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    Blake Bolden continues her pioneering role in hockey as scout for Kings

    by Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times Feb 28, 2020 4 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - From the moment Blake Bolden took to the ice at 7 years old and fell in love with skating and the creativity of hockey, she has repeatedly proved people wrong.

    For years, she was the only girl on a triple-A boys team in her hometown of Cleveland and one of two girls in the league. She also was conscious of being black in an overwhelmingly white sport, though she saw that as incidental. She wanted to stand out because she was good - and she was.

    "My teammates were super respectful. I just had to earn their trust and show my

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