Imagine for a minute that you’re living in the middle of a global pandemic that has crippled and shut down life as we knew it on our planet. Pretty easy to do right? The odds that you, the person reading this, just lived through that/are still living through that is fairly high I’d say. Now
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Both the Connecticut Whale (June 12) and Metropolitan Riveters (June 13) held Free Agent Camps this past weekend at the former (and possibly future) home of the Rivs in Newark, New Jersey. A total of 33 players were there, and ten of them were on the ice both days. Two of them (Hanna Beattie, Alyssa
Three NWHL teams announced signings this past week, and two teams held Free Agent Camps over the weekend. While it was good to be back at a rink for the second weekend in a row, we may have left the rink on Sunday with more questions than we had when the weekend started. The Connecticut
“Oftentimes the best game a defender plays, you don’t even notice them.” – Binghamton Devils Head Coach Mark Dennehy. In a ‘blink and you missed it’ Metropolitan Riveters 2021 season, there were six NWHL debuts. One of those debuts was defender Allie Olnowich, a local product hailing from Chatham, New Jersey, who joined the team
The Boston Pride head into the 2021 NWHL Isobel Cup Playoffs still looking to finish the mission they started last season. It was a year ago today (March 12, 2020) that the league had to cancel and then eventually postpone the 2020 Isobel Cup Final between the Pride and Minnesota Whitecaps. It was definitely a
If you’re a hockey fan you probably remember David Ayres, the emergency backup goalie (EBUG) in Toronto who played a game against the Maple Leafs for the Carolina Hurricanes. Ayres, 43-years-old, was the operator of the ice resurfacer (Zamboni) at Ricoh Coliseum and often suited up for the Leafs and Marlies when they needed a
The Connecticut Whale are hoping to carry the momentum and feel-good vibes from the end of last season into Lake Placid and make a splash in the 2021 NWHL season. The franchise won its first playoff game since season one back in March, and they were tied with the juggernaut Boston Pride with ten minutes
The Minnesota Whitecaps were the only team to beat the Boston Pride last season and they were poised to pull off that feat again in the Isobel Cup Final before the NWHL had to cancel the game due to the pandemic. We’ll never know how that game would have played out, but what we do
The Minnesota Whitecaps announced seven signings over the past eight days, bringing their roster total to 23 as organized practices have just gotten underway around the league. On Oct. 27, the 2019 Isobel Cup champions re-signed forward Brooke White-Lancette and defender Rose Alleva, and also signed defender Sara Bustad who played last season (her first
The Minnesota Whitecaps announced on Oct. 20 that they are bringing back three key pieces of their team from last season. Forward Stephanie Anderson, and defenders Winny Brodt Brown and Lisa Martinson all re-signed with the team ahead of the NWHL’s sixth season. Brodt Brown and Martinson will both be entering their third seasons with
The Metropolitan Riveters added a bonafide scoring threat in Kelly Babstock, whom they acquired in a trade with the Toronto Six on Oct.15. Babstock had signed with the Six back on May 2 after sitting out the past NWHL season. In return, Toronto will get the Riveters 1st Round pick in the 2021 NWHL Draft
Two more signings in the NWHL were announced over the past week as we are now just a handful of days away from the open of extended training camps and official practices around the league. Related: Start of Sixth NWHL Season Pushed to January On Oct. 2 it was announced that defender Emma Stauber is
With informal practices about to get underway (around Sept. 21), most NWHL teams are just about set on their rosters for the league’s upcoming sixth season. Both of the signings announced this past week will be looking to make their NWHL debuts when the puck finally drops on a new season in January. Hunter Accursi
It took a while, but the Minnesota Whitecaps roster for the 2020-21 NWHL season is finally starting to take shape. Over the past few weeks, they signed four players – or one less than they already had signed for the upcoming season. Audra Richards of the Minnesota Whitecaps. (Photo Credit: Bryan Johnson Photography) On Aug.
Two of the six NWHL teams made key re-signings over the past two days. Both players played prominent roles for their teams as rookies last season and will be counted upon for that same type of production during the league’s upcoming season. The Buffalo Beauts announced on July 8 that they have re-signed forward Iveta
Two players from the NWHL’s first season are returning for the upcoming season. One of them has been a part of the league since day one, the other returned last season after a three-season hiatus where she played overseas. On July 6 the Connecticut Whale announced that a familiar face would be rejoining their team
After a four-year career at Yale University, Emma Vlasic took her talents to the NWHL and the Connecticut Whale this season and both the franchise and league couldn’t be happier to have her as a part of their families. After back-to-back seasons with 17 points to end her collegiate career, where she was named team
The Buffalo Beauts announced that they have re-signed two key players that played an important role on the team last season as rookies. On May 21 they announced that center Cassidy MacPherson would be returning for a second season in Beauts’ blue and five days later it was revealed that they also re-signed All-Star defender