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The Full 60 with Craig Custance

SC Bern GM Florence Schelling on Pursuing Goals and Thriving on Challenges

The Full 60 with Craig Custance

The Athletic

News, Hockey, Sports News, Sports

4.8595 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Florence Schelling, longtime Swiss goaltender and four-time Olympian, was named the general manager of SC Bern in the Swiss Mens' National League, becoming the first woman to be named GM of a professional hockey team. Florence joins the podcast to discuss the process of landing the job and what prepared her for the role over a lifetime in hockey, including her time at Northeastern, playing with the Swiss national team at the age of 13, being named tournament MVP with the 2014 Olympic bronze medal-winning team in Sochi, and how recovering from a skiing accident led her to leave a job in business to pursue her goals in hockey. Support The Full 60 by subscribing to The Athletic! Get 40% off an annual subscription at theathletic.com/full60. Or try a free 90-day trial at theathletic.com/free90days Follow Craig on Twitter: @CraigCustance Email Craig to share your story for The Full 60 email: craig@theathletic.com

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Full 60 featuring Craig Custins and presented by The Athletic.

0:13.3

Each week we'll dive into the biggest stories in hockey while bringing in unique voices to entertain and explain all aspects of the game.

0:22.0

Hey, this is Craig, and welcome to this week's episode of the Full 60.

0:25.9

This week's guest is Florence Schelling, and we have been trying to get Florence on the podcast for months.

0:32.7

I mean, going back to the fall, just because she's a very interesting person, she is the most accomplished women's hockey

0:41.7

player in the history of Switzerland.

0:44.6

And she is somebody who is always looking to get better, always seem to be doing something

0:49.5

interesting.

0:50.5

And even when she went through a horrific ski accident, she documented it, she blogged about it,

0:56.3

and was able to turn what could have been a real negative in her life into a positive.

1:02.4

And so we were trying to get her on the podcast and she's busy and it was just, you know,

1:07.1

there's obviously the time difference and it didn't happen.

1:10.6

And then the huge news emerged over the last few weeks that she was named the general manager of

1:18.0

SC Byrne in Switzerland, becoming the first woman to be the GM of a professional hockey team.

1:25.5

Huge news.

1:27.3

Some great stories were written about it.

1:29.2

Emily Kaplan did a great story for ESPN.com.

1:31.7

Katie Strang at the Athletic did a really good Q&A with Florence.

1:36.2

And it gave us a really good excuse to circle back there and try to get some time with

1:41.1

Florence.

1:41.5

And she was very gracious with her time.

1:43.8

And her story is incredible

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