By Mark Falkner (The Detroit News)
Northville’s Jordan Forgione isn’t shy about her dreams of winning a Stanley Cup, emblematic of hockey supremacy since the National Hockey League was formed more than 100 years ago, in 1917.
Forgione, a 29-year-old coach of three girls hockey teams with Little Caesars’ award-winning program in Detroit and a Michigan-area scout with the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League for three years, is on the fast track to join the inner circles of the male-dominated hockey operations departments in the 32-team NHL.
“As a little girl growing up, you’re like, ‘Oh, I’m going to play in the NHL someday … nope,” Forgione said. “All right, well that’s not possible, but if I can work and help a team win a Stanley Cup, that would be great, absolutely great. Even if it’s behind the scenes, as long as I contributed.”
Forgione is one of 80 women in the NHL Coaches Association’s Female Coaches Program, an initiative for women to work on skill development, leadership strategies, communication tactics, networking and career advancement opportunities.
That NHLCA program includes meetings a couple of times each month with the BIPOC Coaches Program, aimed to specifically support 50 Black, Indigenous and other coaches of color.
In addition, she’s one of eight people in the Boston Bruins’ Diversity and Inclusion Scouting Mentorship Program, which mentors and elevates individuals from underrepresented backgrounds.
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