Hilary Knights Impact on Women's Hockey | Change of Pace

[@alecottevanger2365]

Wow! What a great story. Rooting for Hilary love this video!!!

[@redbull]

🙌

[@cshauns4]

The CWHL dissolved on Sunday, March 31

[@Pamsies]

This is the response to that, watch the end please....

[@EP1CNELSON]

actually they stop on May 1st

[@theokirkham-lewitt2085]

More stories like this, please! Stories that really matter...

[@caleywildermuth1]

YAS AGREED

[@jenniferstafford798]

AMEN. THEO KIRKHAM-LEWITT.

[@redbull]

🙌

[@aarongoldwyn]

Well said!

[@loviisaa409]

I really hope women's hockey grows, maybe not to the same level as NHL but at least so the women can get paid and young girls will know that becoming a professional hockey player is a possibility. I know I will support it for the rest of my life! Love from Finland :)

[@melz2996]

This aged so well, the PWHL is full steam ahead now!!!! The future for womens hockey is bright :)

[@mariakelleybianchi]

awesome video

[@pdubcentral]

Thank you red bull for sharing this story, and thank you so much for everything you’re doing Hilary we all appreciate every step forward you are contributing to in the women’s game. I love women’s hockey. The world championships have been a blast to watch. I’m Canadian first, but the American's have certain talents that just can’t go unrecognized. Makes for an awesome rivalry. To every woman currently playing professionally, and by professionally I mean pro, and for pennies, you are heroes in our eyes. You are the reason our children and children’s children will be able to get on a pond at 4 years old and dream of a life in the pros. Girls are getting into it younger and younger which basically means the skill the speed the shots are all improving, from that young age the way boys have always had the opportunity. Love hockey, whether it’s the bel, the chl the olympics, women’s men’s. It’s the best sport by far, and I so hope it continues to grow and become more and more popular, so that the athletes are paid what they’re worth

[@aarongoldwyn]

Wow, inspiring stuff from a really impressive person! More like this!!

[@theokirkham-lewitt2085]

AMEN

[@redbull]

We hear you, Aaron! Stay close for more. 🙌

fuck off soy boy!

[@artemis2711]

as fans we gotta do our part to support women's hockey. we gotta go to games, post on social media, petition for tv networks to play the games. we can't leave it up to the players to build this league. And in term of the rivalry - the players have to just put it to the side. They need to step up and be like Hilary, and play with "enemies/rivals". If the men can coexist with other nations in one league, so can women.

[@tyee4u]

Most of my hockey hero’s have ponytails. I support women’s hockey 💪🏒🥅🏒💪

[@andymcgram7643]

Eric Karlsson, Brent burns , and the great Brent Sopel ?

[@tyee4u]

Andy McGram 😂

[@j22ton]

Hilary Knight is without a doubt the Face of Women’s Hockey 🏒, the best Women’s Hockey Player and an American Legend 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🥇👊🏻💪🏻🏒💯

[@norajiang2180]

She’s a hero. I’m beyond happiness to know that people like her live in the same world with me, she gives me hope.

[@iwishwehadtapedit]

What an amazing story! Beautifully captured!

[@1919rickybobby]

Amazing story! This shift will only elevate the game and the competition. I can’t think of a better person to lead the change!! Red Bull... tell more stories like this

[@redbull]

Yes! We hear you! 💪

[@StevenJohnson737]

Good for her for pushing for pay. I hope she gets what she is looking for. It’s not so much a problem of the league not willing to pay professional women athletes but the leagues themselves make very little money. If you want to pay the players you need to fill the seats and raise the ticket prices. The money just isn’t there to pay them for what they deserve.

[@timjansen7694]

@Tim If you are referring to the women deserve more based on their skills and the hard work women put into their hockey skills, I would agree with that. But the same thing would be true with anyone who puts in monumental effort into some talent that has no economic demand. The women's league did not draw. According to supply and demand economics, when the sport draws more, the women will then deserve more, but not until.

[@StevenJohnson737]

Tim Jansen did you read my post? I think you are arguing the same thing

[@timjansen7694]

@Tim The thing I was wondering about was your phrase "what they deserve".

[@CrushedTaco]

@@timjansen7694 That's why they're also fighting to merge the US and Canadian leagues together so there is much more demand to watch as well as larger funding for women's hockey. Team USA vs Team Canada is always popular for womens hockey and it would be great for viewership if we saw more of Canada's best against America's best every year.

[@courtneywissler7983]

I'm going to add; the narrative of this story reads like 'I want one league but we don't get along'. The background is a lot more complicated than that. Two separate business models. CW could never support salaries that are livable because it was ran as a non-profit. NW doesn't NOW, but it could one day. The CW folded with no goals to change the business model or start a new league. They just left the players in the dust.

