One leader in women’s pro hockey conjures a phrase from her baseball background to describe the state of it. “The state of women’s hockey right now, those kind of conversations make the public and the players uncomfortable because it’s less clear. How the top women’s hockey league or leagues on this continent will evolve rides on the relationship between the six-year-old, six-team NWHL, and the Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association (PWHPA) movement that rose two years ago from the ashes of the defunct Canadian Women’s Hockey League. What seemed a frosty relationship between the NWHL and PWHPA a year ago appears to have thawed since October, when Tumminia replaced NWHL founder Dani Rylan Kearney. The approach to an actual true business model has to be holistic.”The most recognizable names in U.S. women’s hockey clearly have a choice on where they play.

Source: thestar May 20, 2021 15:39 UTC