Time waits for no one in sports, and not practising with teammates or playing games is a heavy blow. Staying in 'hockey shape' is a concern.
For Kimberly Sass, the decision to risk missing a season of hockey in a bid for a better professional women’s league came down to simple choice."In April, I came to realize that after-tax write-offs, including equipment, travel and taxes I paid more to play professional ice hockey in 2018 than I made," the Metropolitan Riveters goaltender said. "It is the financially responsible decision to not play professional women’s ice hockey next season.
Women on national teams will have practices and tournaments like the Four Nations Cup in November and the 2020 world championships. Liz Knox, goalie and co-chair of the players’ union for the now-defunct Canadian Women’s Hockey League, said she expects to see more support from Hockey Canada and USA Hockey to keep those players fit.
The clock is ticking for older players, including several of the stars who ended the United States’ Olympic gold medal drought in 2018. Meghan Duggan, captain of that U.S. team, will be 32 in September and has played in both the CWHL and NWHL. Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson, who helped clinch Olympic gold for the United States in 2018 with her shootout goal, and sister Monique Lamoureux-Morando turn 30 in July.
Like many players, Sass juggles a traditional job with hockey. She has had colleagues ask why she works as an architect if she’s a professional hockey player, and she missed the Riveters’ last playoff game in March not wanting to take off an extra half day from her new job because travel to Minnesota was routed round-trip through North Carolina."It’s really a personal decision for players to decide to continue training to keep doors open or to help the game in other ways," Sass said.
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