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Citizen, Soldier, NWHL Beaut

  • Minnesota National Guard
  • Jan. 12, 2020 | 2:00

Capt. Ashley Birdsall, a training technician with the Minnesota National Guard’s Joint Force Headquarters, shares her story of balancing life as a professional athlete with the National Women’s Hockey League. She balances her time as a player for the New York based Buffalo Beauts and as a citizen-Soldier in the National Guard.

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