As a child, Sami Jo Small had visions of summer Olympic glory, but those podium dreams would be realized through a winter sport.
When she began playing hockey as the only girl on a boys team in Winnipeg, there had yet to be an IIHF Women’s World Championship or competition at the winter games.
An excellent athlete, she landed a scholarship to Stanford University as a track and field competitor while moonlighting in net with the men's club team. A subpar meet led to a chance trip to Calgary, there, the national program happened to be scouting for Nagano 1998.
That ticket led to a journey that wasn’t even possible when she first signed up to play.
Small discusses the role she played as well as the ongoing fight for equity and inclusion in our newest episode.
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 9) - - Dan Robson (The Athletic) - Bower, A Legendary Life
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 8) - Jim Lang - Everyday Hockey Heroes, Inspiring Stories On and Off the Ice
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 7) - Joshua Kloke (The Athletic) - Come on You Reds, The Story of TFC
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 6) - Ken Reid (Sportsnet) - Hockey Card Stories 2
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 5) - David Shoalts (Globe & Mail) - Hockey Fight in Canada
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 4) - Rob Simpson - No Heavy Lifting, Globetrotting Adventures of a Sports Media Guy
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 3)- Daemon Fairless - Mad Blood Stirring, The Inner Lives of Violent Men
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 2) - Dan Robson (Sportsnet) - Killer, My Life in Hockey - Doug Gilmour
SportsLit (Season 2, Episode 1) - Karl Subban - How We Did It, with Scott Colby (Toronto Star)
SportsLit (Episode No. 3) - - Stacey May Fowles - Best Canadian Sports Writing with Pasha Malla
SportsLit (Episode No. 2) - Greg Oliver (Slam! Wrestling) - Gratooney The Looney - Gilles Gratton
SportsLit (Episode No.1) - Ken Reid (Sportsnet) - Dennis Maruk
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