“I Play Daily, You Play Weakly”
January 26, 2017
Envision walking into a crowded hockey rink. You are entirely surrounded by boys as they tower over you like giants. Their big masks stand out as they all turn and look your way. You stand in your skates, stick in hand. The room becomes quiet as you head out to the ice. You spend the next suspenseful hours skating around the rink as the puck glides across the ice. When called over to the sideline by the coach, your nervousness suddenly vanishes as the coach congratulates you on your acceptance onto the team. This is how Molly, a seventh grader at St. Robert, overcame the challenge of joining a hockey team and becoming one of the only girls on her hockey team.
Molly, an experienced hockey player now, started at a very young age. Molly explains, “I started skating when I was three, then I started hockey.” Before Molly even began playing this hard sport, she had to first learn the basics of it: skating. “I really started to like [hockey] because it teaches you how to be a good teammate, and it is super fun,” Molly states. She has played hockey in many different places. “I play for winter club right now, we practice at university school,” she explains.
Hockey requires some serious team communication. “My team has won six games, lost 16, and tied 3, all of which were very close battles,” Molly explains. “The biggest thing our team struggles with is working as a team and communicating on the ice.” Just like many other sports, relaying, and working with your teammates is crucial to being successful in games. Communication is another key trait in many sports including hockey.
Molly faces the challenge of being one of only two girls on her team. The other girl plays goalie, so she isn’t as involved with the game play as Molly is each day. Even though is it is a challenge being the girl on the ice, there are some advantages. “I like being the only girl because the level of play is a lot higher and it challenges me, and the boys are very nice to me,” Molly states, “but sometimes I wish there was another girl on my team.” Being the girl can be pretty intimidating to some, but this situation has helped Molly become mentally tough.

Lucy is a current 8th grader at St. Robert. This year she is Editor-in-Chief of the White and Blue press, and she is very enthusiastic to see what this...
I play hockey to! Winter club rules
Well-written article. Nice job! Molly is a great player and HUGE on the ice. Beast mode on the ice and sweet person off!
I really like how you put a lot of quotes.
She is a great player! Hockey is very interesting to watch. Especially Molly! Interesting article.
Nice article! I enjoyed reading this
Nice article!
It must be hard being one of only two girls on a team. I hope that the hockey team can win some more!
It must be hard being one of only two girls on a team, especially in rough sport like hockey. I hope the hockey team wins some more games!
I wonder how they keep the ice cold for so long.
Nice article. The only thing i saw that was forgoten was the word the inbettween for and winter club. I wish i could play hockey.
nice article!
Molly is a beast on the ice! She is very good. Nice article.
I also know what it’s like being the only girl it’s tough sometimes but it always comes through
that must be pretty scary with all the boys towering over you
sorry about that was a mistake
great article
I like your article nice job Molly
Great article! Didn’t know this much. Lots of details!!
great article nat!!! loved reading this.
Thanks so much Natalie! I really enjoyed working with you and reading this article!
This is a great article and has lots of good detail! I love watching hockey games but I have never personally played hockey! It sounds hard but fun!
Great Article! It’s interesting to learn how people spend their free time and what sports they do.
Great article Natalie, I loved your title! I’ll have to go see Molly play sometime!
Natalie!! This article was amazing! I enjoyed reading it…great job!!
Great article. I play hockey with my friends, but I am not on a team. When we play, I am always the worst. I fall on my butt every time.
this was a great article and i thought it was very nice
I thought this article was super cool and interesting because of the intro and Molly’s story, and the title is really intriguing.
Great article! This is really interesting how one girl is playing with a team of boys. Awesome!
this is such a good article, and inspiring before this i didn’t know hokey was so hard!
I didn’t know Molly played hockey. Nice story, it had a lot of detail
I knew Molly played hockey, but I didn’t know that she was one of the only girls on her team which is very cool.
Great article!Its pretty amazing that Molly’s paying with all boys on the hockey team.Its also pretty awesome that she’s not scared to get knocked over by the boys that takes a lot of guts.Liked the article!
I did not know that hockey took so much work, and I would never consider playing hockey ever, because I thought it wasn’t fun.
After I read this article, it showed me how important a reliable teammate is for hockey, and how good she needed to be to make the team over other boys.
Awesome article Natalie! Molly seems like such a great hockey player because your title really caught my attention; I loved reading this!
Now I understand how hard it is for a girl to be on an all boys team, and how much effort is put into hockey since you used so much description.
Awesome article Natalie! Molly seems like such a great hockey player, and I loved reading this because your article really caught my attention, and also you include lots of great detail! 🙂
Update on Molly’s team. Last weekend at the regional playdowns in Sheboygan they won all three games against the top teams in the area and are now headed to the State tournament!! Hard work and teamwork have paid off. Good luck to Molly in a few weeks at State in Stevens Pont! Matt G
You go Girl!!!!!
We are very proud of you Mols!
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mol is a beast on the ice
yay hockey
I think hockey might be my favorite sport to watch
You are so good at hockey Molly!! Hockey is a very fun sport to watch (it’s better when your out on the ice)