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The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) is here and has the hockey world buzzing. In the past, there have been multiple professional women’s hockey leagues, but all folded. The PWHL has replaced the previous leagues and is now the only league for women’s professional hockey. Consisting of six teams—Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Boston, Minnesota, and New York—each team will play 24 games and the schedule will run from Jan. 1 into June.
The PWHL brings exciting new rules that will be the talk of the hockey world:
One of the best parts is the availability of fans to watch the games. In Canada, the games will be divided between TSN, CBC, and Sportsnet. Outside of Canada, the games will be broadcast on the league’s YouTube channel.
Stay tuned to The Hockey Writers’ coverage of the PWHL all season long.
It’s time for another PWHL Minnesota report card, and while the focus is still on the defenders, this time, it’s on Dominique Kremer. Like her former teammate Emma Greco, she struggled offensively, which might have contributed to her only playing half of the regular season and none of the postseason. …
Now that both PWHL Minnesota goaltenders have received their grades, it’s time to move on to their defensive core. Some may be asking about PWHL Minnesota’s other two goaltenders, but since they didn’t really play, there’s not much to grade them on. Nicole Hensley and Maddie Rooney were the starters,…
The PWHL offseason is officially into the “dog days of summer,” with many areas feeling the heat during these summer months. Things have quieted down, and some players will still sign contracts here and there, but overall, we’ll have to wait a bit before things start to ramp up again. …
The Minnesota Wild offseason report cards are well underway, and now it’s time for PWHL Minnesota to have a turn. Each player on the team for the 2023-24 inaugural season will get a grade. It will be based on overall season performance but broken down into regular season and postseason…
Just when it seemed like things were quieting down into the offseason lull for the PWHL and the NHL, PWHL Minnesota had to be in the news again. After letting go of their general manager Natalie Darwitz just days after bringing home the Walter Cup, they’ve now let go of…
It’s been a busy few weeks in both the PWHL and NHL, with both drafts and free agencies happening within weeks of each other. While the Minnesota Wild have been making news lately, PWHL Minnesota hasn’t been inactive either. They made some news at the draft, and then when free…
The first year of the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) has been a resounding success, both on and off the ice. The on-ice product won fans over immediately and the importance given to diversity and inclusivity was a big hit. The fun factor was very high all season long at…
It’s been a little over a week since the PWHL’s second-ever draft took place. Things have started to settle down for PWHL Minnesota after the news of Natalie Darwitz’s departure and some of their draft decisions. With the draft over, teams have until June 21st to sign any of their…
It may be the offseason for the Professional Women’s Hockey League players, but it isn’t downtime for PWHL Montreal’s general manager Daniele Sauvageau. Before the 2024 Draft, she put pen to paper with three of her pending free agents, but the signings were only announced this morning. To solidify her…
“What did you guys do to that thing?” Tessa Bonhomme asked members of PWHL Minnesota about the Walter Cup during her opening remarks at the PWHL Awards on Tuesday afternoon, June 11, a day after the PWHL Draft. She went on to joke that the Cup had marks on it…
The second annual PWHL Draft was held in St. Paul, Minnesota, the home of the first-ever Walter Cup champions, on Monday evening, June 10th. Right after PWHL Minnesota announced that general manager Natalie Darwitz was told she would not return as general manager. That left head coach Ken Klee and…
While there’s quite a bit of turmoil in Minnesota and not only about the draft, things have been fairly calm in the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s Montreal team and, as expected, general manager Daniele Sauvageau hasn’t put pen to paper with any of her pending unrestricted free agents. It makes…
PWHL Minnesota had what seemed to be a picture-perfect ending to an up-and-down season when they lifted the first-ever Walter Cup. By now everyone knows the almost Cinderella story of how PWHL Minnesota squeaked into the postseason, took down the number one seed PWHL Toronto in five games, and then…
The “State of Hockey” has officially been put on the women’s hockey map this season. PWHL Minnesota’s up-and-down season ended with them being the first-ever Walter Cup Champions. Now, the second PWHL Draft and the first PWHL Awards ceremony will be held in St. Paul. Not only will the state…
Now that the Walter Cup has been awarded to PWHL Minnesota, the league is turning its attention to its second season. On Monday (June 10), 42 prospects will be drafted by the league’s six teams from a pool of 167 players who declared for the 2024 Draft. They come from…
As much as fans might have loved to keep PWHL Montreal’s No. 25 in the lineup next season, it won’t be the case and she won’t be back. A hockey player’s career is never as long as one would like. With a physical sport like hockey, there are a lot…
“It’s been a whirlwind” accurately describes PWHL Minnesota’s last month. It entailed barely squeaking into the postseason and then being the first PWHL team ever to have a reverse sweep, and they did so over the number one team, PWHL Toronto. Next, they took on PWHL Boston and had the…
When it was announced that a new league was rising out of the ashes of the Premier Hockey Federation, it seemed like there was way too much to do and very little time to do it before the first match of the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL). Yet, the league…
History was made on Wednesday night, May 29, in Game 5 of the PWHL Finals between PWHL Minnesota and PWHL Boston. The series was tied at two games apiece, and it was anybody’s night. PWHL Boston was coming off a big win in Game 4, but PWHL Minnesota had been…