A month in, the launch of the Professional Women's Hockey League has been by all accounts a resounding win, from multiple attendance records being broken to the quality of play.
Women's players have been involved in NHL All-Star Weekend several times now, including longtime U.S. captain Kendall Coyne Schofield stealing the show in the fastest skater event in the 2019 skills competition.
Minnesota on Jan. 6 set the record for the biggest crowd to attend a professional women's hockey game with 13,316 at the Wild's home arena in St. Paul.
“We’ll continue to lean in and work with the women’s players and have them as part of our world,” Mayer said.
“It just makes it a better event.”The only thing that would be better, Coyne Schofield said, is having every PWHL player taking part.
Persons:
“, Hilary Knight, Kendall Coyne Schofield, Canada's Sarah Nurse, Igor Shesterkin, we’ve, Coyne Schofield, Nathan Phillips, Mark Walter, Paul, ”, Meghan Duggan, Steve Mayer, “ We’ll, ” Mayer, ” Nurse, Taylor Heise, ” Heise
Organizations:
Professional Women's Hockey League, NHL, Boston, Olympic, U.S, New York Rangers, Canadian, Los Angeles Dodgers, Premier Hockey Federation, New Jersey Devils, Toronto, Mattamy Athletic Center, Leaf, Toronto's, Montreal, Scotiabank Arena
Locations:
South Florida, Toronto, Boston , Minnesota , New York, Montreal, Ottawa, Minnesota, St, U.S