Lisa Chesson is heading back to Buffalo. The former Olympian, Isobel Cup Champion and US Women’s National Team member has agreed to a contract with the Buffalo Beauts for the 2020-21 season. It will be her fourth campaign in the NWHL. Chesson finished the 2019-20 season with a NWHL career-high nine points (1-8-9) in 16…
The Metro Riveters are wasting no time putting together their 2020-21 roster. On Friday, the Riveters brought back Madison Packer for a sixth season. Packer is the second-leading scorer in NWHL history. An Isobel Cup Champion in 2018, Packer has the honor of being the top scorer in Riveters franchise history. Packer had a career-high…
The Buffalo Beauts have made their first signing for the 2020-21 NWHL season. The club re-signed leading scoring Taylor Accursi earlier on Thursday. Accursi will be entering her fourth season as a member of the Beauts. She joined the club for the 2017-18 season after turning pro following her college career. Accursi led the Beauts…
The Connecticut Whale have made their first signing for the 2020-21 NWHL season. On Wednesday, the club announced the signing of goaltender Brooke Wolejko. The Connecticut native returns to the Whale for a second season. She finished the 2019-20 season with a record of 2-8-1. That record does not tell the whole story of her…
Following up on last week’s story about how the time is right to grow women’s hockey on television, it appears NBC is taking a step in the right direction to help promote the game of women’s hockey. As the sports world remains on pause, NBC and NBCSN are extending “Hockey Week in America” through the…
The first signing of the 2020-21 NWHL season is now official. The Metro Riveters inked forward Kendall Cornine to a contract on Thursday morning. Cornine, an all-star this past season, just finished her first season in the NWHL. In 24 games, Cornine scored 24 points (13-11-24). That was good for third on the team in…
With the sport of women’s hockey gaining so much traction over the past year, we can’t let these players fade from our minds. It is a shame that this year’s IIHF Women’s World Championships got cancelled because of the coronavirus. The stage was set for another classic tournament featuring Team USA and Canada. The only…
March 9, 2020 Hudson, NH – The Women’s Hockey Tribune is extremely excited to announce the formation of the Elite Women’s Summer Hockey League. The EWSHL, which will feature professional women’s hockey players (including Olympic, PWHPA and NWHL) and NCAA players will begin play on June 4th, 2020. The EWSHL will feature five-on-five play and…
It went well under the radar on Monday, but CBS Sports has officially entered the hockey market. The network has obtained the rights to 3ICE, a new hockey league that will begin play next summer. The league is completely different than anything we have seen before. It will be a three-on-three league that takes after…
The ‘Dream Gap Tour’ might be on a hiatus right now, but the PWHPA is not losing steam. Last week, Team USA and Team Canada took part in a training camp to get set for the upcoming Rivalry Series, which begins on December 14th in Hartford. As part of that training camp, the sides played…