The Professional Women’s Hockey League didn’t even exist — at least publicly — until less than a month ago. In the short time since, franchise locations were announced, GMs were hired and the first-ever draft was recently completed. Yet there is still plenty more to be done before the season begins in January 2024.
The remaining eight will be in camps on a tryout basis, with each team set to carry 23 players into the season.There's some intrigue around what the championship trophy will ultimately be named — a pioneer of the sport like hockey Hall of Famer Angela James could make for a fitting moniker.
Still to be determined is how many of those games are at home, away and neutral sites. The league has said it is collaborating with the NHL on the latter, and that it hopes to unveil the full schedule in October. Stan Kasten, a league board member and president of MLB's Los Angeles Dodgers, said in the PWHL's introductory press conference that future seasons would consist of 32 regular-season games starting in November, plus at least two playoff rounds.Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, New York, Boston and Minnesota haven't yet said how they'll choose their nicknames, though you can bet that any options left on the cutting room floor will surely turn into trivia fodder years from now.
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