There’s something different about the friendships you build through hockey – something deeper than just teammates or classmates. We call each other sisters for a reason. It’s not just a phrase – it’s a real, emotional bond that forms when you go through the highs and lows of the sport together.
When you play college hockey, your team becomes your second family. You’re with them through everything: lifts, exhausting practices, game-day nerves, long road trips, heartbreaking losses, and unforgettable wins. You see each other at your best and worst. You fight for each other on the ice, support each other off it, and pick each other up when things get hard – whether that’s a bad game, a tough class, or something personal.
Hockey players don’t just show up for hockey – we show up for each other. Whether it’s a 5:30 a.m. wake-up call for practice or a random Tuesday night FaceTime to vent about school, we’re there. We share meals, laughs, pregame rituals, post-game tears, and those little moments in the locker room that somehow become core memories.
And it’s not just about the present. The friendships formed through hockey don’t fade when the season ends or when graduation comes. We become lifelong friends because when you’ve sweated, bled, celebrated, and cried with someone – you don’t forget that. You don’t lose that bond.
Hockey teaches you how to be tough, how to lead, how to grow – but more than anything, it teaches you how to be there for someone else. That’s what hockey sisters do. We show up. We stay close. We carry each other through the hardest days and celebrate the best ones like no one else can.
The wins are great. The trophies are cool. But the best thing this sport gives you? It’s the people. The teammates who turn into sisters – the kind of bond that lasts way beyond the final buzzer.
By Lilly Corso
Lilly Corso is a junior business student at Endicott College, majoring in marketing. Beyond the classroom, Corso is a member of the Endicott’s NCAA D-III women’s ice hockey team, having developed teamwork, discipline, and leadership skills both on and off the ice.