Women hockey players hope NHL steps in to create new league Globe_Sports
The effective boycott of North America’s only remaining women’s hockey league, the National Women’s Hockey League, sent shockwaves through the sport.Meghan Duggan need only look around sports to get excited about what an NHL-run women’s hockey league might look like.
It’s an opportunity equipment giant Bauer Hockey wants to be a part of. Vice-president of marketing Mary-Kay Messier said the National Hockey League “must be in an ownership position” for any women’s league. “The question is going to be whether the economic demand will be there to drive this,” Drew said. “Right now in 2019, do the women’s hockey players have the economic leverage to make an effective stand on this position? Maybe not. But do they have the capacity to drive public sentiment strongly enough that it will make the [NHL] consider it? Yeah, I think they do.”
The U.S. women’s national team in 2017 threatened to skip the world championships in Michigan and wound up getting an improved benefits package from USA Hockey. Those players will now make US$3,000-US$4,000 a month with the ability to earn about US$71,000 annually. They can make up to US$129,000 in Olympic years with contributions from the U.S. Olympic Committee. It was a big boost for a group of women who were getting US$1,000 a month for six months around the Olympics.
Players have urged USA Hockey and Hockey Canada to become involved in helping set up the framework for a professional league. Critics have questioned why USA Hockey hasn’t done more on the women’s side, particularly when it provides support to the USHL, America’s top junior hockey league for males 20 and younger.
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