a woman in the marketplace, she also continues to see her peers take the next step while their clients succeed. And she’s happy to share advice with anyone who asks. “Take more calculated risks early in your career and put yourself in position through hard work to ask for what you want.”
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TURNED SUCCESS IN SPORTS INTO SUCCESS IN BUSINESS BY SHAWN HUTCHEON
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is often said that when a child plays sports they learn many life-lessons that they will be able to use as they grow into adulthood. American soccer superstar Angela Hucles Mangano is the personification of that adage.
...TO COME OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE TO BECOME SUCCESSFUL, THAT’S SOMETHING I CAN HOLD ON TO WHEN THINGS GET TOUGH...
All Hucles Mangano has done is taken what she learned on and off the soccer pitch and applied those lessons into highly successful roles of business owner, television commentator, volunteer, and philanthropist. It all began when Hucles Mangano was a young girl who developed a love for soccer. However, there were no girls’ teams in her hometown of Norfolk, Virginia so she played on the boys’ teams all the way through high school at Norfolk Academy. From there, she took her talents to the University of Virginia where she was team captain before becoming a professional with the Boston Breakers of the Women’s Soccer Association from 2001 to 2003 then with the Breakers in the Women’s Professional Soccer league from 2003 to 2009 when the league ceased operations. While successful playing in those leagues (27 goals in 106 career games), it was on the international stage where Hucles Mangano made her mark. Hucles Mangano was a member of the bronze medal winning United States Women’s National Team in the 2003 and 2007 World Cup tournaments and the gold medal winning teams at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece and in the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing, China. In each tournament, the Virginia native saw limited playing time, but that would change at Beijing. An injury suffered by teammate Amy Wambach just before the ‘08 Games put Hucles Mangano in the spotlight for the Americans and she did not disappoint. She led Team USA in goals with four (second-most in the tournament) in six games as the squad repeated its gold medal victory. After hanging up her cleats in 2009, Hucles Mangano turned her attention to the business world. She had earned her college degree in Anthropology but became interested in real estate during her days in Boston and completed the requirements necessary to become a licensed real estate agent. After retiring from soccer, Hucles Mangano moved to Southern California and became involved in real estate in the Los Angeles area. In September of 2017, Hucles Mangano opened her own real estate agency and has found that many of the skills that made her a two-time Olympic champion apply to owning a business.
“For me, sports has been one of my
greatest teachers in life,” Hucles Mangano said. “Sports has always been one of the best teachers in life -- and probably because of how I learned and being more of a kinesthetic learner -- so to be able to practice different things in a safe environment has been super-helpful not just on the playing field but really being able to take all those things into the workplace, into business and understand myself better, and then also just how to work with other people and personalities. I always lean on my sports education for that and being able to start a business, especially when there are so many different hats you have to wear and there is a lot of adversity, and it’s hard and it’s grueling, especially to start something brand new and fresh whether it’s a new business, a new product, and so to be able to understand that you’re not going to see instant success and just like getting myself to the Olympics, that was a journey that took a decade to get there and to achieve. “To be able to know that I’ve gone through ups and downs, challenges and adversities, to come out on the other side to become successful, that’s something I can hold on to when things get tough and challenging with business when I’m trying to figure out how to best communicate with a client. These are absolutely all the tangible life skills that I’m able to take through from sports.” ucles Mangano went on to explain it is one thing to have acquired such skills and another to implement them into her business. “I don’t necessarily see myself as an agent, but I have a real estate business and I think there are different elements to that approach than just going in and being an agent,” she said. “Now you have to go out and market it and sell it, and have conversations with people, reach out to your network, reach out to people that you might not know, come up with a strategy, a plan, bring in email marketing, social media, everything, and also put together a small team to help implement the processes. All of that is wearing a different hat, putting a team together, know what roles each of us play, where are our strengths, and being able to access all of that, and for this specific business (real estate), I am the CEO. I am the leader. That’s a different layer of responsibility and being able to make the right decisions for the business but also to help guide and lead and for me, it’s also helping my team. >>
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...BILLY JEAN KING, WHO I JUST THINK, NOT ONLY IS SHE A FIRECRACKER BUT JUST A LIVING LEGEND.
