(Photo by Brian Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images) NHLI via Getty Imagesįrom building a business and a brand to leaving home, these things scared Bolden. The 2016 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic will take place on New Year's Day with the Montreal Canadiens playing the Boston Bruins. Women's Classic Hockey Game as part of the 2016 Bridgestone NHL Classic at Gillette Stadium on Decemin Foxboro, Massachusetts.
And I think in shattering those glass ceilings, you're able to make space and room for other people.”įOXBORO, MA - DECEMBER 31: Blake Bolden #10 of Boston Pride skates during warm-up prior to the. I think it's empowering to be able to shatter glass ceilings. “I would say some of my favorite things are looking at something that seems so far out of reach and being able to achieve it or obtain it.
Along the way, Bolden herself has had to take bold steps, such as learning how to be an entrepreneur or traveling to Switzerland to live out a dream of playing professional hockey outside of North America. MORE FROM FORBES Mikyla Grant-Mentis Cleans Up At The NWHL Awards By nullīolden didn’t set out to be the “first” in any category, but she has intentionally built her career around ensuring she isn’t the last. In 2015, she became the first Black woman to compete in the National Women’s Hockey League (renamed the Premier Hockey Federation in 2021), followed that season by Cherie Stewart and in other years by BC teammate Kaliya Johnson, the first Black NCAA women’s ice hockey head coach Kelsey Koelzer, and active members of the Toronto Six Saroya Tinker and Mikyla Grant-Mentis. With the Blades, she was the first Black woman drafted to the now-defunct Canadian Women’s Hockey League. Her current role with the Kings crowned her the first Black woman scout in the National Hockey League. She worked hard to find her place in hockey and made a lot of history along the way. MORE FROM FORBES Los Angeles Kings Pro Scout Blake Bolden Comes From A Place Of 'Yes' By null The two-time professional champion – first for the Boston Blades and then the Boston Pride – worked for a local non-profit and eventually started Blake Bolden Athletics. Since her time at Boston College and her professional women’s ice hockey in Boston, she has consistently given back to the next generation through mentorship. You’d be hard-pressed to call Bolden a hypocrite. (Photo by Juan Ocampo/NHLI via Getty Images) NHLI via Getty Images
History Museum before the game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Los Angeles Kings at STAPLES Center on Februin Los Angeles, California. LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 26: LA Kings scout Blake Bolden poses in front of the Black Hockey.
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