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"Whatever it took, that's what we were doing": Reagan Rust Was All-In From The Start

February 04, 2020

"Whatever it took, that's what we were doing": Reagan Rust Was All-In From The Start by Kirsten Whelan

By the fifth grade, Reagan Rust had it all mapped out. She'd drawn up a 10-year plan, which included such casual objectives as playing college hockey at Harvard University and becoming a brain surgeon. "I know," she says with a laugh. "I was an ambitious

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"We were sick and tired of faking it" — The PWHPA's Quest for Professionalism Continues

January 16, 2020

"We were sick and tired of faking it" — The PWHPA's Quest for Professionalism Continues by Kirsten Whelan

On January 4, the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association had its first game of 2020: a 2-0 contest in front of 3,401 fans at the Leon's Centre in Kingston, Ontario. On January 12, many of the same athletes suited up at the Mattamy Athletic

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