TORONTO, ON (August 29, 2023) – The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) was officially introduced today with a foundational announcement naming its six markets across Canada and the United States. When the puck drops in January 2024, the world’s best women’s players will compete in Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto, as well as Boston, Minneapolis-St. Paul, and the New York City area.
Rosters for the inaugural season will begin forming during an initial free agency period commencing September 1, with the majority of the league’s founding players to be selected during the 2023 PWHL Draft on Sept. 18.
Wasn't there a women's league a few years ago with a handful of teams? Did that dissolve? I watched a couple of the games but never did really follow it.
There was the CWHL (which folded in 2019) and the NWHL (later the Premier Hockey Federation) which was bought out by this new group last month
I used to ref a women's league in Kalamazoo back in the day, and loved it. It was hilarious watching them get all lathered uo just lik men! Refs take alot of abuse, but from what I saw women were the WORST.
And the worst of the worst were the Angry Beavers. No kidding.
I wish the PWHL the best. But how long will it be before some guy who can't make it in the ECHL suddenly decides to "identify" as a woman?
Or has finished his career and has the media always on his mind, uh like Sean Avery.
Hmmm. Sean Avery in drag. It'd definitely get the league some press and air time.
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