The Professional Women’s Hockey League is on (another) early season break, this time for the holidays.
Before games kick off again on Friday, it felt like a good time to open up the first-ever PWHL mailbag. There were dozens of great questions, and while I couldn’t get to them all, now I know to do this again sometime!
Let’s get started.
Note: Some questions have been lightly edited for length.
Which rookie are you keeping your eye on after Sarah Fillier? — Daniel G.
Izzy Daniel.
She flew under the radar for someone who won the Patty Kazmaier Award last season as the top women’s college hockey player in the country and was a steal for Toronto in the third round of the draft.
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Scott Wheeler and I absolutely loved Daniel’s game when we were putting together our prospect ranking last season. She is a gifted playmaker and extremely intelligent. Sarah Nurse, who started the season on a line with Daniel, said her head is constantly on a swivel, reading plays and finding ways to get her teammates the puck in scoring positions. Daniel has two goals already to start her PWHL career, tied for second among rookies.
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