E hui me Dani Rylan, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka NWHL

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ʻO Dani Rylan he 5'3 '', a i ʻole 5'5 '' i nā heʻe hau. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i lace no nā axels pālua a i ʻole nā ​​lole sequined, akā naʻe; ʻO ko Rylan ʻoihana holo kaʻa e pili ana i ka hockey-a ma ka hui o nā keikikāne, ʻaʻole liʻiliʻi. "I koʻu ulu ʻana, ʻo ia wale nō kaʻu i ʻike," wahi āna. "A hana leʻaleʻa ia."

ʻAʻole ʻae wale kēlā poʻe keikikāne i kekahi kaikamahine ʻōniʻoniʻo e hele ma hope o lākou. Ma hope o nā makahiki o ke pāʻani ʻana me ka Tampa Bay Junior Lightning ma ke kula haʻahaʻa, ua lawa kona koʻikoʻi e pili ana i kāna haʻuki a nā mākua i ʻae ai iā ia e komo i kahi kula hānai ma kahi o hoʻokahi kaukani mile mai kona home ʻo Florida. Kaulana ke Kula ʻo St. Mark ma Nū ʻEnelani no kāna polokalamu hockey hau, nāna i hoʻopuka i kekahi mau mea pāʻani ʻoihana, a ua koho ʻia ʻo Rylan i kāpena no ka hui o nā kaikamahine. Pāʻani hou 'o ia me nā keikikāne no ka hui kalapu University Metropolitan State ma Colorado. (ʻAʻole ʻo Hockey wale nō ka haʻuki kāne kāne aloha wahine; e ʻike i ke kumu e ʻapo ai nā hui kula kiʻekiʻe i nā mea haʻuki wahine.)

"Ma hope o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana, hele mai nā kumu aʻoaʻo iaʻu a ʻōlelo mai, 'Makemake ʻoe e pāʻani. pili hockey?'" Hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Rylan, i kēia manawa he 28. "Ua ʻōlelo wau, ʻAe, ʻike wau ʻaʻole wau e hoʻāʻo nei i ka ballet.' Ua maopopo iaʻu ka mea aʻu e komo nei. "

Ua wiwo ʻole ʻo ia i ka hahau ʻana mai kāna mau hoa hui kolepa nui a ikaika loa-"ma hope o kēlā me kēia pāʻani, manaʻo wau me he mea lā ua paʻi ʻia au e kahi kaʻa liʻiliʻi," wahi āna-akā ʻaʻole ʻo ko lākou nui ka ʻokoʻa ʻeha ma waena o lākou. Ua moeʻuhane nā keikikāne e pili ana i ka pāʻani ʻana i ka NHL, a i ʻole ke neʻe ʻana e pāʻani no ke kula D-1. ʻAʻole hiki iā Rylan.

"Inā ʻoe i pāʻani i kahi haʻuki i kou ola holoʻokoʻa, lilo ia i ʻāpana o kou ʻano," wehewehe ʻo ia, "no laila ke kau ʻoe iā ia i luna, he manawa kaumaha ia."

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e piʻi ana ka poʻe haʻuki wahine i ka makahiki 27, a i ʻole he hapalua makahiki ma hope o ke kulanui. No laila ma hope o ke puka ʻana o Rylan, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i mākaukau e hoʻomaha i kāna mau kāmaʻa. Ua neʻe ʻo ia i New York City, kahi i wehe ai i kāna hale kūʻai kope ponoʻī (Rise and Grind in East Harlem) a hoʻomau i ka pāʻani leʻaleʻa no nā hui hui kāne ʻelua. "He kūpono loa ia naʻu, akā no nā mea pāʻani e hoʻokūkū mau nei i ka pae pae ʻāina, ʻo kā lākou pahuhopu nui ke pāʻani i ka Olumepika i kēlā me kēia makahiki ʻehā," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia. ʻAʻohe koho ʻoihana, ʻaʻohe hui ʻAmelika, a ʻaʻohe manawa kūpono no nā mea pāʻani wahine e uku ʻia. Ua kanikau ʻo Rylan i kēlā mau manawa i hala, ʻo kēlā mau mea pāʻani ʻaʻohe pahu hopu i koe.

Ua paʻa ka manaʻo iā ia i ke ola ma hope o ke kula, ʻoiai ua loaʻa ʻo Rise a Grind mai ka honua. A ʻo ia ma ka wā 'Olumepika 2014, i ka manawa i hakakā ai nā kime hockey hau wahine mai ka US a me Kanada ma ka hola i ka wā hope loa, ua hoʻoulu ʻia ʻo Rylan e hana i kahi kuʻikahi āpau nona iho. "Ke nānā nei i kēlā caliber o ka hockey a me ka ʻike ʻana ʻaʻole he manawa kūpono e like me kēia no kaʻu mau hoaaloha, me he mea lā ʻaʻohe no-brainer," wahi āna. "ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke manaʻoʻiʻo ʻaʻole i loaʻa." (E hui hou me nā wahine e hoʻololi nei i ka maka o ka mana o ke kaikamahine.)

ʻOiai ʻo ia e ʻimi nei i kēia ʻoihana hou, ua leʻaleʻa ka leʻaleʻa o nā wahine i nā haʻuki wahine, me ka hui soccer o nā wahine o U.S. i lanakila i ka World Cup a me Serena Williams i waenakonu o ke kau kupaianaha. Ua kōkua wale ka nānā ʻana i kāna kumu, wehewehe ʻo Rylan.

