The NWHL’s 2021 bubble season in Lake Placid opened on Saturday afternoon with a matchup between the Metropolitan Riveters and the Toronto Six. It was the first game in franchise history for the Six, but the headlines were stolen by a Rivs team that looked like they mean business at Herb Brooks Arena. Leila Kilduff…
A long overdue bit of news came down on Tuesday as the NWHL and NBC Sports announced that NBCSN would exclusively broadcast the 2021 Isobel Cup Semifinals and Finals in February. The NWHL will play an abbreviated season inside a bubble in Lake Placid, New York with all six teams competing. The Semifinals will take…
Kimberly Sass is one of the more vocal and influential members of the PWHPA, boosting the organization’s brand on social media and getting involved at a board level. Sass, an East Amherst, New York native and one of three Buffalo-area players training in Western New York, is starting a new journey this season. After training…
Gigi Marvin has done it all in the sport of hockey. A native of the hockey hotbed that is Warroad, Minnesota, Marvin has won both professional championships and international accolades. This season, Marvin has taken her talents to the State of New Hampshire. She’s suiting up for the New Hampshire Regional Training Hub in the…
The 8th annual “Girls Hockey Weekend” took place this past weekend across the United States. If you missed it, no one can really blame you. The event took place across the country on October 17th and 18th. USA Hockey announced that it would happen on October 15th. Less than 48 hours before the weekend began,…
The NWHL officially announced their 2020-21 season outline on Wednesday. The league announced that the upcoming 2020-21 season will be delayed and will not start until January, 2021. In addition, the league announced that a full season of 20 games will be played by each team, with the Isobel Cup Playoffs coming to a conclussion…
The EWSHL has announced it’s goaltenders and defensemen over the last two days. On Wednesday, the league announced four new defenders (Maddie Truax, Paige Capistran, Maddie Crowley-Cahill and Madison Cardaci) and one new goaltender (Jetta Rackleff). Now, the league is happy to announce the initial list of forwards who will participate in week 1 of…
There is a battle going on in the professional women’s hockey ranks. The Professional Women’s Hockey Player Association (PWHPA) and the National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL) have been at odds since the Canadian Women’s Hockey League (CWHL) folded back in May of 2019. There were plans in place by the NWHL to have franchises in…
By now, if you at all care about women’s hockey, you’ve seen the recent report from The Victory Press detailing life in the NWHL from former players. Predictably, the piece created a lot of debate on Twitter. To the surprise of no one, emotions were high in those debates. If you have not read that…
On National Teachers Day, teacher and NWHL all-time leading scorer Jillian Dempsey has re-signed with the Boston Pride for the 2020-21 season. During the 2019-20 season, Dempsey was named co-MVP of the league. While playing in the NWHL, she teaches fifth grade in her hometown of Winthrop, Mass. A founding member of the NWHL, she…