Backcheck: a Hockey Retrospective

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Handout 3.1

Students Assignment of Newspaper Articles

Read assigned articles and examine photographs from the Backcheck: A Hockey Retrospective website. Refer to questions (Handout 3.2).

Students A: 'Women's Hockey the early years'

1. A photo of women playing hockey at Rideau Hall in 1890

2. A photo 'The Queen of the Ice' 1903

3. An article: 'Pretty Girls Chase the Puck' 1908

4. An article: 'Ladies at Play' 1908

5. An article: 'Miss Lapensee Alone defeats the Alerts' 1917

6. A photo of the Queen's University Team in 1917

Students B: 'Individual women who made a difference.'

1. An article: 'Miss Lapensee Alone Defeats the Alerts' 1917;

2. Articles: 'No Time for Girls' 1956;
'Les officiels d'une petite ligue de hockey confondus'.
A photo: 'Abby Hoffman' 1956;

3. An article: 'Blainey ruling eliminates segregation in sports' 1988.

4. Articles: 'Goalie Rheaume makes hockey history' 1991;
'Je n'ai pas eu l'air fou '.

Students C: 'The modern era of women's achievements in hockey'

1. Articles: 'We Win' 1990';
'Championnat mondial de hockey féminin, Le Canada écrit une page d'histoire

2. Articles: 'Silver Lining Tough to Find 1996';
'Les Canadiennes inconsolables apreès leur défaite aux mains des Américaines.
Des larmes d'argent'.

3. Articles: 'The Golden Girls' 2002';
'L'OR. Les Canadiennes vengent leur échec de Nagano en allant battre les
Américaines chez elles'.

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