Emma Greco, of Burlington, Ont., is pictured during a Professional Women's Hockey League game between Minnesota and Montreal on Jan. 24, 2024.
PWHL player Emma Greco, from Burlington, Ont., says TV has made the difference for women's hockey | CBC News LoadedEmma Greco played for two other pro leagues before the Professional Women's Hockey League, but says she’s never seen the kind of interest the women’s game is experiencing now – and credits it largely to television.Emma Greco, of Burlington, Ont., is pictured during a Professional Women's Hockey League game between Minnesota and Montreal on Jan. 24, 2024.
Fast, born in Hamilton before moving to Burlington, was one of the PWHL players to participate in a new official event within National Hockey League All-Star Weekend, a televised 3-on-3 women's showcase last Thursday in Toronto.
"a full 10 per cent" of current PWHL players once wore the club's jersey, including Jessie Eldridge, Jill Saulnier, Sophie Jaques, Loren Gabel, Erin Ambrose, Laura Stacey, Daryl Watts and Claire Dalton. "I thought I was done playing hockey," she said, in a late January Zoom interview from her home in Minneapolis suburb Edina, which she shares with teammates Michela Cava and Mellissa Channell.