Sangana naDani Rylan, Muvambi weNWHL

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Dani Rylan ane 5'3 '', kana 5'5 '' mumazaya echando. Iye haasunganidze maaxels maviri kana zvipfeko zvakashongedzwa, zvakadaro; Rylan's skating basa raigara riri nezve hockey-uye pachikwata chevakomana, zvisingaite. "Kukura, ndizvo zvese zvandaiziva," anodaro. "Uye izvozvo zvakaita kuti zvinakidze."

Vakomana vaya vakanga vasingangobvumiri mumwe musikana akanaka mutsvuku kuti adhudhu achitevera kumashure kwavo. Mushure memakore ekuridza neTampa Bay Junior Mheni muchikoro chepuraimari, aive akanyatsokwana nezvemutambo wake uyo vabereki vake vakamutendera kunyoresa pachikoro chebhodhingi anopfuura chiuru mamaira kubva kumba kwake kuFlorida. Chikoro cheSt. Mark chine mukurumbira muNew England nechirongwa chayo che ice hockey, icho chakaburitsa vatambi vakati wandei vane hunyanzvi, uye Rylan akanzi kaputeni wechikwata chevasikana. Akatamba nevakomana zvakare kuchikwata cheMetropolitan State University kirabhu muColorado. (Hockey haisiriyo wega wevakadzi-anofarira mutambo wevanhurume; tsvaga nei maChikoro cheSekondari Ari Kugamuchira Vakadzi Vamhanyi.)

"Mushure mekuyedzwa, makochi akauya kwandiri ndokuti," Une chokwadi here kuti unoda kutamba kuonana hockey?'" Rylan, zvino ane makore 28, anoyeuka. "Ndakati, Zvakanaka, ndinoziva kuti handisi kuedza kutamba ballet.' "Ndanga ndichiziva zvandanga ndichipinda."

Akashinga kurova mushure mekurohwa kubva kwaari akakura, akasimba vatambi vekoreji- "mushure memutambo wese, ndainzwa kunge ndarohwa netiraki diki," anodaro - asi saizi yavo yaisava chete mutsauko unorwadza pakati pavo. Vakomana vakasvika pakurota nezvekutamba muNHL, kana kutotamisa kunotambira chikoro cheD-1. Rylan, hongu, aisagona.

"Kana wakambotamba mutambo hupenyu hwako hwese, unova chikamu chekuzivikanwa kwako," anotsanangura kudaro, "saka kana iwe uchifanirwa kuusungirira, inguva inosuruvarisa."

Anoti vatambi vechikadzi vanokwira pazera remakore makumi maviri nemanomwe, kana hafu yegumi mushure mekoreji. Saka mushure mekunge Rylan apedza kudzidza, akange asati agadzirira kuregedza masiketi ake. Akatamira kuNew York City, kwaakavhura shopu yake yekofi (Simuka uye Gaya muEast Harlem) uye akaramba achitamba achivaraidza zvikwata zvevarume zvekirabhu. "Zvakakwana kwandiri, asi kune vatambi vachiri kukwikwidza padanho renyika, chinangwa chavo chikuru kutamba maOlympics makore mana ega ega," anodaro. Pakanga pasina sarudzo yehunyanzvi, hapana ligi rekuAmerica, uye zvechokwadi pakanga pasina mukana wekuti vatambi vechikadzi vabhadharwe. Rylan akachema chema vese vakarasikirwa nemikana, vese vamhanyi vaive vasina zvibodzwa zvasara zvekuvavarira.

Pfungwa yakarambana naye muhupenyu hwese-post-grad, paakasimuka Simuka uye Gaya pasi. Uye paive panguva yemitambo yeOlympics yegore ra2014, apo zvikwata zvevakadzi zvechando hockey kubva kuU.SA neCanada zvakarwa munguva yekupedzisira panguva yekupedzisira, Rylan akafemerwa kuumba kirabhu yenyika-zvese ega. "Kuona iwo mwenje wehockey uye nekuona kuti pakanga pasina mukana wakaita seuyu kushamwari dzangu, zvaiita kunge pasina-kufunga," anodaro. "I couldn't believe kuti haisati yavapo." (Sangana neVazhinji Vakadzi Vari Kuchinja Chiso cheMusikana Simba.)

Panguva yaaive achiongorora bhizinesi idzva iri, mitambo yevakadzi yainakidzwa zvisingaenzaniswi, neboka renhabvu revakadzi reU.S. Kutarisisa kwese kwakangomubatsira iye chikonzero, Rylan anotsanangura.

