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Two Women Who Give a Puck
Two Women Who Give a PuckEP 18 - If I Can Do It, You Can Do It | Starting Hockey at 40+ with Julie Johnson🎙️ Welcome to Two Women Who Give a Puck | If I Can Do It, You Can Do It In this episode of Two Women Who Give a Puck, Sarah and Tera are back after a busy hockey season to sit down with Julie Johnson — adult women’s hockey player, hockey mom, and living proof that it’s never too late to start.   Julie shares her honest and hilarious journey into hockey, including: - Starting hockey at age 40 - Being terrified of the ice (and the goalie mask 😳) - Wanting to retu...
2026-02-1129 minTwo Women Who Give a Puck
Two Women Who Give a PuckEP 18 - Empowering Female Coaches | Action Steps for Coaches, Parents & BoardsA Minnesota female hockey coach was suddenly replaced by a less experienced male coach—right in front of her daughter. Sadly, this isn’t an isolated story. In this episode of Two Women Who Give a Puck, Sarah and Tera break down the key takeaways and actionable steps to fight gender bias and create a more positive hockey culture for girls and women.   🔥 What you’ll get: - Real talk on gender bias in youth hockey - How boards and associations can do better - Tangible tips for female coaches to...
2025-12-1720 minTwo Women Who Give a Puck
Two Women Who Give a PuckEP 17 - Unbenched: The Untold Reality of Female Coaches in Minnesota HockeyIn today’s episode of Two Women Who Give a Puck, we share a powerful, true, anonymously submitted story from a Minnesota female hockey coach whose world was turned upside down overnight. After years of playing, coaching, developing players, and building a positive culture, she discovered—without warning—that she had been removed from her head coaching role and replaced by a man with no hockey playing experience. No explanation. No conversation. No accountability.   What happened next reveals a painful truth about female coaches in youth hockey: mistrust, dismissal, and unfair replacement are not rare—they are...
2025-12-0332 minTwo Women Who Give a Puck
Two Women Who Give a PuckEP 16 - The Ref’s View: Confidence, Safety & Women in Hockey with Diane SmithIn today’s episode, Sarah and Tera sit down with Diane Smith, a former collegiate hockey referee, to explore an often overlooked but critical part of the sport: officiating. Diane shares her journey into hockey, the moment she fell in love with the game, and how seeing one female ref changed the entire trajectory of her future.   Together, we dive into: 🏒 What it’s really like to be a female official 🏒 Why new referees quit — and how we can help change that 🏒 How coaches, parents, and players contribute to a safe and posit...
2025-11-2642 minTwo Women Who Give a Puck
Two Women Who Give a PuckEp 15 - Kimmi & Kelly - Pre-Coaching InterviewIn this inspiring episode of Two Women Who Give a Puck, hosts Sarah and Tera sit down with Kimmi and Kelly — two women who began their hockey journeys as adult players and are now taking on coaching roles. They discuss what drew them to hockey, how they found confidence in a new sport, and what it means to step into leadership as women in a male-dominated arena. Together, they explore: The value of female coaches in youth hockey Overcoming impostor syndrome and self-doubt Creating safe, supportive, and empowering team environments A...
2025-10-1553 minSpotlight
SpotlightCoaching, Empowerment & Changing the Game for Women in HockeyWhat happens when a former college hockey player, mom, and process improvement consultant decides enough is enough?In this powerful Spotlight Session, we sit down with Sarah Becker—co-host of Two Women Who Give A Puck and founder of Clear Simple Business—to explore what it really means to change systems, whether in the boardroom or on the ice.From building business efficiency to coaching youth hockey with heart, Sarah is on a mission to make both business and sports more inclusive, more empowering, and more human—especially for women and girls who’ve been told they don...
