There needs to be more media coverage of women’s hockey. There needs to be better coverage of women’s hockey. Girls need to see women’s hockey reflected in the media.
It’s a long-standing refrain, and this past week Brianne Jenner’s comments brought the discussion back to Twitter. In a speech at Olds College this week, the Olympian and Calgary Inferno forward talked about how the Canadian news media always rehashed the same questions, and contrasted that with the more detailed and hockey-focused questions she got while playing NCAA hockey at Cornell University.
A number of bloggers (Annie and I included) echoed Jenner’s frustration.