William Douglas has been writing The Color of Hockey blog for the past 10 years. Douglas joined NHL.com in March 2019 and writes about people of color in the sport. Today, as part of the NHL’s celebration of Gender Equality Month, he profiles Doxie McCoy, a founding member of the first women’s hockey team at Boston College.
Doxie McCoy was playing goal for Boston College’s women’s field hockey team when someone approached her with a surprising question.
“I was in the net and he came up to me and said, ‘Do you want to play ice hockey?'” McCoy said. “I said, ‘Really? I don’t know how to skate.'”
The year was 1973. The question came from John “Snooks” Kelley, a U.S. Hockey Hall of Famer who coached Boston College’s men’s hockey team from 1932-42 and 1946-72.
Kelley’s inquiry led McCoy to become a founding member of Boston College’s women’s ice hockey team in 1973. That inaugural club squad helped pave the way for Boston College’s formidable women’s NCAA Division I program that has made…
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