A deadline for the U.S. women’s hockey team to decide whether they will boycott the upcoming world championships passed Thursday without players changing their mind in a standoff with USA Hockey over wages. The deadline came one day after the team announced it would boycott the tournament, citing a lack of progress in labour talks. It’s tough.”Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson said USA Hockey emailed players on Wednesday asking for a decision on the world championships. An attorney for the players, John Langel, called the gap a “chasm.”Neither USA Hockey nor the players have revealed details of the wages in dispute or how the men’s team is compensated. RelatedCanada, the world’s other women’s hockey powerhouse, puts more money into the sport in part because of government funding.

Source: National Post March 16, 2017 23:26 UTC