Queens of the Ice: They Were Fast, They Were Fierce, They Were Teenage Girls

In 1931, a group of ten teenage girls from Preston (present-day Cambridge), Ontario, enlisted the help of the top women's sport journalists of the era, and the Preston Rivulettes hockey team was born. Within a decade the team became so good that no other team would dare to play against them. Yet the struggles these young women faced are ones that women can still relate to today, including criticism for aggressive play and fighting, lack of financial and fan support, the right to govern their own sports organizations, and ice time that went to boys' and men's teams first.

“Though Queens of the Ice is about a specific hockey team, it is equally a social history that speaks to the economic and gender challenges that women's sports faced.”

"...overlooking Carly Adams's Queens of the Ice is a HUGE mistake for hockey fans...(it's) the type of book that will not only get young readers interested in history and reading, but will also keep the attention of older readers. "-- (03/25/2011)
"Though Queens of the Ice is about a specific hockey team, it is equally a social history that speaks to the economic and gender challenges that women's sports faced."--Dave Jenkinson"CM: Canadian Review of Materials" (06/03/2011)

CARLY ADAMS is a sports historian at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta. She has written many articles on the history of women in hockey, including the Preston Rivulettes. Carly is also the Book Review Editor for the academic journal, Sport History Review. She is a member of the North American Society of Sport History and the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport.

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