NWHL
Original Buffalo Beaut Erin Zach Goes One-On-One
October 13th, 2018 Somewhat surprising to realize, but with the start of the NWHL's fourth season there are no Buffalo Beauts who have played all four seasons with the team. Emily Pfalzer - one of Buffalo's three newly named alternate captains for the 2018-19 season - is the only original...
Q & A with the Connecticut Whale’s Juana Baribeau
October 11th, 2018 Growing up in Amos, Quebec as a teenager Juana Baribeau wasn’t even aware that playing hockey while attending college in the United States was an option. She also revealed she wasn’t really a fan of the NHL’s lone team in Quebec, but rather two Olympic stars that...
Buffalo Beauts Home Opener: What to Expect
October 9th, 2018 The Buffalo Beauts earned a very pronounced first win of the 2018-19 NWHL regular season. Dispelling the Connecticut Whale in a decisive 4-0 win on the road at Terry Conners Ice Rink on Oct. 7, 2018, the Beauts return to Buffalo to play their first home game. Back in the...
Beauts Sign Fonfara as a Late Addition
October 7th, 2018 The Buffalo Beauts announced on the morning of their first regular season game that forward Meghan Fonfara has signed with the team. This transaction was in the pipeline for a while. Fonfara not only attended the Beauts Free Agent Camp at the beginning of the summer, but...
Three Buffalo Beauts Not to Overlook in 2018-19
October 6th, 2018 It would be impossible to miss all of the marquee names that the Buffalo Beauts have on their roster. Szabados. Hensley. Cameranesi. Scamurra. Babstock. Bolden. And so on and so forth. The signings came fast and furious throughout the summer of 2018, and there are indeed...
Q & A with Kelly Nash of the Metropolitan Riveters
October 5th, 2018 As Kelly Nash enters her second season with the Metropolitan Riveters, just like last season she’s a bit of a wild card for them. She obviously has the talent to produce points and make her teammates better, and she’s a proven winner - a two time NCAA champion with the...
Shannon Szabados: Fun Facts With the Beauts Goalie
October 3rd, 2018 The Buffalo Beauts have started off the first week of October 2018 with two final team practices before they head out onto the road. The Beauts are beginning the 2018-19 NWHL season in a game against the Connecticut Whale on Sunday Oct. 7, 2018. Traveling to the Whale's...
NWHL 2018-19 Season Preview
October 3rd, 2018 The NWHL kicks off its fourth season on Saturday, October 6 and there’s something definitely different about this season. A new team. The Minnesota Whitecaps have joined the league as its fifth team and will be hosting the reigning Isobel Cup champion Metropolitan...
Meeri Räisänen Becomes First Finnish NWHLer
October 1st, 2018 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 agency period provides them an opportunity to continue playing at the highest level of...
5 Champions Cup Takeaways: Rivs vs Luleå
October 1st, 2018 The venerable old Hobey Baker Memorial Rink housed what will be recalled as a storied affair, as the NWHL's reigning champion Metropolitan Riveters faced the SDHL (Svenska damhockeyligan) champions, Luleå HF/MSSK. The game between the two teams was a dead-heat at times,...
Beauts Goalie Hensley Pumped to Begin NWHL Career
September 24th, 2018 The Buffalo Beauts stunned the women's hockey world this summer with the goaltenders they signed during NWHL Free Agency. Two of the netminders they brought on board are Olympic gold medalists, while the third is a returning veteran from the 2017-18 season. The first one to...
Beauts Veteran Greco Helping to Lead the Charge
September 22nd, 2018 The Buffalo Beauts Friday evening Sept. 21, 2018 practice outwardly showed more focus and more "down to work" attitude. This is to be expected and is a natural progression. As the Beauts social media accounts depicted the off-ice team building - a pickup football game of...
Buffalo Beauts: Three Takeaways From the First Practice
September 20th, 2018 The Buffalo Beauts held their first practice of the 2018-19 NWHL season on Sept. 19, 2018. A lot of new faces were present and a lot of familiar ones too. For many of the newest Beauts this is a time for gaining familiarity with one another and finding a bit of a rhythm....
