2023-24 Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) News

[GindyDraws]

Official NJ Devils announcement. Slap in the face to Bridgeport & Total Mortgage Arena (maybe just as well for them), also reflects the home ice challenges faced by the NWHL/PHF entries in the NYC region.

Honestly, despite the goal of having a team in New York, it's probably a lost cause.

 

[GindyDraws]

You are failing to recognize & appreciate the overarching PWHL narrative: No women's ice hockey existed before the Professional Women's Hockey League.

But if you choose to compare attendance figures for the collective of "women's hockey" in the United States (pro & amateur), there has been an NCAA Division I women's game that exceeded the headcount of the U.S.-Canada Rivalry Series matchup in Seattle: Jan. 14, 2017, St. Cloud State University Huskies @ University of Wisconsin Badgers, Att. = 15,359.

I am definitely not a fan of professional gaslighting.

 

[LadyStanley]

 

[JMCx4]

Seems like the ETA: 3+ week break the PWHL is wrapping up on April 18 has gotta be a huge surf break for the popularity wave the League was riding. Will another wave come this season, or will 2024-25 be a do-over?

 

[LadyStanley]

Unveiling championship trophy.

Beautiful

 

[JMCx4]

Unveiling championship trophy.

Beautiful

It OUGHTA be beautiful, considering the wads of cash The Walters have & will pour into this venture.

 

[LadyStanley]

Details

 

[FrHockeyFan]

Seems like the ETA: 3+ week break the PWHL is wrapping up on April 18 has gotta be a huge surf break for the popularity wave the League was riding. Will another wave come this season, or will 2024-25 be a do-over?

Not really something I would be worried about. There is almost a quarter of the regular season still to be played and a predicted record crowd to build some hype up before the playoffs.

But if I was them, I would try lobbying to get the Worlds moved to, let's say, September (2025 being already set, that would mean 2026 which happens to be in Canada). Like that, they would get long in-season breaks only in Olympic years and still show how much they care about international play by making all players available while having all spring to run their postseason. They would also then have an argument to scrap the November international break when the first round of Rivalry Series is played.

 

[LadyStanley]

 

[LadyStanley]

 

[UticaHockey]

The IIHF Woman's World Championship in Utica, NY was some of the most exciting hockey that I have ever had the pleasure of watching live. Our old barn was absolutely electric yesterday.

 

[JMCx4]

So who thinks the PWHL received their new team branded unis during the IIHF championship tourney, and will be debuting them starting with Thursday night's resumptions of play in BOS & MTL? Seems like the League's best opportunity to regain attention & suitable relevance after a 3-1/2 week pause in the middle of their inaugural season. Otherwise, I could see the fan response to the layoff being somewhere between and .

 

[FrHockeyFan]

On a side note, three PWHL players are still on NT duties as the WW Division 1A tournament gets underway on Sunday for a week in Klagenfurt, Austria. NYC is getting the short straw on this one with both Chloé Aurard (FRA) and Taylor Baker (HUN) being away while BOS will be missing Theresa Schafzahl (AUT).

During meetings held during the WW in Utica, the IIHF agreed to synchronised the Division 1A and 1B tournaments with its main event.



And about this year's draft, the PWHL has agreed not to select any player under contract in Europe.

 

[JMCx4]

ANOTHER RECORD: 25 days passed without a PWHL goal scored!

Play resumes tonight, breaking the streak ... Montreal hosting Minnesota, puck drops @ 7 PM EDT. Welcome back.

To help restoke the fire, DailyFaceoff.com's Hunter Crowther and Tyler Kuehl offer Six Burning Questions.

 

[LadyStanley]

Clinching possible

 

[JMCx4]

PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S HOCKEY LEAGUE (PWHL) PREGAME PRIMER (s) for 4/18 ...

• TORONTO AT BOSTON (7 PM EDT)

• MINNESOTA AT MONTRÉAL (7 PM EDT)

 

[JMCx4]

Clinching possible

Supplemental cllinching scenarios for all teams ... PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S HOCKEY LEAGUE (PWHL) TEAMS ARE CHASING THE CHAMPIONSHIP

 

[JMCx4]

Put those clinch parties back in the puck bag ... T.O. suffered a 2nd loss since their "record" 11-game win streak, while their country cousins put a late hurt on the Minnies ...

• GAME RECAP: TAPANI HAS TWO POINTS, FRANKEL MAKES 23 SAVES AS BOSTON EDGES TORONTO 2-1

• GAME RECAP: AMBROSE HAS FOUR ASSISTS, O’NEILL SCORES TWICE AS MONTRÉAL COMPLETES LATE COMEBACK AGAINST MINNESOTA

 

[GindyDraws]

Seems like the only team that isn't having any luck is New York.

 

[LadyStanley]

 

[red devil]

 

[JMCx4]

FYI @red devil ... That HFTV video is not accessible to U.S. posters (and maybe others not in Canada). So we'll have to take your "Goosebumps" for it.

 

[red devil]

FYI @red devil ... That HFTV video is not accessible to U.S. posters (and maybe others not in Canada). So we'll have to take your "Goosebumps" for it.

I didn't know CBC Sports was geo locked, it is Poulin introduction at the Bell Centre

This video should be available in the US

 

[FrHockeyFan]

 

[LadyStanley]