Women’s Hockey Wednesday: Para ice hockey needs better coverage

There isn’t a specific Story of the Week this week, for a number of reasons.

One of the most important things to happen over the last fortnight in terms of international hockey was the Women’s Para Ice Hockey World Cup. We’ve included a section on that, but it doesn’t get much coverage, so there’s not much we can say about it. Theoretically para ice hockey is coed (witness the several dozen stories from Pyeongchang about Lena Schroeder, the token woman) which is part of the reason there’s not even substantial support or recognition from the various national hockey governing bodies for the women’s teams. Still, these women are working as hard as anyone else to “grow the game” and they should…