[@justinmccabe19]

Hilary, you grew into the face of women's because you are the best women's player on the planet. Interesting that this came out shortly after the Canadian Women's Hockey League folded.

[@Pamsies]

This is specifically the response to that.

[@tyee4u]

Pamela Boisclair I don’t think so. Pretty sure this was produced before the shocking news but was decided to release anyway.

[@mariafrenette4532]

You are absolute the face of women’s hockey. I did a report in English because I needed to share your story

[@kemonjie4299]

Wow this is so cool fan from belgium !

[@maximilianscherer7540]

Really like it greetings from🇩🇪

[@jobiebissard]

Fantastic! Thank you very much.

[@waynethera2712]

Here is my two cents. After watching the women’s games during the Olympics, when the intensity is there it is a great game to watch. I am not sure how many elite level players there are but there has to be enough for six teams at least. I know the game is growing, but it is hard to compete with the NHL and even they have the crumbs of the USA Tv deals. I really think TSN in Canada is hockey starved right now and maybe they can try and work on a CFL type of framework. It may be small fish but you gotta start somewhere. And lastly there are a lot of female NHL fans, somehow they have to be brought over. I really hope they can make a go of this, as they are great quality people that help the next generation of young ladies.

[@LevRok]

Creating one league is a great idea. Another great idea would be to play the game the way it is supposed to be played. As long and females will play the "soft" version of Hockey, nobody will watch it. As the girls say, they watch the guys in NHL, look up to them, so all that is left is to play like these guys. Hockey is an entertaining sport, due to its physical aspect. And in Women's hockey it's not there.

[@daxydax9718]

I would say it's part physical part skill, but you're point is good.

[@kootybear]

Another issue I see is like what one of the ladies said, he hopes her kids get to be professional hockey players. If they are one of the best players in the league and they all of sudden stop playing because of pregnancy, it would turn a lot of people off. It happens in the mens sports when a star player gets hurt or coachs take players out in the NBA, fans don't show up. But you point is a huge reason people watch mens hockey

[@Liztivien]

No one watches it because you can go to the local rink and watch a Midget AAA game and get way more entertainment value and skill displayed for 5 dollars.

[@LSmallCatL]

Physical aspect.... as in fightings and dirty hits? According to this... no european is watching hockey where fighting is not allowed? Watching Kariya and Teemu pass and score... you're watching the magical co-play between two entirely different people that are one unit on the ice and that is true for men as well as women teams. They all want to win for the guys they are with and unlike the male hockey leagues around the world... imagine you wouldn't get paid millions of dollars for doing it... and having to stop early with the thing you love because there isn't a league for it. Have one league and let the public be the judge whether they want to watch it... .

[@LevRok]

@@LSmallCatL First of all, guys in European leagues, fight. Its just punishable by ejection. Doesn't mean they dont. Yes. Physical aspect. And its funny that you resort to physical as fighting and dirty hits. Womens hockey leagues do not allow BODY CHECKING. This is like, basics. They are practically playing a different game on a different level. I am in no way saying, that these girls dont like hockey, or dont love what they do, or arent motivated. I am saying, that if you want to play big, you need to play the game the big guys do. Numbers dont lie. Nobody is showing up to watch that shit.

[@Anticipat0r]

The NHL needs to start a 3 on 3 summer league for the girls with select NHL teams being the actual teams they play for.

[@logerpro]

Don Atello unfortunately women’s hockey is not even close to the AHL competition let alone the NHL. They play high school caliber hockey not nhl caliber.

[@pucksaver95]

@@logerpro I think he means just have the NHL teams sponsor the league, but still have the same team names and locations. That'd be a great way to figure out where it would be successful in terms of attendance numbers, and also providing great visibility to the women's game. The games would need to be played at smaller rinks, however, NHL practice facilities possibly?

[@25ciskey25]

@@pucksaver95 yeah but it wouldn't make any money.. why would they do it

[@Broxty]

So you want the NHL to just burn money? They can't give tickets away to watch this hockey.

[@justinperry5355]

@@logerpro bro high school lmao bantam AAA teams would slaughter them if checking was allowed.

[@myainarizona]

[@maddymesevage8205]

LOVE THIS

[@anthonysansotta2200]

Love this. ❤️

[@redbull]

😍

[@2tallsamuel]

Alaska needs a team!

[@TheAlmdal]

It's really up to the women out there to support their fellow women in sports by going to their games. They could earn just as much as their male counterparts and have better leagues than they have now and what not, if only more women would watch their sport. Sadly most women are not interested in watching sports.