Saka sei chaizvo munhu anotanga kuumba yenyika mitambo ligi? Nekutora foni. Zvizhinji. "Vanhu vanogara vachiti nyika yeHockey idiki kwazvo, uye ndizvo chaizvo zvinoita chinhu ichi kuita chando nekukurumidza," anodaro. "Ndakasvika kumhuri yangu yeHockey, uye munhu wose akanga ari shure kwayo. Vose vakati 'Dani, unofanira kuita izvi!' "Basa rake reHockey kwemakore makumi maviri rakanga ramupa network yevanoshamwaridzana, kubva kune vatambi kuenda kune dzimwe nzvimbo, apo kofi. shopu yakanga yamudzidzisa hunyanzvi hwekuita bhizinesi. Pasina kana gore, ligi iri raitanga kuumbwa.

Rylan akawana vatambi, akabata makambi ekudzidzira, akatsvaga maguta, akagadzira zvikwata, uye nzvimbo dzakarongwa. “Ani nani anoita zvekurongerwa chouviri, heti yangu yabva kwavari,” anodaro achiseka. Kuti awane nzvimbo, akasarudza kutarisa kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva. "Makumi matatu nematatu kubva muzana yehockey yose iri kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva," anotsanangura kudaro. "Kuti mari yedu irambe yakaderera, takasarudza misika ina inonyanya kushanda kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva." Maguta ekupedzisira, nezvikwata zvavo, maBuffalo Beauts, New York Riveters, Connecticut Whale, uye Boston Pride.

Kuwana mari, chokwadika, kwakanga kwakaoma zvikuru. "Vanotsigira vanoda nhamba dzinooneka: chii demo redu, vateveri vangani vanoenda kumitambo, zvichingodaro," anodaro Rylan. "Kana usati watamba mwaka, hauna nhamba dzacho. Nerombo rakanaka, tanga tine vatambi kubva pakutanga vaitsigira ligi iri, uye nemitambo yevakadzi. Iri ibhizimusi risina kubatika!"

Mari iyi yaive yakakosha muNational Women's Hockey League, nekuti kusiyana nekuedza kwevamwe vanhu kugadzira zvikwata zvehunyanzvi, Rylan aida kutora vatambi vake. akabhadhara. Zvinotora chinguva vatambi ava vasati vawana mubairo wekurarama kubva pamitambo yavo - tisingatauri kudhonza zvibvumirano zvisere semaLebron epasi-asi chaizvo izvo vakadzi ava vanogona kugadzira? "Chaizvoizvo, ino inguva yakanakisa yekubvunza uyu mubvunzo nekuti mubhadharo wekutanga wabuda nhasi," anodaro Rylan achizvikudza. "Avhareji yemuhoro i$15,000." (Wese munhu anofanira kutangira kumwe; heino Maitiro Akanyanya Kubhadharwa Vakadzi Vatambi Vanoita Mari.)

Pamari iyoyo, vatambi veNWHL vakazvipira kuita miitiro miviri pasvondo, mitambo mipfumbamwe yekumba, uye mapfumbamwe emitambo yekure. Rylan akachengetedza kuti mwaka wemwaka waive nyore sezvinobvira kune vakadzi, vanogona kunge vaine basa renguva yakazara nemhuri. Miitiro inoitwa mushure memaawa ebasa, uye mitambo iri maSvondo chete. "Tine boka rakasiyana-siyana remadzimai muligi," anodaro, kubva kuvadzidzisi kusvika kuvakaki, kubva kumagal emuno kusvika kuvakadzi vakatorwa kubva kuAustria, Russia neJapan.

Mutambo wekutanga wemwaka wekutanga weNWHL uchaitwa muna Gumiguru 11, 2015, na1:30 p.m., apo puck inodonha pakati peRiveters neWhale kuChelsea Piers muStamford, CT. Rylan haana kana toni yenguva yekusarudzika yekutenda zvaakaita, kana kufungisisa nhaka yake semutungamiriri wekutanga weNWHL. Anotoseka zvake nepfungwa iyi.

"Ini ndakanyura mune zvese izvozvi, handizive kuti ndazviziva here," anodaro. "Mushure mekubudirira kwegore rino, [ndipo] pandinofema ndichiti, 'Wow.'

Panguva ino, ari kuonga "kubudirira kuduku." "Vabereki vanouya kwatiri, vachiti, 'Zvinofadza mwanasikana wangu anogona kurota kuva mutambi wenyanzvi," anodaro. "Vanoti, 'Mwanakomana wangu anoda kuve Ranger. Iye zvino mwanasikana wangu anoda kuve Riveter."

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