Welcome to Away from the Play, a sports podcast hosted by Melanie Desrochers and Safia Ahmad. Each week, they speak to individuals whose passion is sports. It could be a rugby player, a hockey scout or a media member tasked with covering a team. Mel and Safs hope to learn something new and share it with you!

Away From The Play
Claim This Podcastby Safia Ahmad and Melanie Desrochers
Podcast Overview
Welcome to Away from the Play, a sports podcast hosted by Melanie Desrochers and Safia Ahmad. Each week, they speak to individuals whose passion is sports. It could be a rugby player, a hockey scout or a media member tasked with covering a team. Mel and Safs hope to learn something new and share it with you!
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Recent Episodes

April 6, 2021
40. Football with Emmarae Dale
<p>This week, Safs spoke to Emmarae Dale, a linebacker for the Saskatoon Hilltops. She made history by becoming the first woman to play in the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL). Tune in to learn more about this amazing athlete, how she discovered football, what she experienced when she joined the Hilltops and her expectations moving forward.</p><p>Follow us on Instagram (@awayfromtheplay), Facebook (awayfromtheplay) and Twitter (@mel_and_safs). Special thanks to Matthieu Brutus for our music and Nay Maalouf for our logo!</p>

March 29, 2021
39. WoHo Monday with Jessie Eldridge
<p>Mel spoke to Canadian national team member Jessie Eldridge about her successful hockey career thus far, including her time in Ontario's PWHL, choosing the right NCAA school and finding happiness and success at Colgate University and representing Team Canada. Eldridge holds the Colgate Raiders' women's hockey team record for the most points in program history with 163 (74 G, 89 A) in 153 games.</p><p><span style="font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Follow us on Instagram (@awayfromtheplay), Facebook (awayfromtheplay) and Twitter (@mel_and_safs). Special thanks to Matthieu Brutus for our music and Nay Maalouf for our logo!</span><br></p>

March 22, 2021
38. Violence, Masculinity, Sports and Social Media with Daniel Sailofsky
<p>This week, Mel and Safs spoke to Daniel Sailofsky, a PhD candidate at McGill University with the department of sociology. He studies violence, masculinity, sports and social media and has coached men's and women's basketball at the CEGEP and university levels. </p><p>Follow us on Instagram (@awayfromtheplay), Facebook (awayfromtheplay) and Twitter (@mel_and_safs)<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Poppins, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">) </span>Special thanks to Matthieu Brutus for our music and Nay Maalouf for our logo!</p>
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