Breaking Down Barriers (2023)
- Documentary
Directed by: Karen Zylak, Devon Burns, Mark Kristofic
Written by: Saroya Tinker, Karen Zylak
BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS will showcase individuals and organizations who are committed to changing hockey culture. Each episode will spotlight and celebrate those who are committed to fostering positive social change within the sport from professional to minor hockey levels.
Directed by
Written by
Saroya TinkerKaren ZylakCast & crew
Saroya TinkerSelf - HostKim DavisSelf - Senior Executive VP, NHLMaria DennisSelf - Chair, NHL NHLPA Female Hockey Advisory CommitteeLindsay PennalSelf - Executive Director, NHL Coaches' AssociationJessica CampbellSelf - Assistant Coach, Coachella Valley FirebirdsEthan BearSelf - NHL DefencemanDan BylsmaSelf - Head Coach, Coachella Valley FirebirdsCourage BearSelf - Camp Director
Kim St-PierreSelf - 3X Olympic Gold MedalistAngela JamesSelf - 4X World Champion Team CanadaMax McCormickSelf - Captain, Coachella Valley FirebirdsSarah NurseSelf - Olympic Gold Medalist, Team CanadaJayna HeffordSelf - SVP of Hockey Operations, PWHLBrianne JennerSelf - 2X Olympic Gold Medalist, Team Canada & Captain PWHL OttawaRenata FastSelf - Olympic Gold Medalist, Team CanadaCourtney SztoSelf - PhD Kinesiology & Health Studies Queen's UniversityGeraldine HeaneySelf - Head Coach, Toronto SixRyan StraschnitzkiSelfMark DeMontisSelf - Founder, Canadian Blind HockeyAnnalee RichardsSelf - Johnathon's MomMatt O'DetteSelf - Head Coach, Seattle ThunderbirdsCanute KejunarkSelf - Hamlet Council ChairmanZach LavinSelf - Canadian Men's Para Hockey TeamNicolette VandersteenSelf - Teacher, City Park SchoolLucas CionaSelf - Forward, Seattle ThunderbirdsGeraldine BearSelf - Ethan Bear's MomMarco Di BuonoSelf - President, Canadian Tire Jumpstart CharitiesMargaret InaksajakSelf - Vice Principal, Arviligruaq IlinniarvikJoey CabralSelf - Goaltender, Canadian Blind HockeyKirk BrooksSelf - Founder, Seaside HockeyWayne SimmondsSelf - NHL ForwardAuren HalbertSelf - Canadian Men's Para Hockey TeamGregory SlobodzianSelf - Head Coach, ISA EaglesLuca DeMontisSelf - Program Manager, Canadian Blind Hockey & Mark's BrotherRoss WillierSelfMakabe NartokSelf - Retired Community Hockey CoachAllan ProkopSelf - Luke's DadShianna DarkangeloSelf - Forward, Toronto SixAlexandria AubourgSelf - Founder, Jusqu'Au BourgLuke ProkopSelf - Defenceman, Seattle ThunderbirdsJoe FornasierSelf - Canadian Blind Hockey Team MemberSean McMorrowSelf - Retired Professional Hockey Player & Coach, Seaside HockeyMichelle KnibbSelfCraig McCallumSelf - Academic Advisor, Indigenous Sports AcademyAlanna MahSelf - Canadian Women's Para Hockey TeamMathieu SouangaSelfColin InuksaqSelfAlex CarpenterSelf - Olympic Silver Medalist, Team USAChris CederstrandSelf - Paralympian & Adaptive Director, AMP HockeyDylan GuentherSelf - Forward, Arizona CoyotesKhole HibbertSelf - Coach, Seaside HockeyMelissa ZapffSelf - Gabriel's MomJayna Grace BerthaudSelfTrenton WillierSelfEmma KeaganSelf - Head Coach, Kugaaruk DynamitesEmily ClarkSelf - Olympic Gold Medalist, Team CanadaMargaret BearSelf - Chief of the OchapowaceWayne PellySelf - Father of Stanley Cup Champion Devante Smith-PellyJesse Martin BerthaudSelfTod LeiwekeSelf - Chief Executive Officer, Seattle KrakenMishikon WhiteduckSelf - ISA EaglesGabriel AlvesSelf - Toronto Ice OwlsBryan YuSelf - Strength and Conditioning CoachBrian BurkeSelf - Former NHL GMMarissa UqqarqlukSelf - Kugaaruk Dynamite PlayerJohn HaydenSelf - Forward, Coachella Valley FirebirdsElla SheltonSelf - PWHL New YorkCody KeaganSelf - Assistant Coach & Emma's HusbandAndy ZylakSelf - Hockey ParentAlexandra MandryckySelf - Assistant GM, Seattle KrakenLysanne Louise-JeanSelfTye KartyeSelf - Forward, Coachella Valley FirebirdsMaureen KingSelf - Hailey's MomDraeden BearSelf - ISA EaglesJohnathon StewartSelfHailey KingSelfJake YakubowskiSelf - ISA EaglesNathalie JulesSelfMichael BobSelf - Councillor, Kahkewistahaw First NationJeff TurnerSelf - President, Project NorthJoseph ZylakSelf - Toronto Ice OwlsNathanial BrooksSelf - Development Coach, Arizona Coyotes & Kirk's SonLinus UllmarkSelf - Goaltender, Boston BruinsBernice CarnegieSelf - Co-Founder, Carnegie InitiativeDustin McCrankSelf - AHL OfficialRobert HenrySelf - Indigenous Studies, University of SaskatchewanRobert ThompsonSelf - Co-Founder, Toronto Gay Hockey AssociationEverett BearSelfJesse ApsaktaunSelfAidan QuiltySelf - Toronto Ice OwlsCale MakarSelf - Colorado AvalancheKirsten WelshSelf - Linesperson, OHL & AHLMike QuiltySelf - Aidan's DadMax DenleySelf - Goalie, Toronto Gay Hockey AssociationKelsey ApsaktaunSelfBuster BearSelfAuston MatthewsSelf - Toronto Maple LeafsStephen WalkomSelf - NHL Director of OfficiatingCharlene NiptayukSelf - Kugaaruk Dynamite PlayerMelanie LouisonSelfChaz MisuracaSelf - Canadian Blind Hockey Team MemberCarol InuksaqSelfVirgil AllarySelfCarla InuksaqSelf - Kugaaruk Dynamite PlayerTori BearSelf - Ethan Bear's Sister