An “all-trans” hockey game sponsored by the NHL ended abruptly for one biological female who was knocked to the ice and concussed by a biological male.
The game was in late November.
The biological female had just left the penalty box and, within seconds, was bumped by a biological male causing the injury.
“I am okay. I was diagnosed with a concussion and muscle strains in my left neck, shoulder, and back,” the player later reported.
The biological female went down with a concussion and remained to lie on the ice for 17 minutes. Eventually, the player needed to be stretchered off the ice.
In Jonathan Kay’s Quillette article, “Ignoring Biological Reality Puts Female Hockey Players at Risk,” he noted one team was composed chiefly of biological women. In contrast, the other team was made up of primarily biological men.
“‘There [was] just an enormous difference in size between the two teams—height, weight, shoulder width, muscles—the differences were plain to even a child,’ is how one rink-side observer described the finals to me,” Kay wrote.
The male-dominated team won the game 7-1. The biological male, who concussed a trans-male, also sniped two goals in the game.
The NHL didn’t report the concussion but made headlines when promoting the game on social media. The NHL’s Twitter account tweeted, “Trans women are women,” which got ratioed. Eventually, the account limited replies to the post.
The Counter Signal contacted Women’s Hockey Canada for comment but did not receive a response.
Some other sports have allowed transgender women to compete alongside biological women recently.
In March, people were outraged after a male-to-female transgender swimmer dominated women competitors in the NCAA Championships.
Subsequently, in June, transgender women who transitioned after their twelfth birthday were banned from competing in International Swimming Federation (FINA) regulated swimming events with women.
“We have to protect the rights of our athletes to compete, but we also have to protect competitive fairness at our events, especially the women’s category at FINA competitions,” FINA’s president said.