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Making sure that they are doing the things that they enjoy doing not just because they’re helping to fill a need, but how can we really maximize the experience that they’re having while we’re all working together. When you start to think of things in that way it, one, helps to build and create great chemistry within the team. It helps to develop that individual for what they’re trying to achieve in their own business.” As Hucles Mangano stated, being a business owner is an all-encompassing endeavor. By now, you may be thinking that she has all she can handle, however, we’re talking about an Olympian and as such, she is often asked to give her free time to very worthy causes. Causes to which Hucles Mangano dedicates herself to just as much as she does to her business and as much as she did to soccer, as well. Hucles Mangano has dedicated her time and efforts to organizations such as Up2Us, Dream Big, and You Can Play, which empower young people to reach their goals through sports and physical activities. “I think, for me, just to be able to accept different positions (with You Can Play) and also become involved in different groups is because I believe in what they do,” she said. “I’m still a supporter of You Can Play. I love Patrick Burke. I just think he’s such an amazing individual. I don’t know the rest of his family that well. I met Patrick because of You Can Play and just to see what he’s done, but obviously his entire family’s impact in the sport of hockey itself. But he’s obviously taking that platform and creating a much larger impact in the world. “I definitely did a lot of speaking engagements and panels with their organization in which there was myself and probably a couple of other athletes who would talk about language. How language is used. Just breaking down stereotypes and misconceptions and doing a piece of education about LGBT in sport and how advocates and allies could help and
support and be a part of the bigger picture. I think sport provides such a unique way of reaching people, of educating, of bringing the world together. We’ve seen that in so many different sporting events, in the Olympics, and the World Cups of soccer, so to be able to use sport in that platform, for such a powerful and positive purpose, I think is great and incredible. I can’t say enough great things about Patrick and what he’s done to be able to take something that was a personal issue and the personal responsibilities that he felt with his brother (Brendan) and to be able to create a legacy for him through this organization, I just think is amazing.”
hile she is proud to be associated with Up2Us, Dream Big, and You Can Play, and considers what they do to be extremely important, it is the roles in which Hucles Mangano has played since 2003 on behalf of the Women’s Sports Foundation that she can be proudest. The mission of the Women’s Sports Foundation is, “We are the ally, advocate, and catalyst for tomorrow’s leaders. We exist to enable girls and women to reach their potential in sports and life.” A mission that Hucles Mangano takes to heart, so much so that she served as the Foundation’s President from January 2015 to December 2016. “I always give credit to my U.S. National Team captain July Foudy, who was also a past President back in 2003, so I’ve been involved, in some capacity, with the Women’s Sports Foundation since then,” Hucles Mangano explained. “Foudy introduced us (national team) to the foundation when she was President. We had 15 of us, maybe, who went to their Annual Salute, which is the Women’s Sports Foundations biggest fundraising event. Typically, they host it in New York City and it’s a celebration of women in sports and female athletes for that year. I just remember showing up, going there, and just being completely in awe of the event, of the individuals who were part of it, of the amazing, incredible stories of female athletes I knew and ones I didn’t know, of all the accomplishments, and the work that was being done for advocacy in women’s sports. I was hooked from that moment and then just became more involved, made myself available for whatever the foundation needed and wanted of me and, really and truly, because I believed -and still do -- in their mission of just getting girls
physically active in sports and the value that it plays especially in a young person’s life. From there, I joined their athlete advisory board and stayed current with the different events, which then ultimately led me to becoming a board member and then to serving as President of their foundation. “I always loved being in the boardroom with Billy Jean King, who I just think, not only is she a firecracker but just a living legend. To know her and see her in real life, not just watching her in the movie, but to see how she still just walks the walk. So many people can say different things, but she just lives everything that she believes in and says. Just to think about the situation she was in many years ago and how scary it was for her and other female tennis players that were basically taking this giant leap and stand, but they pretty much changed, I think, the way that we now see women’s sports and how we value women in sport but women as well.” Although her term as President ended in 2016, Hucles Mangano remains on the board of trustees with the Women’s Sports Foundation.
But wait, there’s more. ince 2012, you have likely seen Hucles Mangano providing color commentary during women’s NCAA, World Cup, and Olympic soccer matches for NBC and Fox Sports. Most recently, Hucles Mangano has become involved with Angel City LA. In October, 2020, the National Women’s Soccer League announced that Angel City LA will become a member of the League bringing women’s professional soccer to Southern California. By the way, did I mention Hucles Mangano does all of this while raising a young daughter and son? Yes, the question of where does she find the time to do it all had to be asked. “I don’t know,” she said with a laugh. “I have a three-year-old son and a four-month-old daughter, but one of my weaknesses is, I don’t say no often enough. I’m starting to learn how to do it a bit better, but there are some things that are just important and I think anyone who does service work and volunteer and philanthropy,
it’s all because it’s not about us. It’s about making the world better and I think, foundationally, that’s the belief that we all have. It’s the right thing to do and on the selfish side of it, it does feel good. It feels good to feel like you’re contributing in a positive way and that you’re hopefully making a difference in a positive way and possibly making someone’s life better. I mean, if saying yes to that too much becomes a problem then I think we’re having a much bigger problem.”