2025-10-1417 minTwo Women Who Give a Puck
Two Women Who Give a PuckEP 14 - Haley Mathison - Buzzer Beaters PlayerOn this episode Tera and Sarah interview another one of their Buzzer Beater players, Haley Mathison.    Haley grew up LOVING hockey, but it wasn’t in the cards for her to play organized hockey in her youth. Instead, she practiced solo on frozen lakes and city rinks, dreaming of one day playing organized hockey.   She achieved her dream after attending a WHAM 101 clinic solo. Even though she started on her own, she quickly and easily formed a team with fellow clinic participants.   With this team she found a deep...
2025-10-0131 minTwo Women Who Give a Puck
Two Women Who Give a PuckEP 13 - Moriah Gilbertson - Buzzer Beaters PlayerTera and Sarah sit down with one of their Buzzer Beater players, Moriah Gilbertson.   In this episode, Moriah shares her deeply personal and inspiring journey into hockey. She initially said “No” when a friend asked her to try a women’s 101 hockey clinic with her. However, she was convinced to switch that “No” to “Yes” and that decision led to immense transformation.   She developed a fixed mindset from her dance background, which made her resistant to trying new things, especially sports. Hockey helped her develop a growth mindset, which she now models for her d...
2025-09-1727 minTwo Women Who Give a Puck
Two Women Who Give a PuckEP 12 - Dan Miller - Youth Hockey Coaching DirectorTera and Sarah sit down with Dan Miller, youth hockey coach, girls varsity hockey head coach, youth hockey coaching director, USHL scout, AAA coach, High Performance Hockey coach…… OMG, that’s A LOT!!   Dan shares with us his unique hockey experience. He started later in life (according to MN standards!) at the age of 10, played high school hockey, Junior B, Junior A and then ended his career after suffering a broken leg while playing D1 hockey in Madison.   This injury didn’t keep him from hockey long, shortly after leaving the Madison pr...
2025-08-2053 minTwo Women Who Give a Puck
Two Women Who Give a PuckEP 11 - Vanessa Fuchs & Lizzy Ristano - WeCOACHSarah and Tera and joined by Vanessa Fuchs and Lizzy Ristano from WeCOACH.   WeCOACH is a one-of-a-kind nonprofit membership organization dedicated to recruiting, advancing, and retaining women coaches in all sports and levels through year-round professional growth & leadership development programs.   In this episode we talk about all things female coaches, from identifying who you are as a coach, creating a supportive community around you, asking for help and the importance of having females in coaching.    For more on WeCOACH, check out all of the great programs they have...
2025-08-0635 minTwo Women Who Give a Puck
Two Women Who Give a PuckEP 10 - Jenna Thompson - Puck Yea! Hockey CollectiveTera and Sarah sit down with Jenna Thompson, the brains behind the Puck Yea! Hockey Collective.   Puck Yea! Hockey Collective is all about bringing individuals together through the love of hockey where fun, empowerment, and inclusivity are at the heart of everything.    This Hockey Collective has a place for all females of all skill levels.    Through Puck Yea! Hockey Collective Jenna has found a place for many individuals, who may have fallen a little bit out of love of the game after playing in high school and/or co...
2025-07-1640 minTwo Women Who Give a Puck
Two Women Who Give a PuckEP 9 - Ashley Holmes - USA Hockey Assistant Coach in ChiefTera and I are joined by Ashley Holmes, the Assistant Coach in Chief for Female Coach Development in the Minnesota District (that’s a mouth full!!).  Ashley shares her story of growing up playing hockey in the Alexandria area, how that led to playing at the University of North Dakota and then on to coaching.  An important part of her coaching journey is that she was ASKED to coach a 12U hockey team. Without that invitation, she is unsure if she ever would have found her path in coaching.  So, hockey associations, and mainl...
2025-07-0255 minTwo Women Who Give a Puck
Two Women Who Give a PuckEP 8 - Alicia Pelton - CoachingHERTera and Sarah sit down with Alicia Pelton, the Program Director for Coaching HER from the Tucker Center, a research center at the University of Minnesota that researches girls and women in sport.  Coaching HER is a coaching resource that helps sport coaches of girls challenge the status quo and the taken-for-granted assumptions of what it means to coach girls. We are helping coaches minimize gender inequalities and to coach differently. Coaching HER tackles central and unaddressed issues which negatively impact girls’ and women’s performance, self-perceptions, sport choices, and experiences: coaches’ unconscious gender biases and ste...
