The long wait for a singular women’s pro hockey league is finally over.
For months, The Athletic has been covering the beginnings of the Professional Women’s Hockey League — and the complicated, bittersweet dissolution of the Premier Hockey Federation — from the first player signings, to the first-ever draft and the teams’ Year 1 rosters.
Now, with the start of the league’s much-anticipated inaugural season, The Athletic is launching comprehensive coverage of the PWHL.
I will be writing about the league and women’s hockey full-time as we continue to build on The Athletic’s mission of going beyond the scoresheet to tell the stories you won’t find anywhere else — so you can get to know the players, coaches and staff that make up the PWHL. I’ll dive deep into the teams, the faces of the game, the rivalries, the business of women’s hockey, and take you behind the scenes for a look at how it all started.
That means I’ll be traveling to all six cities throughout the year to report on every team and provide fans with everything they need to know about the league. You’ll find out exactly what makes Marie-Philip Poulin so dang good. I’ll take you inside Taylor Heise’s path to becoming the face of the Minnesota franchise. And I’ll show you what makes Alina…
