Posts About "Amanda Kessel"
Kessel Dishes Out 5 Assists in Riveters Romp
January 7th, 2019 Amanda 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 six-goal explosion was by far their largest output in a single game...
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 Riveters for a pair of games on opening weekend. Last year’s...
Russo Re-Signs, Ready for a Riveters Repeat
July 25th, 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 professional women’s hockey. The fourth season of the NWHL...
Whitecaps Add Another Golden Gopher
July 18th, 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 professional women’s hockey. The fourth season of the NWHL...
Kessel Returns to Rivs, NWHL
June 4th, 2018 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 their hockey careers, NWHL Free Agency provides the best opportunity to continue playing at the highest level of professional women’s hockey....
Team USA Women's Roster & Preview for Winter OIympics
February 10th, 2018 The United States' women have not won an Olympic gold medal since the first Games to incorporate women's hockey back in 1998. For three Winter Games since they have settled for second best, and once even finished with the bronze (2006). Going so long without being at the top of the Olympic podium is borderline unsettling for the...
NWHL Isobel Cup Playoffs Preview
March 14th, 2017 The Isobel Cup Playoffs start on Thursday in the first of two semifinal games, with the second coming on Friday. The winners of the two semis will face-off on Sunday in Lowell, Massachusetts where the NWHL will crown its second champion. Unlike last season’s format which was best-of-3 series, this season will be single elimination...
Anya Battaglino - Growing the NWHL One Day at a Time
February 9th, 2017 While there are millions of hockey fans internationally, there is a clear disconnect with fans of the NHL and the various other leagues around the world. Leagues like the KHL in Russia, Liiga in Finland and the SHL in Sweden, among others, boast some of the best talents in the entire world. Still, it's not hard to understand why most NHL...
L.A. Exploring Goaltender Trade, Despres Hits LTIR, Mike Smith Update & More News
October 23rd, 2016 The Ducks have placed defenseman Simon Despres on long-term injured reserve (LTIR), according to TSN's Bob McKenzie. The move is actually pretty significant for the Ducks given their current situation. For one, it's not great news for Despres's potential return. He's officially sidelined with an upper-body injury, but it appears to...
Q & A with Rebecca Morse of the New York Riveters
October 18th, 2016 Lots of hockey players grow up wanting to play, score and win for their favorite team, but for Rebecca Morse that isn’t possible at this time because there are no women in the NHL. So now, as a member of the NWHL, she is enjoying the next best thing - playing for and practicing for the New York Riveters in their new home: the Barnabas...
NY Riveters 2016-17 Season Preview
October 8th, 2016 History continues for the NWHL and the New York Riveters as season two of the league begins this weekend. With a major roster overhaul in the offseason, it may be hard to decipher what their lineup can do against the other three members of the league, but one thing is for sure - they will surely have more offensive firepower. Only eight...
New York Riveters 2016-17 Social Media Guide
September 7th, 2016 The second season of the NWHL is almost upon us, with camps set to open this week and the real games begin on the first weekend in October in Buffalo. For a league that has yet to secure a deal to air its games on television regularly, the best way to keep up with all of the players and events occurring is via social media channels and...
Q & A with Milica McMillen of the New York Riveters
June 28th, 2016 After four seasons at the University of Minnesota, two National Championships, and 120 points (44g-76a) over 149 games Milica McMillen is ready to take the next step in her hockey career. That’s something that wasn’t possible two seasons ago since the NWHL didn’t exist yet. The 22-year-old was part of the league’s first ever...
