Women's hockey in 2022 was a firehose filled with change and advancement after the virtual desert of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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From a women’s league closer to paying a living wage to all of its players, to two major international tournaments in one year, to NHL teams hiring and promoting current and former players at an unprecedented rate, it was a turnaround from the dark days of 2020 and early 2021.regained the upper hand in its storied women’s hockey rivalry with the United States by winning an Olympic gold medal in Beijing in February with a 3-2 victory over the Americans.
While Poulin and other women’s hockey stars such as Sarah Nurse, Hilary Knight and Kendall Coyne Schofield haven’t joined the Premier Hockey Federation, that league continues to up the recruitment ante and attracted some Canadian and American players with national-team experience. “They’re not comparable to the NHL, but they are comparable to other sports franchises,” said Toronto Six president Sami Jo Small.
While women’s leagues have historically come and gone — the Canadian Women’s Hockey League folding in 2019 gave birth to the PWHPA — 2022 was a year in which the players’ dreams of an enduring, sustainable women’s pro league offering a similar competitive environment to the men was closer to reality.
By year’s end, six women were assistant general managers: Hayley Wickenheiser , Cammi Granato and Émilie Castonguay , Meghan Hunter , Kate Madigan and Alexandra Mandrycky .
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