NWHL
Pride's Harrington Talks Hockey for Taller Kids
April 7th, 2018 As do everyday people, hockey players come in all shapes and sizes. The variety of people and their uniqueness is what makes our world so colorful, and it is also what makes our ice rinks so colorful. Hockey is undoubtedly for everyone and the spectrum of athletes who play...
Whale's Faber Talks About the Forward Position for Kids
April 4th, 2018 Sam Faber is a hockey legend and more people need to realize that. Within her career she has accomplished the most important hat trick of all - the respect of her teammates, respect from the community, and respect from opponents alike. Faber is one of just a handful of...
Mock NWHL Expansion Draft, Just for Fun
April 3rd, 2018 The 2017-18 NWHL season may be over but that doesn't mean that we still cannot have a bit of fun. Rumors have fluttered and talk has been made from time to time about the league's expansion to other cities. This is a marvelous idea, and one that proponents of the game hope...
Catching up With Original Beaut McDonald
April 3rd, 2018 It is highly agreeable that within the first three years of the NWHL there have been three different Isobel Cup champions. The natural parity of the league is both enticing and even endearing at the same time. It is a good product for those who have long supported the NWHL,...
Beauts' Sarah Edney Talks Defense for Youngsters
March 29th, 2018 The NWHL season may have just wrapped up, but that doesn't mean that the league's players aren't still helping to "grow the game". That particular phrase has become a mantra - even a beacon of sorts - as NWHL players generously offer their time and their hearts in order to...
Metropolitan Riveters: 2018 Isobel Cup Champs
March 27th, 2018 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 soul into a victory mission, only to fall short of even making the championship round. It hurts - almost to the point...
Back to Back: Can The Beauts Repeat?
March 23rd, 2018 The title of back-to-back champions is a tale that only some of many sports teams get to tell. Historic franchises, such as the Montreal Canadiens and the Los Angeles Lakers, have repeated titles 11 times each. To win a title is hard enough, but to win two in a row is...
3 Reasons the Beauts Will Win the Isobel Cup
March 22nd, 2018 The Buffalo Beauts just keep coming and coming, and they are showing no signs of slowing down. After eliminating the Boston Pride in an exhilarating 3-2 overtime decision at the HARBORCENTER, the team now has compiled 11 straight wins. Even when they appear that they could...
3 Reasons the Riveters Will Win the Isobel Cup
March 21st, 2018 This season the Metropolitan Riveters had their best season ever, finishing in first place in the NWHL standings with a 13-3-0 record; in their two previous seasons, they totaled 12 wins. Their team dominated the league in just about every statistical category from the...
Packed, Energized Buffalo Crowd Sends Beauts to Cup Final
March 19th, 2018 Two older gentlemen walk into the HARBORCENTER on St. Patrick's Day... No, this is not an opening line to a joke. In actuality, this is the first time that the Buffalo Beauts have played a playoff game in the "Queen City". These gentlemen are here to spectate with the...
2018 NWHL Opening Round Preview: Riveters vs Whale
March 15th, 2018 In each of the first two playoffs of their existence there has been an upset in NWHL postseason play - thanks to the Buffalo Beauts who advanced to back-to-back Isobel Cup Finals as a 3-seed. Last season they pulled off two upsets as they stunned the Boston Pride in the...
2018 NWHL Opening Round Preview: Buffalo vs. Boston
March 15th, 2018 Oh, the shades of last year. The underdog Buffalo Beauts shocking the living daylights out of the Boston Pride to capture the Isobel Cup. The meeting was a true David versus Goliath affair in every sense of the expression. Buffalo turned the NWHL on its ear and came away as...
Newest Beaut Juron Is Buffalo's Secret Weapon
March 13th, 2018 Sometimes the NWHL can feel like an arms race. Which team can stockpile the most offense? Who can assemble the most depth among their defense corps? What coach can put forth the most dangerous power play unit? By adding players into the fold, particularly during the off...
