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It's the year 2018. There are two North American women's hockey leagues; the Olympics have hosted a women's hockey tournament for the last six Winter Games; and six women are in the Hockey Hall of Fame. For some, this is progress. For others, it's a
Buffalo Beauts netminders Nicole Hensley and Shannon Szabados are arguably the NWHL’s strongest goaltending tandem this season.
While the next Winter Olympics won't happen until 2022 in Beijing, women's hockey doesn't just stop. Between college hockey, professional leagues in North America including the NWHL and CWHL, and leagues overseas such as the SDHL, women's hockey isn't just a once-every-four-years phenomenon.
The Buffalo Beauts continued their busy streak of signing players for the 2018-19 NWHL season, adding Olympians Dani Cameranesi and Nicole Hensley this week.
With the NWHL's fourth season approaching this fall, and the introduction of the league's newest team in Minnesota, it seems like a good time to take a look at another aspect of the game: the coaches - and who they are going forward.
Heading into the final weeks of the NWHL season, Buffalo Beauts defender Lisa Chesson and her team are on a nine-game winning streak, set to enter the Isobel Cup Playoffs as the defending champs with one game left in the regular season.