Ice hockey has traditionally been a male-dominated culture that has both promoted and legitimised masculine dominance and gender inequality. The question is, how might ice hockey games, or other male-dominated sports, be organised differently and thus become more gender equal? Our ambition in this article is to initiate a discussion about how the construction of gender in ice hockey events operationalises or opposes the dominance of men and the marginalisation of women. The specific purpose is to identify techniques that configure men/masculinities as dominant in the ice hockey culture. Taking critical studies of men and masculinities as the point of departure, with a specific focus on the situational aspects of gender construction, this case study makes use of participatory observations of eight qualification games in Swedish semi-professional ice hockey. Our results show that men and certain types of masculinity dominate in the events framing the game and how this links the ice hockey players and the club with the local body-worker culture and its industrial, economic and historical context. Identification with these men is ideally created amongst male spectators, given that children and women do not have the same obvious place in the event’s narrative. Some clubs seek to include women and children in their matches, which affects both the atmosphere and the situation. By focusing on the events’ introductions and general narratives, and how they make use of a (masculine) version of the place’s past in the present, we discuss how the ice hockey culture contributes to the current hegemony of men and masculinities.

传统上，冰上曲棍球是一种男性主导的文化，既促进了男性的统治地位，又使男性的不平等现象合法化。问题是，冰球比赛或其他男性主导的运动将如何以不同的方式组织，从而变得更加性别平等？我们在本文中的雄心是就冰球比赛中的性别建构如何实现或反对男性的统治和女性的边缘化展开讨论。具体目的是确定将男子/男子气概配置为冰球文化中占主导地位的技术。以对男子气概和男子气概的批判性研究为出发点，并特别侧重于性别建设的情况，本案例研究利用了瑞典半专业冰球比赛中八场资格赛的参与性观察。我们的研究结果表明，男子和某些类型的男性气概在比赛中占主导地位，这将冰球运动员和俱乐部与当地的体力劳动者文化及其工业，经济和历史背景联系起来。鉴于儿童和妇女在比赛叙事中没有明显的位置，因此理想地在男性观众之间建立与这些男人的认同感。一些俱乐部试图在比赛中包括妇女和儿童，这会影响气氛和局势。通过关注事件的介绍和一般性叙事，以及它们如何利用当前地点过去的（男性）版本，