The U.S. women's hockey team announced Wednesday that it will boycott the upcoming world championship tournament on home ice unless there is significant progress in settling a wage dispute with USA Hockey. According to Lamoureux-Davidson and the law firm representing players, USA Hockey has paid players $1,000 US a month during their six-month Olympic residency period and nothing the rest of the time. #dotherightthing https://t.co/6bIuTuG3Wy — @wick_22According to Langel, USA Hockey has told lawyers representing U.S. players that Canadian players are paid by the government, not by Hockey Canada. Lamoureux-Davidson said the hockey players have been in touch with soccer players about their fight, which has also been going on for years. "When I was hired by the soccer players in 1998, they were paid more than the hockey players are paid today," said Langel, who represented U.S. women's soccer players from 1998 to 2014.

Source: CBC News March 15, 2017 15:07 UTC