Growth & Inclusion Specialist and AHL Scout LA Kings 



Blake Bolden is a former player in the CWHL (Canadian Women’s Hockey League), winning the Clarkson cup in 2015 and the inaugural Isobel Cup in 2016. She is the first Black player drafted in the first round of the CWHL and the first ever to compete in the NWHL.

In 2020, she joined the Los Angeles Kings as their Growth and Inclusion Specialist and Pro Scout, the second women to ever scout in the NHL.

She has taken her passion for diversifying the game of hockey using her platform to shed light, share stories, and inspire the next generation.

Blake aims to make herself visible especially to black and brown youth, dabbling into sports broadcasting with NHL Network, NBCSports, and Sportsnet as an analyst.