I didn't find hockey, hockey found me.

I admit that my very first hockey game was October of 2009 when I was hired as an intern for a local ECHL hockey team, the Florida Everblades. At the time, I liked my icing on cake and my wings on pigeons, planes and deep-fried in buffalo sauce. Oh, and Wayne Gretzky? Was that the guy that Marion Morrison played in those old, gun-slingin' movies? Oh? That's John Wayne? Right.

A lot has changed in a season.

Graphic design work

Here's a few examples of what I can do and have done in the past!

On-Ice Interviews portfolio

Various in-game player interviews on FOX Sports radio

Sideline? More like the front line.

Being the sideline reporter for a professional hockey team (or as some of the young, French-Canadian rookies who don't know my name call me: "interview girl") might seem like a pretty neat job - especially for an intern.

However when the pressure is on for the players (like now, during the playoffs) trekking onto the ice in my patent leather heels can be like walking straight into a war zone.

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Bye, Bye Barbie - Hello BlackBerry

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My very first byline and coincidentally, screw up.

Full disclosure:

My sophomore year of college, I was working in my first real newsroom at the Fort Myers News-Press.

I had been shooting a video 2-3 minute highlight videos of high school football games - easy stuff. One day the sports editor, Ed, called me with a new challenge: Taking stats for a football game.

A few things to consider:

1. I knew nothing about football (still don't).
   
2. I had never covered sports before.
3. I had only written one article ever. And it was a 300-word play preview.

"You're a smart girl," he said, "I think you can manage."

Why did I accept?  Well, because I have a serious problem with saying no.