Debbie Elicksen

Unique traits: Creating a digital profile out of nothing. First woman to headman a football conference in Canada. Pioneer in Canadian football and the National Hockey League. Livestreaming web shows since 2012.

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  Black Ice (Adaptation) Sports ⋄ Drama A talented hockey player is at the mercy of an abusive hockey coach and must choose between his potential professional career or leave the sport.

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  Breaking the Stalwart Ceiling Sports ⋄ Drama A man tries to break the gender barrier in a world completely dominated by women.

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  Forgotten Morphemes Comedy ⋄ Animation Screenwriter has all his unfinished and unused screenplays and ideas in the closet that come to life. 

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  Locker Room for Growth (2021)
  Internet by Debbie Elicksen Web Host Locker Room for Growth is about planting seeds of inspiration. Interviews are with compelling and interesting people whose stories include: rags to riches, personal demons and challenges that were overcome; entertainment, music and sports celebrities; unique careers and aspects of humans.

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  Positive Sports: Professional Athletes and Mentoring Youth
  Print Author Positive Sports was highlighted as a “must read” at the Admissions Conference in Toronto in the Fall of 2003. The point of this book is to show that while we may only hear about the bad and criminal behavior of many of today’s players, the majority are like the people featured in this book. Yes, there are some who have no idea of how good they have it, who do not appreciate the gift they have received in the ability to play the game they love. You have that in every job, every industry, every society. But the majority of the players, because drama doesn’t follow their lives, their philanthropic efforts are not usually seen. It’s a much sexier headline to talk about a player dragging his unconscious wife into an elevator than to acknowledge his teammate might have started a foundation that provides food and clothing to inner city communities.

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  Loyalty, Intensity, and Passion: An Inside Look at the National Lacrosse League
  Print Author "Despite the burgeoning success of professional indoor lacrosse, few reporters, with one or two notable exceptions, understand the game well enough to write about it with excellence or insight. Deb Elicksen is among those few scribes who through their writing demand respect from players, management and fans alike. She knows boxla because she passionately follows the National Lacrosse League (mostly through the ups and downs of the Calgary Roughnecks); has the moxie to go into the locker room after games to talk to players, even when they’ve lost a home playoff game, and the common sense and social wherewithal to meet and mix with the athletes away from the arena. In short, Elicksen knows the NLL inside and out. Not surprisingly therefore, “Loyalty, Intensity and Passion” is a must read for those who love the fastest game in the world played on two feet.” Bob Poole, Calgary Roughnecks, 2005 NLL Public Relations Executive of the Year Teams, ownerships, coaches, and players have moved around, but one thing will never change: the title of this book as it relates to this sport. If there was any phrase that could describe a league, this is it. The passion and loyalty remains, as do the life-long friendships I made during the course of my time in lax. Kaleb Toth, Tracey Kelusky, Jim Moss, Casey Powell, Anthony Cosmo, Lewis Ratcliff, Taylor Wray, John Tavares, John Grant Sr., Kurt Silcott, Devan Wray, Chris Hall, and more were interviewed for this book.

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  Inside the NHL Dream: Take a Tour from Inside the Locker Room
  Print Author While most of the players and other personnel in this book may have retired or moved into other positions, the book still gives you a realistic peek at what life looks like behind the scenes of the National Hockey League. It goes deep into areas other books have never gone. What happens in the general manager's office right before he makes a trade? Who takes care of a player's household after he reports to his new team? What does an agent do? For this book, Jarome Iginla, Paul Kariya, Kelly Hrudey, Dwayne Roloson, Grant Fuhr, Mike Modano, Igor Kravchuk, Anson Carter, Dominik Hasek, Darius Kasparitis, Peter Maher, Mike Modano, Rob Niedermayer, James Patrick, Michael Peca, Dwayne Roloson, Teemu Selanne, and many more were personally interviewed.

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  Future Prospects: An Inside Look at Major Junior Hockey
  Print Author This book gives you a birds-eye view as to what it was like to work and play in the Western Hockey League, Ontario Hockey League, and Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Ron Robison, who was Commissioner of the Western Hockey League, wrote the Foreword. For this book, personal interviews were conducted with Fred Brathwaite, Patrice Brisebois, Valeri Bure, Tim Connolly, Nigel Dawes, Shean Donovan, Andrew Ference, Jiri Fisher, Ryan Getzlaf, Jarome Iginla, Jacques Lemaire, Doug MacLean, Mike Modano, Bob Nicholson, Mike Ricci, Richard Zednik, Radoslav Suchy, and more.

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  Anonymous: The Wartime Role of Military Mascots
  Print Author Researching military mascots has not been easy. When I first started on this book (well before the Internet was a sparkle in Bill Gates’ eye), except for a few blurbs in rare publications, the concept was virtually unrecorded. I came across one American book but the stories included only United States and British mascots. I had exhausted all my resources after a half page of notes. The last place I looked was at the servicemen themselves. Given their reluctance to describe their conditions, I wasn’t sure how well they would respond. As it turned out it was my best source of research. I received letters from all over the world. Some sent photographs, some sent leads to other sources. Stories varied in detail, ranging from half page to five pages to personally published books. Some stories were vague and some included graphic details. In most of the stories, the elements of war in which these servicemen were reluctant to share had resurfaced. Those elements were a key to describing how mascots adapted to certain situations.

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  Take Back the Internet: Empower yourself against cyberbullies and Internet trolls
  Print Author Cyberbullying Isn't Just A Schoolyard Problem. Businesses and adults are also targets of cyberbullying and cyberlibel. When there is a knowing and willful malicious act to discredit another person or business' reputation through a website or web post -- that is an act of cyberbullying. It is also defamation of character and an act of cyberlibel. Cyberbullying and cyberlibel is a violation of both Canadian and American criminal codes. Cybercrimes are new to our police forces -- some don't even know what it is yet. But while few departments have the manpower and knowledge in pursuing such a case, it is important to document everything and even file a police report to use the case number, in case you need to file a libel suit down the road. This book is a collection of posts to help you reclaim your Internet power and to kick the trolls to the curb where they belong.

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  My Locker Room Life
  Print Author My Locker Room Life is a collection of personal sports stories from behind the scenes. The reader will have a guest seat on the bus, in the press box, on the field, in the training room, and on the player's bench. These stories include the National Hockey League, National Lacrosse League, Canadian Football League, Canadian Junior Football League, and more. You'll hear from people like Steve Yzerman, Alondra Johnson, Kris Draper, Daniel Briere, Ken-Yon Rambo, Cassie Campbell, Kelly Kisio, Dave Dickenson, Shirley Fischler, and Sergei Fedorov. These personal anecdotes provide an inside look at life in a locker room. You'll also hear how one woman fought for access to the press box, paving the way for future generations of female reporters.

• Alberta Sports Hall of Fame
  (2018)

• TESOL
  (2018-2019)

• CHIT Broadcasting School