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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.
Ann-Sophie Bettez is one of the oldest players in the PWHL and she’s had a long career, playing in different leagues and showcases. I thought it would be interesting to get her take on what it’s like to be a PWHL player and both her future and the league’s. On…
The PWHL won its gamble, and the Bell Centre, the biggest hockey arena in the NHL and the second biggest in the world, was filled to the brim for the Duel at the Top featuring Toronto and Montreal. Related: Marie-Philip Poulin is Keeping the Spotlight on Women’s Hockey There was…
If the Women’s World Championships seem to have cured PWHL Montreal’s power play woes, the same cannot be said of their habit of taking their foot off the pedal when they have a lead. After a three-week hiatus to allow their best players to partake in the Women’s World Championships, the PWHL…
Now that the 2024 Women’s World Championship is officially over, with Team Canada taking down Team USA 6-5 in overtime to take home gold, it’s time to start thinking about the final games of the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) season and the postseason. PWHL Minnesota will restart their season…
The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) postseason is approaching. As the Women’s World Championship wraps up in the next few days, the league will get back to play this Thursday, April 18. With that in mind, PWHL Minnesota must step up their game to get home ice for the postseason…
In a very different game then their preliminary-round matchup, Canada got an overtime goal from Danielle Serdachny to defeat the United States 6-5 in the IIHF Women’s World Championships The two teams went scoreless in regulation in their first matchup before the United States got a Kirsten Simms goal in…
The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) still has a little over a week and a half left on its pause for the Women’s World Championship. In the final game for PWHL Minnesota before the break, their general manager Natalie Darwitz had a media availability and answered everyone’s big questions surrounding…
With the action in the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) being on pause, that means the 2024 Women’s World Championship is now underway. There are quite a few recognizable PWHL names having themselves a great tournament with it only just getting underway. Related: Canada and US Victorious in Second Games…
With a Pool A Showdown looming on Monday night (April 8), Canada and Team USA shut out their opponents en route to victories in round-robin play at the women’s World Championships on Friday (April 5). Canada, playing its second game in as many days, defeated Switzerland 3-0, while the host…
With just five games remaining in the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) season for all six teams, the four-team playoff is shaping up. Two teams can clinch with a regulation win, another isn’t too far behind, while the last spot is semi-up for grabs but there’s a five-point lead for…
The 2024 IIHF Women’s World Hockey Championship features the best players from 10 nations competing for the coveted gold medal. The tournament, which begins on April 3 and will culminate with the bronze and gold-medal games on April 14, will be staged at Adirondack Bank Center in Utica, N.Y. The…
March in Minnesota typically means at least one big snowstorm; this time, there were two within three days. The latter of the two storms fell while PWHL Minnesota hosted PWHL Montréal on Sunday afternoon, March 24, where they also celebrated the Special Olympics during game festivities. It was the final…
The first-ever Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) trade deadline has passed, and while it wasn’t as busy as the NHL’s, it had some surprises. PWHL Minnesota and PWHL Boston completed the first-ever PWHL trade a little over a month ago, and there were just two trades that took place on…
When I first heard that Upper Deck and the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) were going to be issuing hockey cards, I was happy for all the players involved and all of the influential women in my life who never had a chance to play hockey. I grew up with…
Ahead of the PWHL Trade Deadline, PWHL Ottawa made quite the surprising move that reminds everybody that while character and being a fan favorite are two incredible intangibles, the on-ice impact is just as, if not more important. Ottawa has traded Lexie Adzija and Caitrin Lonergan to PWHL Boston in…
The NHL may have just had its trade deadline, but now it’s time for the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PHWL) as well. It was rescheduled to allow for games that had been postponed. It was supposed to happen yesterday at 11:59 p.m. ET, but it’ll happen today, March 18, at…
On a day when many St. Patrick’s Day celebrations were in full swing, a lot of green was worn, including PWHL Minnesota head coach Ken Klee’s green tie. PWHL Minnesota was home in St. Paul to take on PWHL New York on Saturday, March 16, a much cooler day than…
After nearly a week off, PWHL Minnesota was back at home to take on PWHL Boston on another almost summer-like day in St. Paul on Wednesday, March 13. Their last meeting went in favor of PWHL Boston, 2-0, despite PWHL Minnesota having 41 shots on goal and a number of…
The Professional Women’s Hockey League’s (PWHL) post-season race is in full swing. They have a few months left – because their games are so spread out – but teams only have seven to nine games remaining. Right now, there’s a two-way tie for first place between PWHL Toronto and PWHL…
