For several weeks prior to Monday's official announcement about the CWHL's addition of an expansion team in Shenzhen, China, the news was being leaked in the international press -- namely on Chinese sports websites and in the Finnish news, as first reported by The Ice Garden.
The CWHL kept mum
Finland celebrated their 8-0 win over Team Germany in Plymouth, Michigan this afternoon. Photos by Nicole Haase.
If you watch women's hockey in North America, you probably already know a lot about Team USA and Team Canada -- but there are six other teams coming to Plymouth this weekend.
This championship does not have any bearing on Olympic qualification for Pyeongchang, but it is the last look
Around 10:00 AM today, many members of the US Women's National Ice Hockey Team tweeted the above statement, stating their intention to boycott the Plymouth, Michigan IIHF Women's World Championship. With pre-camp scheduled to start in a week, this is a bombshell for USA Hockey. The players seem to
2017 is shaping up to be the biggest year yet for the ongoing paradox of women's hockey. Every four years since 1998, women's hockey has headed to the Olympics -- and no women's pro hockey league before the CWHL has survived for more than two Olympic cycles. The inconsistency in
Having the best regular season record has not of late been an indication of postseason success in the CWHL. Last year, regular season champs Montreal were stunned 8-3 by the Calgary Inferno in the Clarkson Cup Final. This year, the Inferno's record-setting 20 wins didn't mean much when they hit
The CWHL Awards were presented last night at the Kailash Mital Theatre at Carleton University. The ceremony, held before the Clarkson Cup Final, is a chance to celebrate individual accomplishments from the regular season before heading into the championship contest. However, all of the players from the Inferno and Les
After a packed weekend of playoff hockey, the Clarkson Cup Final matchup is set. The best-of-three Clarkson Cup semifinals had a few surprises, but the two top teams in the CWHL, the Calgary Inferno and Les Canadiennes de Montreal, prevailed and will return to Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa for
NWHL All-Star Game Audio Diary, featuring Zoë and Mary discussing the role of sports in an uncertain and difficult world, an audio montage of men asking awkward questions to Amanda Kessel who is actually an angel, slapshot tips from Ashley Johnston and Blake Bolden.
Disclaimer that the Victory Press is
The whole point of Super Skills is to show off. The NWHL managed that and more, with a few suspenseful moments, in Team Kessel's victory over Team Steadman in the skills competition portion of the All-Star Weekend at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Cranberry, PA.
This was a warm-up to