Edmonton's Jess Healey was among the 90 players selected in the Professional Women's Hockey League draft on Monday. The new league features six teams, three of which are based in Canada out of Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa.
Unlike some previous women's professional hockey leagues, PWHL players established a collective-bargaining agreement, which guarantees them a minimum salary of $35,000 US.
University of Calgary Dinos women's hockey head coach Carla MacLeod has been hired as head coach of the Ottawa franchise. Last year, 2.7 million people in Canada watched the Olympic gold medal game in Beijing between the Canadian and U.S. women's hockey teams. The Athleticthat the game averaged 3.54 million viewers in the U.S., more than any NHL game televised in the country during the 2021-22 season.
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