Patches of Hockey

hello caps lb! as i had posted way back in april, i'd like to rewatch hbo's road to the winter classic, capitals/penguins edition -- truly a foundational text in my caps fandom. some of you had expressed interest, so i wanted to get your thoughts on the best way to do this. i've never hosted a watchalong so i have no idea what works best!

i'm planning to do watch one episode per week. the series is 4 episodes, each an hour long, so 4 weeks in total. timing wise, i'm on us east coast so i can do most weekday nights and weekends. ideally starting this coming weekend/next week!

in terms of hosting, i looked up a couple of options:

discord???

https://www.watchparty.me/ ?

https://vdo.ninja/ ?

something else i'm not aware of?

if you've used any of these before and have a preference, let me know! we can also of course do a zoom or google meet or something but those have fewer options for anonymity which may be a concern for some. also having a chat feature would be nice as well!

looking forward to watching this together, especially if you haven't watched it before!! let me know your thoughts and hopefully i can get stuff together soon :D

tagging people who responded to the original post under the cut! but of course anyone who's interested can reply and join :)

I literally don’t care about Britta Curl as a person. Regardless of anything else the way the cultural landscape moved she has become a symbol. (Which is just a thing that happens. Our brains do that.)

So when we are talking about Curl and bigotry in the league we are also talking about resources and actionable steps right? No matter what you think about her or the discourse you are doing things to talk about or combat the most toxic parts of hockey culture and give support to the communities most effect. Right?

“Let Us Play: Winning the Battle for Gender Diverse Athletes By Harrison Browne and Rachel Browne”

“Blackness Is a Gift I Can Give Her: On Race, Community, and Black Women in Hockey by Renee Hess”

New York Siren’s Guide to Email the League

Black Girl Hockey Club

hilary knight talking about the pressure of homophobia/feminine conformity:

erin ambrose has discussed mental health struggles stemming partially from being closeted/internalized homophobia, etc.