Metropolitan Riveters 2021 Season Preview
The Metropolitan Riveters will look a little different than when we last saw them once they hit the ice in Lake Placid. Not just because of the new uniforms though.…
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Metropolitan Riveters New Year’s Resolutions
With the New Year upon us and as the countdown to Season 6 of the National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL) in Lake Placid begins, the Metropolitan Riveters have a lot…
Russo Rejoins Riveters, Rowe Signs with Whitecaps
There were two NWHL signings this week. One is a name you know and one is a name that you will know if you don’t already. Most rosters are just…
NWHL All-Stars Headed to Nashville in 2019
For the third consecutive season, the NWHL is taking it’s All-Star Weekend on the road to a neutral location. The game in 2017 was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the…
Russo Re-Signs, Ready for a Riveters Repeat
Beginning June 1, NWHL teams can start signing players for the 2018-19 season. For players who have completed their college eligibility and want to continue their hockey careers, the free…
Kessel Returns to Rivs, NWHL
Beginning June 1, NWHL teams can re-sign players from their 2017-18 roster and their draft picks. Additionally, for those players who have completed their college eligibility and want to continue…
Q & A with Rebecca Russo of the Riveters
Sometimes in sports, a player winds up on a team and it seems like a perfect match. That appears to be the case for Rebecca Russo and the Metropolitan Riveters.…
Metropolitan Riveters: 2018 Isobel Cup Champs
Three years time to reach a pinnacle in hockey can feel like eons. Especially when during the first two of those three years a team has poured its heart and…
NY Riveters’ Rebecca Russo: “Beloved By Fans”
Every NWHL player has their own relationship with fans. This is something that the league’s athletes do most well. Arguably, better than any other professional league. Signing autographs, posing for…
Madison Packer: the People’s Choice
After two years of giving her blood, sweat, and tears to the New York Riveters and the NWHL Madison Packer retired from playing professional hockey this past spring. Unlike Kelley…
Whale Ink a Trio, Russo a Riv Again
From May 1-31 NWHL teams can re-sign players from their 2016-17 roster and their draft picks during the restricted free agency period, and beginning on June 1 any unsigned players…
NWHL Players React to New NWHLPA Director
Among the announcements of the NWHL altering its schedule, playoff format and confirmation of season three a little over a month ago, it was also announced that Anya Battaglino from…