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Q: What are you looking forward to the most about playing for the Six this season? A: The inaugural season and being the first NWHL team in Canada. I’m looking forward to having the chance to play a bubble season like other professional sports have done this year. What’s your favourite hockey memory? Although I have many, I think my favourite hockey moment was winning the Canada Winter Games with Team Quebec. Do you have any superstitions? I put my left side equipment first. How do you unwind after a big game? I usually like stretching, taking an ice bath, eating a good meal and reflecting on the game; things I could’ve done better and what worked well. What can you be found doing away from the rink? I love fishing, spending time with my family and doing outdoor activities. Did you pick up any quarantine hobbies? I’ve started reading books a lot and played cards with my family. Who has been your greatest hockey influence growing up? My mom. She was a single mother and she made sure my sister and I never missed anything in our lives. She is a really strong woman who also ran her own business. Her courage gave me strength and helped me be the hockey player I am today. I would not be where I am without her. What other sports did you play growing up? I played soccer and golf. Coolest place you’ve ever travelled to? Ireland and Barcelona. What advice do you have for a young girl who wants to play professional hockey one day? Believing in themselves. Have fun playing the game and finding ways to get better. There’s no secret recipe!
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Q: What are you looking forward to the most about playing for the Six this season? A: The thing I’m looking forward to this season playing for the Six is getting to play in my hometown and in front of all my friends and family. What’s your favourite hockey memory? My favourite hockey memory would have to be getting my 100 points at Merrimack College. It was an accomplishment that was very hard to achieve. Do you have any superstitions? I don’t really have any superstitions. But I do play video before most games, just something I like to do. How do you unwind after a big game? After a big game I would just relax and watch whatever show I’m watching on Netflix’s. What can you be found doing away from the rink? When I’m away from the rink I’m normally working, playing video games or hangout with my family. Did you pick up any quarantine hobbies? Unfortunately, I didn’t pick up any hobbies during quarantine, which would have been a good opportunity to learn many things. I
mainly was working and helping out my community throughout quarantine. Who has been your greatest hockey influence growing up? My greatest influence growing up would have to be my dad and brothers. Growing up I wanted to be just as good as them! What other sports did you play growing up? In high school I pretty much played every sport the school had. My favourite was basketball. Coolest place you’ve ever travelled to? The coolest place I have traveled has been Belfast, Ireland with Merrimack College. What advice do you have for a young girl who wants to play professional hockey one day? I would say don’t let anyone tell you what you are capable of doing. Whatever your goals are, do what you need to do to complete them. And don’t get discouraged if you don’t make the best teams/school or even national team/camps. Just focus on your goals and don’t let anyone tell you you can’t do something. Believe in yourself.
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he National Women’s Hockey League was founded in 2015 with a mission of providing strong female role models for communities while fueling the continued growth of the sport and brand of women’s hockey. When the puck dropped for the start of the inaugural season in 2015-16, the NWHL became the first professional women’s hockey league in North America. For the first time, women were paid a salary to play hockey. The League’s “Founding Four” franchises – Boston Pride, Buffalo Beauts, Connecticut Whale and New York (now Metropolitan) Riveters – are joined by the Minnesota Whitecaps, who entered the NWHL in 2018-19, and the Toronto 6ix, who will make their debut in the 2020-21 season. The NWHL’s championship trophy is named after Lord Frederick Arthur Stanley’s daughter, Isobel, who is known to be one of the first female hockey players in North America. Along with her brothers, she encouraged her father to pur-
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Strategic alliances with NHL franchises have assisted in the growth of the NWHL, with partnerships built between the Boston Pride and Bruins, and the Minnesota Whitecaps and Wild. Additionally, the Pittsburgh Penguins served as host of the NWHL All-Star Game in 2017, the Minnesota Wild in 2018, and the Nashville Predators in 2019. With a crowd of more than 6,000 fans in Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, the 2019 NWHL All-Star Game set an attendance record for a pro women’s game in the United States. In 2019, the NWHL signed an exclusive three-year streaming partnership with Twitch, the world’s leading live streaming platform for gamers, making it the first paid media rights deal for the League. With plans to expand across North America, the NWHL continues to spread its message for young hockey players to See it, Dream it, Be it.
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