At Pension Plan Puppets, we have frequently been on the receiving end of the admonition that we should “stick to hockey.” Whenever we have written about any topic that supposedly strays from hockey, such as sexualized violence and discrimination, homophobia, or the exclusion of women in sports fan communities, we have been told that these topics should not be under the purview of a Toronto Maple Leafs blog.
The suggestion that we should “stick to hockey,” of course, operates under the assumption that hockey is a pure game that is not impacted by the rest of the world.