I was a hockey wife — and it just about killed me

[getbak]

Originally Posted by troutman

Now I think the whole story was just a device to promote a TV Show.

The video at the top of the story promoting the tv show wasn't a big enough clue?

Originally Posted by MattyC

I didn't watch any (or even realize this was a show) but I read some of that article. She's an actress so she obviously knows what gets people attention on these reality shows. But I like that she was worried about her career moving to Vancouver, like Buffalo and St. Louis were hotbeds of the film industry.

She does realize that many Hollywood movies and big TV shows are made there, right?

Yeah, that's a weird one because I thought that one of the reasons he signed with the Canucks was that once he realized the Kings and Ducks weren't interested, he went somewhere with a decent film/tv industry so she could possibly get roles and work locally.

Of course, she's an actress, so she's likely treating this as a role and playing up the diva personality.

[Stay Golden]

I'm sure there are plenty of NHL players that are married to decent women and there plenty who are married to gold diggers.
I have Zero sympathy for the first world problems that gold diggers feel they suffer from.
It was there ambition to marry into wealth and fame.
When you go to a club it's so damn easy to spot this type out. They way they look, how they interact, how their tone in conversation is what they focused on in conversation.
They are superficial. So hey if that's what a guy wants, well then you get what you get.
If a player is looking for a trophy wife well then buddy that's on you dealing with their lifestyle demands but there are plenty of attractive decent women out there as well.
Like the plastic looking women in the one clip "and all the diamond(s)"
I have heard Retro comment a few times about when players careers start to wind down or they retire a fair amount of ugly divorces occur.
As he says it's a real mess.
The NHL players I feel sorry for are the ones that marry for the right reasons when they are making their first contract money and then gradually the NHL players career evolves and they start making the 2m+ and she turns into a gold digger.
Just like how the wives gold diggers or not that endure players drinking etc as careers progress. Those are real problems for anyone.
As for the wives that are married to AHL EHL and lesser league players life is not lavish, they go through all the financial struggles and share the same hopes and dreams together. I don't think they are so much in it for the money.
Having a career where they get called up and are sent down go another maybe get called up get sent down must be tough to deal with for the players, wives and the kids.
How about the guys and their families that make 50k or less but they are hockey lifers. Because people forget the chances are that's all they know. Play in the WHL, OHL etc show some promise maybe get drafted then what they took their High School level of education on the road. They don't have the opportunity of going to University if they are chasing the NHL hockey dream in Canada.
Those wives must go through some real financial and emotional hardships.

[GioforPM]

There's probably a pretty long list of girls that stuck with the player through junior or college and into the minors and then got traded in for the sports model. Remember Vicki Moss?

They might have something to say about the Hockey Wives show.

[Stay Golden]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

There's probably a pretty long list of girls that stuck with the player through junior or college and into the minors and then got traded in for the sports model. Remember Vicki Moss?

They might have something to say about the Hockey Wives show.

That is a very good point, Mike Modano in PA also comes to mind.

[Igottago]

Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates

It seems everyone has a different magic number as to where someone is too rich to complain.
I always find threads like this interesting to see how much much money it takes to place you in the "your problems are no longer worthy of empathy" catagory.

Is the over/under $100,000/yr, $500,000, $1 million?

I think its the nature of the problems that people take issue with, not the fact that they have problems.

There are certain things that are easy to sympathize with in any economic bracket. Health issues, family issues, even addiction or substance abuse issues.

Also, there's a difference between saying "I am a hockey wife and I have some problems", and saying "I am a hockey wife and that is the problem". The article reads more like the latter. She is complaining about a life that offers a lot of benefits as well and a lot of women probably would strive for. And that I doubt she, or anyone else in her position would give up that lifestyle easily.

I'm not saying a hockey wife can't have real problems in life -- but to complain about the lifestyle itself rings hollow. It ranks pretty low on the list of lives that produce hardships.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Stay Golden

I'm sure there are plenty of NHL players that are married to decent women and there plenty who are married to gold diggers.
I have Zero sympathy for the first world problems that gold diggers feel they suffer from.
It was there ambition to marry into wealth and fame.
When you go to a club it's so damn easy to spot this type out. They way they look, how they interact, how their tone in conversation is what they focused on in conversation.
They are superficial. So hey if that's what a guy wants, well then you get what you get.
If a player is looking for a trophy wife well then buddy that's on you dealing with their lifestyle demands but there are plenty of attractive decent women out there as well.
Like the plastic looking women in the one clip "and all the diamond(s)"
I have heard Retro comment a few times about when players careers start to wind down or they retire a fair amount of ugly divorces occur.
As he says it's a real mess.
The NHL players I feel sorry for are the ones that marry for the right reasons when they are making their first contract money and then gradually the NHL players career evolves and they start making the 2m+ and she turns into a gold digger.
Just like how the wives gold diggers or not that endure players drinking etc as careers progress. Those are real problems for anyone.
As for the wives that are married to AHL EHL and lesser league players life is not lavish, they go through all the financial struggles and share the same hopes and dreams together. I don't think they are so much in it for the money.
Having a career where they get called up and are sent down go another maybe get called up get sent down must be tough to deal with for the players, wives and the kids.
How about the guys and their families that make 50k or less but they are hockey lifers. Because people forget the chances are that's all they know. Play in the WHL, OHL etc show some promise maybe get drafted then what they took their High School level of education on the road. They don't have the opportunity of going to University if they are chasing the NHL hockey dream in Canada.
Those wives must go through some real financial and emotional hardships.

True, but a lot of those guys can make decent careers as AHL Veterans and earn some decent coin, or even take their talents to Europe.

If I was a middling player I'd love to earn $200-500K and live in Switzerland. Hell...where do I sign up?

[Northendzone]

for some reason i thought it was vicki that dumped wayne - i quickly looked on wikipedia and found no reference to what happened.

anywyas, to some extnet i am sure it is not always easy being married to a pro-athlete. lots of money and lots of temptations and in a lot of ways they have to run the house while thier hubby is away.

[Weitz]

I saw the clip where they were at the Brown's house and Dustin Brown leaves to go to the rink and comes back because he forgot his hockey gear or something and his wife said "I have to look after 6, not 5, kids" I thought that was quite funny.

[handgroen]

[PaperBagger'14]

Originally Posted by GioforPM

There's probably a pretty long list of girls that stuck with the player through junior or college and into the minors and then got traded in for the sports model. Remember Vicki Moss?

They might have something to say about the Hockey Wives show.

Cory Sarich and his wife follow suit in this as well. Upstanding people I'm glad to have met.