I am a firm believer that Shane found out about the fact that there wasn't an Woman;s professional Hockey league in like 2009-2010, and immidiately said: 'Someone should fix this'
and when nobody did, he said 'I should fix this'
Just imagine. this man is the most autistic hockey fan in the history of hockey fans. he has basically unlimited money (nhl and sponsorships) and unlimited amount of pull and influence. he can make it happen.
Of course he recruits the help of important women of hockey, by the time he gets the wagon halfway on the rails, he's basically a consultant, meeting note taker and a share holder more than anything else. Shane recognizes that this is a woman's league, and it should not be led by a man.
But it does help that he's so involved. he has legendary status. surely if The Shane Hollander loves woman's hockey so much, and is so passionate about it, it's worth watching.
Becuase shane is passionate about it.
this man absolutely misses being a fan of hockey.
he absoulutely misses being able to just mindlessly chear for a team without either A: playing the game himself and being busy. B: being a traitor to his own team. C: analyzing every play to see where improvements can be done. D: analyzing the players to see who they can scout.
but now? he can cheer for any team, and nobody is opposition, or his team, so it he doesn't have to analyze shit. He can't even draft the players into his own team, so no need to worry about either.
He is obsessed. that childhood wonder is so back. he has all the jerseys. and I mean all of them. he has the jersy of every woman that plays in the woman's hockey league. most of them are sighned. most of them he's met. he's on first name basis with all of the captains and a lot of the players, especially the ones from montreal.
This man can tell you every stat, from every woman, from every team. He watches every game, he tries to watch as many games as possible live. he once showed up to a woman's hockey game still half in his gear because his own game in the same rink went to overtime, and he nearly missed the first puckdrop.
All the ladies know how to pick him out of a crowd. he gets so many pucks from them. he wears their jerseys to their games religiously. they wear his jersey to his games too. he has wine nights with the Montreal woman's team. they discuss tactics, rules and other people's games like it's gossip.
when he and Ilya are outed, the women rally behind him, even when the Voyageurs don't. they come over the day off the outing with wine and ginger ale and they built him a whole pillow fort, just for funsies. they talk and drink and cry, and Ilya shows up and they talk and drink and cry some more.
He is their biggest fan and they are his biggest support system.
Just, Shane Hollander and his girls. The women of hockey and their pet homosexual.
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