Slowly but surely, the NWHL is progressing toward its third season. The biggest recent news: a partnership between the league and Twitter.
The partnership, announced on June 20, will see 19 NWHL games broadcast live on Twitter in the 2017-2018 season. This will include 16 regular-season games, as well as
The NWHL's restricted free agency period has now ended, with 18 players re-signing with their respective clubs prior to June 1. Unrestricted free agency is now open and the league's draft will be held on August 17.
All four teams still have plenty of work to do in order to
The National Women's Hockey League opened its restricted free agent period on May 1, with an undoubtedly interesting summer ahead. All players are free agents, having signed one-year contracts prior to the 2016-2017 season. In addition, teams are looking to fill their rosters in the absence of many Olympians, who
If there was an award for Most Improved Team in the National Women's Hockey League, there's no doubt that it would have been awarded to the New York Riveters.
In one season, they went from the bottom of the standings with a record of 4-12-2 to second-place in the league
With the NWHL regular season complete, the focus of the league now heads to the upcoming Isobel Cup semifinals and final. The league also handed out several awards earlier this week.
Although the Pride swept the regular-season series, anything can
As the National Women's Hockey League wrapped up its regular season this past weekend, several important things happened.
The playoff matchups are now set. With their 4-3 victory on Sunday, the Buffalo Beauts secured third place in the NWHL. This pits them against the second-place New York Riveters in playoff
With just one weekend remaining in the National Women's Hockey League season, the Boston Pride are still undefeated. A pair of wins this past weekend over New York and Buffalo put the Pride at 16-0-0 this season.
For a while, however, it didn't appear as though that would be the
The Connecticut Whale couldn’t quite pull off a victory over the still-undefeated Boston Pride Friday night, but they still managed to come out of the weekend with a win over the Buffalo Beauts on Sunday afternoon.
At one point, the Whale held a 4-1 lead over the Pride during
To some, a four-goal deficit may seem insurmountable. For the NWHL's New York Riveters on Sunday, however, it was a challenge that was met with energy, focus, and determination that helped them to a 6-5 overtime victory over the Connecticut Whale.
The Whale started off strong,
The National Women's Hockey League wrapped up its action prior to the league's upcoming All-Star Weekend with a narrow win by the New York Riveters, as well as continued dominance by the Boston Pride.
Although the Buffalo Beauts have historically come back from deficits many
