Olivia Cook, Bench Boss (Potsdam, NY): A Good Game Series

Catalogue Number: 310103
Producer: 4412826 Canada Inc/Nish Television
Producers: Brennan, Jason
Directors: Coté, Abraham
Producing Agencies: Nish
Subject: Canadian History, Canadian Social Issues, Canadian Social Studies, Career Education, Documentary, Family Studies/Home Economics, First Nations Studies, History, Indigenous Issues, Indigenous Peoples, Social Issues, Social Sciences, Social Studies, Women's Studies
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2023
Running Time: 22:22
Akwesasne native, Olivia Cook has been named head coach of the division 3 women’s hockey team at SUNY in Potsdam, New York. John visits Olivia in the days leading up to her first game as a head coach of the Potsdam Bears. John finds out what drives Olivia to pursue a master’s degree while also juggling her coaching responsibilities. Where does she find the time, where has she learned her work ethic, and will her team take home a victory on game day?
In the Good Game series, former NHLer John Chabot, a native of Kitigan Zibi reserve in Quebec, travels the country to understand the place that hockey holds in the collective life of Canada’s Indigenous peoples.
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