This isn’t quite another Ken Dryden story, though the tale of Snohomish native Lexi Bender has parallels involving law degrees, championships and aborted hockey careers. Dryden, of course, is the Hall ...

Lexi Bender never got to skate on-ice as a child with any women’s professional hockey players. The women’s pro game didn’t exist back then, so the closest Bender, 26, a Snohomish native and this ...

As a young girl, Lexi Bender of Snohomish had a chance to meet Brooke Whitney and Kelly Stephens, two Seattle-area women who were among the nation’s best female hockey players. Whitney, who is from ...

For Lexi Bender, the dream is to someday be a member of the United States Olympic hockey team. To realize that dream, the 20-year-old Bender made the decision six years ago to leave her Lake Stevens ...

The Lynnwood Ice Center was lively on Saturday morning. A couple dozen younger-age girls lugged duffel bags full of equipment and hockey sticks. Some of the girls carried the gear on their shoulders ...