January 10th, 2019In today's News & Notes, Sergei Bobrovsky is going to miss a game, the NHL and NHLPA have agreed to continue working with Upper Deck as exclusive partners and the Boston Bruins and Boston Pride have formed a new partnership.
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January 10th, 2019The 2018-19 NWHL season has quite unexpectedly been riddled with change for the Buffalo Beauts. In less than a month's time, the team relieved their longtime coaching staff, said goodbye to one of their best defenders, and now is without a GM. Just three days after All-Star...
January 7th, 2019Goodbyes can be tough, especially when the person bidding farewell has been so impactful. The Buffalo Beauts announced on Jan. 7, 2019 that veteran defender Sarah Edney had played her final game with the organization during the team's 5-0 victory on Jan. 5 against the...
January 7th, 2019Amanda Kessel assisted on five of the six Metropolitan Riveters goals and the defending NWHL champions started 2019 with a bang and went home with a 6-3 win over the Connecticut Whale in Stamford on Sunday. The win was just the third for the Riveters (3-8-0), and the...
January 5th, 2019Slovakia's Júlia Matejková is just 16 years old but has already played for their Women's National Team. Born Mar. 17, 2002, the 5-foot-6, 130-pound center is a crafty playmaker even at such a young age. For that fact alone, she has been called upon to represent Slovakia...
January 2nd, 2019We have a trade to announce! For only the second time during an NWHL season, there has been a trade and it involves the same two teams that first pulled off a swap during the league’s inaugural season. On Jan. 2 the Metropolitan Riveters acquired goaltender Maria Sorokina...
December 31st, 2018The Buffalo Beauts may not be residing in the NWHL standings where they were initially forecasted to be, but after their decisive Dec. 30, 2018 4-0 win over the Minnesota Whitecaps they may be on the verge of reaching new heights. If the Beauts are to achieve what most...
December 24th, 2018During her playing days, AJ Mleczko represented the United States at the first two Winter Olympics to include women's hockey. Having won a gold medal at the 1998 Nagano Games, followed by a silver in 2002 in Salt Lake City, she "retired" when she could have conceivably...
December 20th, 2018With the opening two rounds completed on Dec. 19, the remaining three rounds of the 2018 NWHL Draft were wrapped up the very next day. All five NWHL teams fared quite well with their second day selections. A number of Canadian players were chosen among the second day picks...
December 19th, 2018The first two rounds of the 2018 NWHL Draft were held on Dec. 19 and five of the first ten players selected all have ties to USA Hockey - including three members from the 2018 Olympic gold medal team. Each team had two selections and the order was based upon this season’s...
December 19th, 2018From a young age we are often taught "never let 'em see you cry." It does not stop there. Additional phrases -- while certainly intended to be positive -- are tossed around too loosely and end up masking what lies underneath. Athletes especially have heard the adages "keep...
December 16th, 2018The defense of the Metropolitan Riveters Isobel Cup championship hasn’t gone exactly as planned this season. I know, I know; thank you captain obvious. It started off with some confusion as they didn’t name the successor to head coach Chad Wiseman until September 20...
December 13th, 2018On Dec. 13 the NWHL announced that their 2018 Draft is scheduled for Dec. 19 and 20, 2018. The two-day event is the fourth to be held in league history, and the first one to occur while the current season is already taking place. The five rounds of the draft will be split...
December 10th, 2018Less than 24 hours after they announced a major coaching change, the Buffalo Beauts came out with a 3-1 victory over the visiting Connecticut Whale. Word was released by the organization shortly after eight o'clock in the evening on Dec. 8, 2018 that head coach Ric Seiling...
December 8th, 2018On the eve of their first home game in nearly two months, the Buffalo Beauts announced rather shockingly that both head coach Ric Seiling and assistant coach Craig Muni had been relieved of their duties. In the interim, former Buffalo Sabres forward Cody McCormick will be...