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Clarkson, the country's governor general from 1999 to 2005, commissioned and donated the trophy meant to be the female equivalent of the NHL's Stanley Cup.
"I have utmost respect for people like Jayna, who is a four-time Olympian herself, that they care about the game and they care about it being played properly and well and that's what we hang our hopes on really," the former governor general said.A week after Clarkson handed her namesake trophy to the victorious Calgary Inferno, the CWHL announced it will cease operations May 1 because"the business model has proven to be economically unstable.
The CWHL's overseer its first 11 years says she does not know what transpired in the year since she stepped down that led to the league's sudden demise."I'm a firm believer in the passion of the players and the passion of those still there. I think that something will come. I don't think it's over." "About two weeks ago, Jayna and Laurel came to see me and fill me in what was happening," she said."They prepared the ground for me. They said 'the not-for-profit model was not working.'Players stepped up their calls over the last year for one women's professional league in North America.The CWHL's disappearance creates a hockey void in Canada to be filled either by a replacement league or by the NWHL's expansion into Canada.
From the record 175,000 who tuned in to watch the Clarkson Cup final March 24, to the first all-star game in an NHL arena, to the first transgender player going public with her identity, Andress says the CWHL made its mark on hockey, society and people's lives.
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