Legends of Australian Ice's testament to Steph Boxall

August 17, 2019

Legends of Australian Ice's Ross Carpenter takes us behind-the-scenes of a young Stephanie Wheaton (now Boxall) as she took on the "might" that were the powers-that-be in her young ice hockey career. THE YOUNG WOMAN looking back from the Woman's Day magazine did not look to be a fighter...the pink watch band, the matching pink table-tennis-bat earrings, the unseen Wham! posters. But, if she ever owned a Barbie, it probably held a cricket bat or a hockey stick, and this was probably a bad omen for Ken. The table on which she rests her elbows is littered with championship pennants, and a wild array of junior trophies each capped with shiny boys. The smile above the clasped hands on which she rests her chin seems older than her 14 years. The tilt of the eyelids, the laconic body language, welcome the unwary in. "So, you think I play like a girl?"