with no other female teams to play against shoppach has been honing their skills against all male teams and their growth as earned them plenty of respect and support from abroad. this tiny brick house is where the girls change into their hockey equipment before they set foot on the ice. ice skating is a rare sight in the central asian country of kurdistan. but these girls are all about defying stereotypes yet the 1st female an ice hockey team in their country and they train on a plot of farmland. i cultivate the land here it's my plot of land i plant potatoes some flows you can grow anything here. and some issues for agriculture in winter i create an ice rink. the coach converted his garage to a changing room and the country's diaspora community in switzerland donated the equipment a team started to grow through word of mouth. these are the only one i care about so it never even occurred to me that i would ever play hockey for some of. the. also my classmate the coaches daughter she suggested i come and try to play hockey tune up supporting the cub scout. the team now has around 15 play