2024-25 PWHL Thread

[JMCx4]

PWHL broadcast production team needs to tighten up their in-game commercial break placements & timing. Too often nearly back-to-back breaks, and even more often they run over beyond the resumption of play.

 

[VaCaps Fan]

Yeah very distracting….

 

[JMCx4]

So much for "Meh" ...

 

[JMCx4]

Always a highlight of the hockey night when several thousand pre-teens are chanting "Ref You Suck!"

 

[JMCx4]

Game in OTT has advanced beyond "chippy".

 

[JMCx4]

Going to OT in O-T-T, tied @ 4's.

4-4, 4-on-4. WE WANT MORE!

 

[JMCx4]

Gabby Hughes' 2nd goal of the game is the GWG.

 

[JMCx4]

HUGHES’ HEROICS LEADS OTTAWA TO A THRILLING 5-4 OT WIN OVER NEW YORK

 

[VaCaps Fan]

I take back meh…

 

[JMCx4]

I take back meh…

PWHL Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations Jayna Hefford will be contacting you to schedule a one-on-one. You'll be required to bring your own first aid kit.

 

[VaCaps Fan]

If Poulin is the muscle it’s fine with me.

 

[JMCx4]

If Poulin is the muscle it’s fine with me.

You won't know what hit you.

 

[VaCaps Fan]

Yeah I want a Poulin jersey…

 

[JMCx4]

Yeah I want a Poulin jersey…

She can give you an elbow pad. With her elbow still in it.

 

[JMCx4]

The stuff that dreams are made of ... CBC Sports: After strong turnout for Rivalry Series, could Halifax become home to a PWHL team?

 

[JMCx4]

And back to reality ...

Free of injuries, distractions, Hilary Knight regaining offensive touch in 2nd PWHL season

Fleet forward top 5 in league in goals and points while ice-time average ranks 7th

John Wawrow · The Associated Press · Posted: Feb 27, 2025 2:05 PM CST | Last Updated: February 27

Hilary Knight was more impressed than surprised in discovering she was leading Professional Women's Hockey League forwards in ice time three months into the league's second season.

At 35 and one of the PWHL's oldest players, the face of U.S. women's hockey has always valued being someone capable of playing in every situation. In averaging nearly 22 minutes per game, the Boston Fleet captain also finds the playing time reassuring in putting to rest any questions following a drop in production last year.

It helps Knight is injury-free after being slowed by an ankle issue she chose not to address until last summer. What's also true is Knight can focus more on playing after no longer being consumed by feeling a need to shoulder the burden of ensuring the launch of a league she helped establish went off without a glitch.

"We can all kind of just go out there and play a little bit more than before, right?" Knight told The Associated Press during the Fleet's Takeover Tour stop in Buffalo last weekend. "You're not having to worry about all the overhead, what's going to happen and feeling responsible for a missed bus or whatever wrinkle arises." ...

Read more at: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/pwhl/hilary-knight-offensive-rebound-boston-fleet-pwhl-1.7470469