Joy Drop: Black Girls Hockey Club making a welcome move north

Hello friends! I must say that I have been revelling in joy all this week.

First of all, my all-time favourite movie turned 20 years old. Yes, 20. Bend It Like Beckham is arguably the greatest sports film of all time, in my view. 

In addition to that celebration, I partook in another kind of joy: the brilliance of Black Women in Hockey kind. You may be asking a few questions. Well, I am dedicating this week's JOY DROP to explain. 

ONE more day until our Toronto takeover! It’s so close we can barely contain ourselves! <br><br>REMEMBER: we’ll be in front of Jurassic Park outside of Scotiabank Arena April 12th pregame! Can’t wait to meet you all! <a href="https://t.co/luW5Ush3en">pic.twitter.com/luW5Ush3en</a>

A few months ago, Black Girl Hockey Club and MLSE Foundation decided to collaborate on an event — basically a Toronto takeover. There were many Zoom meetings and spreadsheets, Slack messages, reservations, and conversations happening between core members of BGHC, advocacy committee members and MLSE and Launchpad staff.  For this series of events, BGHC founder Renee Hess, board members Taylor Green and Rochelle Taylor, and many BGHC volunteers travelled to Toronto to attend this past weekend. 

BGHC and MLSE held a community event on Sunday with activities (including ball hockey) and food and connection opportunities that were run by MLSE Launchpad volunteers. That was followed by a panel featuring Olympic gold medallist Sarah Nurse, Toronto Six player Saroya Tinker, Dayton O'Donoghue of the Toronto Junior Aeros and Raegan Subban of TSN's Bardown. 

That <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BGHC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BGHC</a> x <a href="https://twitter.com/MapleLeafs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MapleLeafs</a>