[@PrestigeWorldWidePWW]

Yup it's their fault.

[@ninjashaynaa]

🙄

[@clay128]

People can do anything

[@redbull]

Yes, that's the spirit! 💪

[@hipczech]

Game Changer 👊🏼

[@wjpeace]

The NHL must support and subsidize pro female hockey. It is a great game regardless of gender.

[@stpierreorama]

Subsidize? The NHL makes money because it delivers a good product. Women deserve the same opportunity but they should strive to make it successful because they also deliver a good product not because they are entitled to what nhlers have. Bottom line is most people would rather watch men's sports. Female hockey will never be as popular as men's but they should be able to support itself similarly to minor leagues. The nhl shouldn't subsidize but should definitely support them by combining efforts to popularize the sport. Subsidies are for the weak

[@wjpeace]

The resistance to female athletics never ceases to amaze me. Have you ever seen women play? They are great and play for the love of the game. The NBA supports the WNBA and this model of support should be replicated. @@stpierreorama

[@stpierreorama]

@@wjpeace yea I've actually played against GG Marvin up in warroad Minnesota at a summer hockey skate. I love women's soccer especially. But at the end of the day you have to make enough revenue to keep your league alive. It should not fall on anyone else to pick up the bill. If you can't sell tickets you have no business being in business. I don't know the details of how the WNBA is supported but if it's a financial burden for the NBA then that's just stupid.

[@wjpeace]

@Daris Kamieniecki the NHL gives women league $100,00. Teams spend more on promotions in one night. 200 women are not playing this season until they get sustainable salaries. The NHL should be ashamed by the lack of support.

[@wjpeace]

@Daris Kamieniecki so the hell with Title IX. Let's then tell girls female sports don't deserve support. Sexist in extreme

[@Orib_Adventures]

Bad@ss ladies!!! Rock on!

[@LSmallCatL]

I cannot imagine what it is for a 26/27 year old hockey athlete to suddenly face the reality that what you've done yesterday isn't gonna be possible tomorrow. You've won/ tried to win as much as you can but there is no demand because there is no league, no sponsors but looking at soccer... there is plenty of audience that'll watch women compete internationally. The person in charge of the NWHL is Dani Rylan and Jayna Hefford for what was the CWHL. Not sure the reason they never got together was a living rivalry between two hockey nations at the cost of female hockey players all over the world.

[@claytoncunningham8770]

The problem as and always will be one of skill. People want to pay to see entertaining hockey. The girls plain and simple don't have it. You'll get some boost when its a national level competition but that has more to do with cheering for the country. Women's leagues, if they are going to thrive, need women to suppourt them. There are just to many other hockey options out there that produce a better product for the women to attract the average male viewer. NHL, KHL, Euro leagues, CHL, college, university, even a good chunk of High school teams produce better hockey.

[@joshwhitee]

I'm going to have to disagree with that one. I'm lucky to have worked at alot of NHL games and produce content for the CWHL and the talent and skill will 100% be there to attract viewers if they can get a combined league together. The NHL has already expressed that if that happened they would give funding for the women's league.

[@claytoncunningham8770]

@@joshwhitee The skill and talent is 100% not there to attract viewers. If it was then the league in one of, if not the most, hockey consuming nation wouldn't of folded. Canadians will go out of their way to spend money on good hockey. Yet the CWHL still couldn't stay afloat. If the NHL were to help out it would just turn into another WNBA situation. With teams constantly in the red.

[@joshwhitee]

​@@claytoncunningham8770 I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Either way I hope you're wrong and the new league no matter what form is successful. Will they ever bring in the same money the NHL does? Maybe not, but is there some great hockey to watch for a more affordable rate if they're given some camera time? Definitely.

[@RangersGirlJackie99]

@@joshwhitee I'm sorry man but women just aren't good enough at hockey to attract an audience, the CWNT couldn't even hang with a lower table midget AAA team (13-14 year olds) in a no contact game. No one wants to watch no contact high school hockey games and that's just a fact, until women can actually step up and play an entertaining game it's going to stay like it is, as sad as that might be.

[@sharkdude8814]

I still do not understand why the NHL doesn’t chip more resources in. I just don’t understand.

[@patrickmariefrancois1590]

I want to say that the NHL see what's happening between the NBA and the WNBA, and doesn't want to lose money

[@artikarale2934]

Im very bigest fan red bul

[@JenMatichuk]

That. Was. Awesome.