No laila pehea e hoʻomaka ai ke kanaka e hoʻokumu i kahi hui haʻuki aupuni? Ma ka lawe ʻana i ke kelepona. He nui. "ʻ alwayslelo mau ka poʻe heʻuʻuku ka honua hockey, a ʻo ia ke ʻano o ka wikiwiki o kēia mea i ka hau," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia. "Ua hele au i koʻu ʻohana hockey, a aia nā mea a pau ma hope o ia mea. Ua ʻōlelo lākou a pau 'Dani, pono ʻoe e hana i kēia!' "ʻO kāna ʻoihana hockey he iwakālua makahiki i hāʻawi iā ia i kahi pūnaewele o nā pilina, mai nā mea pāʻani a i nā wahi, ʻoiai ke kofe. Ua aʻo aku ka hale kūʻai i kāna mau akamai ʻoihana koʻikoʻi. Ma lalo o hoʻokahi makahiki, e hoʻomaka ana ke kuʻikahi.

Ua loaʻa iā Rylan nā mea pāʻani, mālama i nā kahua hoʻomaʻamaʻa, noiʻi i nā kūlanakauhale, hana i nā hui, a me nā wahi i hoʻonohonoho ʻia. "ʻO kēlā me kēia mea e hoʻopaʻa manawa no ke ola, ua hāʻawi koʻu pāpale iā lākou," ʻakaʻaka ʻo ia. No ka wahi, ua koho ʻo ia e nānā i ka hikina hikina. "He kanakolukūmākolu pākēneka o ka hoʻopaʻa inoa hockey a pau ma ka ʻākau hikina," wehewehe ʻo ia. "No ka mālama ʻana i kā mākou mau lilo, ua koho mākou i nā mākeke kūpono ʻehā i ka hikina ʻākau." ʻO nā kūlanakauhale hope loa, a me kā lākou mau hui, ʻo ia ka Buffalo Beauts, New York Riveters, Connecticut Whale, a me Boston Pride.

ʻO ka loaʻa kālā, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī. "Makemake ka poʻe kākoʻo i nā helu kikoʻī: he aha kā mākou demo, ʻehia ka nui o nā mea pā e hele i nā pāʻani, a pēlā aku," wahi a Rylan. "Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i pāʻani i kahi kau, ʻaʻohe ou mau helu. Laki nō, loaʻa iā mākou nā mea hoʻopukapuka mai ka hoʻomaka e kākoʻo nui i kēia hui, a me nā haʻuki wahine. He hana i hoʻohana ʻole ʻia!"

He mea koʻikoʻi ke kālā o ka National Women's Hockey League, no ka mea, ʻaʻole like me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e hana i nā liona ʻoihana, manaʻo ʻo Rylan e kiʻi i kāna mau mea pāʻani. uku. E liʻuliʻu ma mua o ka hiki i kēia mau mea pāʻani ke uku i ka uku ola mai kā lākou haʻuki-ʻole e huki i nā ʻaelike ʻewalu mau helu e like me nā Lebrons o ka honua-akā pololei ka hiki i kēia mau wahine ke hana? "ʻOiaʻiʻo, he manawa maikaʻi loa kēia e nīnau ai i kēia nīnau no ka mea ua puka ka uku mua i kēia lā," wahi a Rylan me ka haʻaheo. "ʻO ka uku maʻamau $ 15,000." (Pono ka poʻe a pau e hoʻomaka ma kekahi wahi; eia ke ʻano o ka loaʻa kālā o ka poʻe haʻuki wahine uku kiʻekiʻe.)

No ia huina, ua hoʻokō nā ʻâlapa NWHL i ʻelua hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka pule, ʻeiwa pāʻani home, a ʻeiwa pāʻani mamao. Ua hōʻoia ʻo Rylan i ka maʻalahi o ka papa manawa o ka manawa no nā wahine, he mau hana a me nā ʻohana piha. Mālama ʻia nā hana ma hope o nā hola hana, a ma ka Lāpule wale nō nā pāʻani. "He ʻano hui like ʻole kā mākou o nā wahine i ka hui," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, mai nā kumu a i nā mea kākau, mai nā gals kūloko a i nā wahine i kiʻi ʻia mai Austria, Russia, a me Iapana.

E mālama ʻia ka pāʻani mua o ke kau mua o ka NWHL ma ʻOkakopa 11, 2015, ma ka hola 1:30, ke hāʻule ka puck ma waena o ka Riveters a me ka Whale ma Chelsea Piers ma Stamford, CT. ʻAʻole i loaʻa iā Rylan o ka manawa manawaleʻa e mahalo ai i kāna mea i hana ai, a i ʻole e noʻonoʻo ana i kāna hoʻoilina ma ke ʻano he komisina mua o ka NWHL. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻakaʻaka ʻo ia i ka manaʻo.

"Ua paʻa loa au i nā mea a pau i kēia manawa, ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu inā maopopo iaʻu," wahi āna. "Ma hope o ka kūleʻa o kēia makahiki, [ʻo ia] ka manawa aʻu e hanu ai a ʻōlelo aku, 'Auwe.'"

I kēia manawa, mahalo ʻo ia i nā "hopena liʻiliʻi." "Ua hele mai nā mākua iā mākou, e ʻōlelo ana, 'He mea weliweli hiki i kaʻu kaikamahine ke moemoeā no ke ʻano he' ōlapa 'oihana,'" haʻiʻo ia. "'Ōlelo lākou, 'Makemake kaʻu keiki e lilo i Ranger. I kēia manawa makemake kaʻu kaikamahine e lilo i Riveter.'"

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