It’s hockey season, and something is missing: Women’s hockey. The Canadian Women’s Hockey League folded last spring after 12 seasons, and the top women’s players in the U.S.-based National Women’s Hockey League are boycotting that league at the same time. “The whole point of this is to really drive awareness to the need for a long-term sustainable solution to women’s hockey, which ultimately is a truly professional league,” Hockey Hall of Famer Jayna Hefford says. The big names in women’s hockey — including Canadians Natalie Spooner, Brianne Jenner and Rebecca Johnston, and Americans Hilary Knight and Kendall Coyne Schofield — formed the Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association. Their goal: Meet investors, meet sponsors, meet with the NHL, and find a way to form a profitable premier women’s hockey league.

Source: thestar November 05, 2019 01:38 UTC