[@redbull]

So. True. 😜

[@matteokisiel6037]

So amazing ! 😶

[@lenaartner5473]

I wish I would some Day reach tihs point in my Icehockeylife and I am Motivated also because of this Video🏒❤️

[@thewhitetrashprince1685]

I think if women's hockey is going to be successful, they have to ditch the added crap. Play like the men. Get rid of the cages, bring in hitting, fighting, half shields, and enforcers. We know there's success there, look at women's UFC. Same rules as the men. Don't make it a circus but don't keep it powderpuff like it is now. People will watch it if it's not an inferior product to men's hockey.

[@metalmk6839]

Absolutely, ditch the face cages... women's MMA is pretty intense!

[@denatheduck]

Women's bodies are different than mens. Biologically we are slower because we have less quick twitch muscles and we don't grow as strong and tall as men do. If there were full on hitting, not saying our bodies are all weak, but some women could get seriously injured. We also play more meticulous and graceful than boys do.

[@metalmk6839]

Fine, at least ditch the face-cages

[@thewhitetrashprince1685]

@@denatheduck Women fight with thin gloves on in UFC. No one told them they can't do it because they're women.

[@claytoncunningham8770]

@@denatheduck And therein lies the problem. More meticulous and graceful is just another way of saying less skilled and slower. That's why women's hockey has trouble getting attention.

[@MrSharkFIN]

I love the fact that they had to censor ALL the ads lol

[@gopackgo933]

Get a team in Wisconsin, I'd go to some games!

[@richardcoreno]

There needs to be a workable economic model -- but it will take building something new. At this point, it may take the backing of the NHL - think of the WNBA-NBA - making a firm financial commitment for a single-entity league of eight teams.....with a blueprint for slow, sustained growth. We saw with the AAF; the checkbook needs to be open well before day one and it has to be accepted that churning a profit will be down the road, over a series of hills and around a couple twisting curves.

[@Broxty]

The skill level is that of men's high school hockey... No one wants to watch the games, how can the players make decent money when the owners can't pay the bills?

[@loviisaa409]

Yeah the level is not the same as men's but I think it attracts more women as viewers than men, and maybe girls who are interested in hockey and want to support women.

[@Broxty]

@@loviisaa409 And who picks up the tab on millions of dollars lost?

[@Anticipat0r]

I like red bull as company

[@conserve_climber]

So that’s not any issue now right, Canadian League is defunded right?

[@Pamsies]

This is a huge issue. That's the response of Hilary to the CWHL folding.

[@RangersGirlJackie99]

It's a cute story but at the end of the day no one wants to show up and watch high school level no-contact hockey. Mens' pro hockey used to play for peanuts until players stepped up and got better for the love of the game THEN the pay came, not the other way around - women need to learn to take hits, get some contact going, get better at the sport, and attract an audience, and then and only then will the "equal pay" come. You have to earn it.

[@25ciskey25]

exactly.. but the fact is people may not be interested regardless.. like professional lacrosse, most of those guys have to work two jobs as well, people jsut aren't interested to the point that league's and teams will make millions.

[@garrettrichardson5780]

CC yeah same with the cfl most guys don’t make enough money so they have to work a day job to support

[@mercuryfever392]

The problem is the also that don't get enough funding to be able to recruit players. It's a catch 22. Remember though, Women's soccer started out like this too. That's why we need the Hilary Knights and the Lindsey Vonns of the world. To start helping girls realize they can achieve things and make a difference.

[@RangersGirlJackie99]

@@mercuryfever392 "Women's soccer started out like this too" except they haven't changed and still earn way less than men because they play like shit, it's the same thing. Fact is that talent has to precede funding, it's been like that in every men's sport ever, just look at Soccer or Hockey: men in the early 20th century/late 19th century made very very little, but now look at their salaries; they earned the paycheck by attracting an audience.

[@RangersGirlJackie99]

@@garrettrichardson5780 but the cfl is still minor league even though it's top flight in Canada, you shouldn't expect to make a living wage if you can't make the real top flight league, just like Liiga or DEL - it might be top flight in that country but it's not the NHL. The only sport you can really get away with minor leaguing it in is Football (Soccer) outside of the states.

[@hockeyfan185]

I love her she is my 2 idol

[@threeofive9401]

The problems is that women's hockey, like almost all other women's sports, is played visibly slower. Therefore there is a natural comparison to men's hockey and that comparison is not positive to the women's game. Likewise, I would not go to watch a men's senior hockey league. I don't know what to do about that.

[@PineppleSnapback]

Awesome

[@marcmaza2821]

Great story!! She's awesome!! She be awesome in the NHL for sure!!

