Posts About "Rebecca Russo"
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...
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....
Q & A with Rebecca Russo of the Riveters
April 25th, 2018 Sometimes in sports, a player winds up on a team and it seems like a perfect match. That appears to be the case for Rebecca Russo and the Metropolitan Riveters. Russo is one of the faces of the NWHL as it ends the third chapter and prepares to begin a fourth, and despite ties to Connecticut (home) and Boston (school) her game and...
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 of having your guts bruised - and it is even more wearying if...
NY Riveters' Rebecca Russo: "Beloved By Fans"
August 12th, 2017 Every NWHL player has their own relationship with fans. This is something that the league's athletes do most well. Arguably, better than any other professional league. Signing autographs, posing for photos along the glass, hugging the little ones. The fact that the players are attainable and easy to interact with is one of the reasons...
Madison Packer: the People’s Choice
August 5th, 2017 After two years of giving her blood, sweat, and tears to the New York Riveters and the NWHL Madison Packer retired from playing professional hockey this past spring. Unlike Kelley Steadman (who we wrote about in this space a few weeks back) Packer wasn’t able to retire as a champion, but just like Steadman, her impact on the game will...