More than 200 women - including Marie-Philip Poulin, Hilary Knight, Brianne Jenner & Kendall Coyne Schofield - have banded together to call for an overhaul of women’s professional hockey. More from TSNBobMcKenzie:
More than 200 women — including superstars Marie-Philip Poulin of Canada as well as Hilary Knight and Kendall Coyne-Schofield of the United States — have banded together in an effort to create a new future for the women’s professional game.
This stand by not only the game’s high-profile players but so many of the rank-and-file players would seemingly put the five-team U.S.-based National Women’s Hockey League out of business for the coming season or damage its credibility beyond repair. “Once [the World Championship] was over we were able to really get the dialogue going and establish a level of trust with each other,” said Knight, who was heartened that the bitter rivals could put aside their nationalistic feelings for the overall good of the women’s pro game.
“We’re willing to figure out things as we go,” Knight added. “We don’t know what the future holds or what it will look like, but we’re confident this is the right thing for the sport.”
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