[@redbull]

Cool to hear, Marc! 🙌

[@andymcgram7643]

People only want to watch the best of the best compete. That doesnt mean they want to see the best of each gender. The nhl is where the pros play. If the ladies want to get watched and paid for playing hockey their going to have to make an NHL team bottom line! No one is going to pay to watch Bantam level hockey

[@mikerobertson8540]

They aren't bantam level, but yeah, the difference between the men and women is enormous. The US womens team and Canada's womens team are about the level of a midget AAA team, at best junior b.

[@bradymacdonald4480]

Ice breaks under them.... oh no what happened?

[@artikarale2934]

Of road baik is best vidio

[@ryana3679]

I wish its was a more sought after product. Unfortunately its not and that is what is killing women's professional hockey.

[@leytonmurray2832]

Shame that I just read that the Canadian league is dissolving. There are so many girls entering the sport today.

[@monyemonkey7990]

She is very pretty

[@courtneywissler7983]

Imagine risking it all to make one league, then you get one league...because that's all that's left. :[

[@maratalzhanov3326]

That’s tight

[@ducksnpucks1192]

Women's professional hockey's success and future hinges on their relationship with the NHL or at the very least the AHL. This is their meal ticket. Forming the critical business and administrative alliance with the larger and wealthier leagues is the obvious answer. Without this crucial connection, women's hockey is relegated to collegiate and national teams and international albeit sporadic game schedules. You girls need to swallow your pride and sit down with Gary Bettman to find a workable solution. I'm truly pulling for you.🏒🏒🏒

[@biscuitfranchers1734]

Maravillosa y de admirar esta historia #$&65/

[@solidcypher7713]

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[@Twin-cr7mo]

The more successful womens pro hockey gets, the more women will start watching hockey. Including the NHL. With that said the NHL is stupid for not giving them all the support they can.

[@ChasingArticDungeons]

I’m a girls hockey player myself in 12u and I just hope that woman’s hockey will be equal as men’s hockey when I get older. I look up to all the woman now at my age and I hope people will look up to me when I’m older

[@RoyalSubjectsMusic]

"We all grew up watching the NHL, we watched the guys in the NHL, it's the best league in the world. That's where all the best players play in the world. Why isn't that the same for the women?"........You literally just said multiple statements answering your own question lol.

[@dorinhusac9620]

Really realy niice !!

[@redbull]

Glad you enjoy it! 🙌

[@dorinhusac9620]

@@redbull Thank you very much!!!🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@elmermuff2150]

She's CUTE I 💜 her

[@metalmk6839]

They need to ditch the face-cages, like the guys do. Yeah, it's for sex-appeal... so what??

[@juanestebanlinares4929]

el hockey es de mucho contacto y es muy emocionante #&/87@

[@stumblemtmorusxd7882]

Buen deporte! 34#$/1

[@blankpallet2435]

You have to be financially stable and able to sustain your self first , girls playing now dont have to play they like to play and the families have the money and have it for their future , I coached for almost thirty years in girls ice hockey ,they pay $150 and up an hour for private lessons alone most now have $800-$900 skates and $200-$250 sticks .they are spending more on hockey alone then you guys make for a year and I havent met many that dont have a chance at division I and making Ivy League, your sleeping .your time is over what will you do when you cant play anymore do you have a pension or retirement options (no) when you dont have money no one cares, they all have their own worries or families and hockey is a footnote your not doing anything for humanity or helping anyone at the lowest level ,the only way it can succeed today is if they can bet on it

[@eduardyu4236]

GWAPAHAAAAAAA OYYYY

[@TGsports_Free2watch]

The reason it’s not as popular is the play on the ice isn’t as exciting. So there’s not a lot of fans which is why they can’t get paid more. And bringing equally into it doesn’t help.

[@snowfreak551]

Cool story and i hope the girls get better, but Theres a reason people dont show up to these games... i played against a girl who played on the USA womens olympic team in a charity tournament and i was much better then her and i played highschool and club hockey in college, no juniors or anything like that. The skill level just isnt there, so why would people pay to go watch this slow boring non contact hockey when they could watch better hockey??? Ita just funny to me because they are demanding people come to the games just because they’re women. Don’t complain about attendance and pay gap when you are equivalent to a highschool hockey player....

[@haydenharrissracing]

7th

[@5376odd]

I would pay money to have access to women's hockey games online. Get your hoas;dflj together CWHL / NWHL

[@erichansen82]

So they are just 70 years behind the men

[@George-zc9yh]

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[@PrestigeWorldWidePWW]

Shes a lesbian from what I've heard. She loves the muff

[@metalmk6839]

She once said she had a crush on Ryan McDonough in college... try again, incel!

[@piperhays8698]

Lmao imagine acting like being a lesbian is a bad thing in 2019. The world is leaving you behind my dude