2025-06-1856 minTwo Women Who Give a Puck
Two Women Who Give a PuckEP 7 - Topher Scott - The Hockey Think TankAUDIO WARNING - some of the audio is a little rocky!!  Good ol' technology... It doesn't always cooperate.......! On this episode Tera and Sarah chat with Topher Scott from The Hockey Think Tank about the value of community based hockey, for everyone, and especially for female hockey players. The less accessible hockey becomes, the fewer females there will be in the sport.  Topher’s mission is to get people to recognize the importance and the power of the front of the jersey again.  Meaning, no one has made it to higher levels alone and creating a sup...
2025-06-1156 minTwo Women Who Give a Puck
Two Women Who Give a PuckEP 6 - Valuable Coaching Skills that aren't hockey specificIn this episode Tera and Sarah discuss all the ways female coaches can provide value even if they never played hockey.    They discuss the many aspects of coaching that have NOTHING to do with the Xs and Os of the game.    From helping players overcome adversity, to teaching them how to be good teammates, to holding them accountable, ALL of these are INCREDIBLY valuable. AND none of them require hockey knowledge to teach.    They remind female coaches that if they are starting with the younger ages, they can le...
2025-05-1435 minTwo Women Who Give a Puck
Two Women Who Give a PuckEP 5 - It happens to guys......In this episode, Tera and Sarah discuss the common response they receive when sharing their experiences with males in the hockey world, which is “It happens to guys too”.    Although this statement is true, Tera and Sarah discuss how it feels very dismissive and it glosses over the reality of females having different experiences in hockey than males do.    Even if similar things happen to men, the way women experience certain issues, like harassment, violence, body image pressure, is often shaped by systemic and cultural factors that affect them differently. Saying “it happens...
2025-05-0726 minTwo Women Who Give a Puck
Two Women Who Give a PuckEP 4 - Kris Wing, USA Hockey Coach in ChiefKris Wing is building a legacy, a beautiful and bright spiderweb, of positive energy, inclusiveness and an integrated approach to supporting ALL coaches within the world of USA hockey that she hopes will live on indefinitely.   She is the USA Hockey Coach in Chief for Female Development, which means she is a part of USA hockey's coach education program. She is the first female to have a Coach in Chief role within USA Hockey. Her role specifically focuses on encouraging and supporting women to become involved in hockey as coaches, players, and board members, with t...
2025-04-301h 15Two Women Who Give a Puck
Two Women Who Give a PuckEP 3 - Sarah's Hockey StorySarah shares her hockey experience. From growing up in Minnesota skating on the ponds, to youth hockey, high school hockey, college hockey and WHAM hockey (women's recreational hockey). She shares her love for the game as well as the challenges she faced when she started coaching her daughter.
2025-04-2355 minTwo Women Who Give a Puck
Two Women Who Give a PuckEP 2 - Tera's Hockey StoryTera shares her hockey story from playing hockey with the neighborhood kids on the outdoor rink, to being the only girl on a boys team, to joining the girls and playing with them in youth, high school and college. She also shares what her experiences in hockey taught her about life and feeling confident in situations where she is different. Highlighting the importance of the non-sport aspects we players learn while participating.
2025-04-1635 minTwo Women Who Give a Puck
Two Women Who Give a PuckEP 1 - Introduction - Why we're hereSarah and Tera are doing a thing, they're starting a podcast because they are Two Women Who Give a Puck! Through this podcast experience they will highlight the experiences of female coaches and players in hockey, as well as provide tangible ways to create positive changes. They are here to reminder women that they belong in hockey and deserve to be a part of the greatest game in the world. As well as encourage all of us to invite someone into the game to coach and/or play.
2025-03-3109 min