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PWHL preparing for expansion as early as 2025-26 season, could add up to 2 teams
1 month, 3 weeks ago

PWHL preparing for expansion as early as 2025-26 season, could add up to 2 teams

New York Times  

The Professional Women’s Hockey League is preparing to expand beyond its six existing markets, potentially as early as the 2025-26 season. “It’s just the normal progression for the growth of our league in our sport.” GO DEEPER PWHL releases full 90-game schedule for 2024-25 season Planning for potential expansion at this stage in the league’s existence — its second season …

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New PWHL Minnesota GM Melissa Caruso focuses on the future rather than offseason concerns
3 months, 2 weeks ago

New PWHL Minnesota GM Melissa Caruso focuses on the future rather than offseason concerns

Associated Press  

New PWHL Minnesota GM Melissa Caruso focused on addressing the future on Wednesday, rather than the past and the offseason troubles the franchise encountered after winning the women’s hockey league’s inaugural championship. “Moving forward, like I said I just started yesterday so I’m going to evaluate where we’re at from a team perspective and move forward to look ahead to …

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Natalie Darwitz is out as GM of Minnesota after building PWHL’s first championship team
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Natalie Darwitz is out as GM of Minnesota after building PWHL’s first championship team

Associated Press  

It wasn’t one person but the input of many over the past five-plus months that led to the Professional Women’s Hockey League removing Natalie Darwitz as Minnesota’s general manager a mere week after winning the league’s inaugural championship. In announcing the move on Saturday, PWHL vice president of hockey operations Jayna Hefford said the results of a lengthy internal and …

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Pro Women’s Hockey League season deemed a success, though challenges remain entering Year 2
7 months ago

Pro Women’s Hockey League season deemed a success, though challenges remain entering Year 2

Associated Press  

Stan Kasten never promised the inaugural season of the Professional Women’s Hockey League would go off without a few hitches. “But even then, I couldn’t have imagined how the year would play out.” The six-team PWHL is riding high following a season in which it averaged 5,448 fans per game, including a women’s hockey record of 21,105 to Montreal’s Bell …

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PWHL names Bauer official jersey partner, to unveil redesigned jerseys in 2024-25
7 months, 2 weeks ago

PWHL names Bauer official jersey partner, to unveil redesigned jerseys in 2024-25

New York Times  

The PWHL will unveil redesigned jerseys for the 2024-25 season, the league announced on Thursday. Team names and logos are currently “in the works,” and will be officially unveiled when they’re ready, according to PWHL senior vice president of hockey operations Jayna Hefford. “For us to be able to bring in an exclusive partner really speaks to where we’re at, …

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Unable to play professionally, Darwitz realizes women’s hockey dream as one of PWHLs 6 GMs
1 year, 3 months ago

Unable to play professionally, Darwitz realizes women’s hockey dream as one of PWHLs 6 GMs

Associated Press  

Three-time U.S. Olympian Natalie Darwitz never realized her dream of playing professional hockey. The former U.S. national team captain will oversee the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s yet-to-be-named franchise in Minneapolis-St. Paul after being named one of the newly established league’s six general managers on Friday. “I don’t want to lose sight fo the fact that this is going to be …

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New Professional Women’s Hockey League is getting support from the NHL, just not the financial kind
1 year, 3 months ago

New Professional Women’s Hockey League is getting support from the NHL, just not the financial kind

Associated Press  

The new Professional Women’s Hockey League has a framework for its inaugural season and the six cities teams will play in when the pucks drop in January. “They have been fantastically supportive of us from the first minute that I spoke with Gary Bettman,” PWHL board member Stan Kasten said Tuesday, referring to the NHL commissioner. For the first time, …

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A new women’s hockey league launches in January. There’s plenty of work to do before then
1 year, 5 months ago

A new women’s hockey league launches in January. There’s plenty of work to do before then

Associated Press  

Jayna Hefford gets goose bumps thinking about what it will be like when the puck drops in January on a new women’s hockey league featuring the world’s best players. The stage is set for that after a new ownership group bought out the Professional Hockey Federation and members of the Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association unanimously ratified a collective bargaining …

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Is women's pro hockey nearing a breakthrough moment?
1 year, 9 months ago

Is women's pro hockey nearing a breakthrough moment?

LA Times  

Laura Stacey of Team Knight takes part in the Professional Women’s Hockey Players Assn. The PWHPA, which last year enlisted Billie Jean King’s investment and consulting firm and the group headed by Dodgers controlling owner Mark Walter to explore launching a new league, is poised to announce a six-team venture, according to a report recently aired by “Hockey Night in …

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PWHPA eyes launching women’s pro hockey league by end of ’23
1 year, 9 months ago

PWHPA eyes launching women’s pro hockey league by end of ’23

Associated Press  

The Professional Women’s Hockey Player’s Association is finalizing plans with corporate sponsors to launch what would be North America’s second women’s pro league by the end of this year, a key stakeholder said Thursday. Jayna Hefford, who holds the title of PWHPA lead operations consultant, said it was premature to provide an exact date, but added: “We’re very much eyeing …

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PWHPA forging ahead without NHL backing of women’s hockey
3 years, 7 months ago

PWHPA forging ahead without NHL backing of women’s hockey

Associated Press  

The Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association is forging ahead with its bid to establish an economically sustainable professional league in North America with or — for now — without the NHL’s full financial backing. In response to a Sportsnet report that the NHL was not in a position to operate a women’s league for the foreseeable future, PWHPA executive Jayna …

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Why they won’t play: Inside 20 years of broken dreams in women’s hockey
4 years, 6 months ago

Why they won’t play: Inside 20 years of broken dreams in women’s hockey

New York Times  

Haley Skarupa hasn’t played a professional hockey game in 475 days. “As players, we’d just laugh it off like, ‘oh, typical professional women’s hockey,’” said Jess Vella, who played six seasons with the CWHL Toronto Furies. “I don’t think it’s fair that players who played in the years past or the beginning infancy of this league … claims that the …

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