The NWHL’s two best teams from Season 5 won’t have the chance to play on the ice for the Isobel Cup because the Cup Final was canceled last week due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but off the ice the are rebuilding their teams for Season 6 and so far they look very similar to last
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Four teams added players during May 13-14 that will be making their NWHL debuts when they step on the ice this fall. The Metropolitan Riveters signed their third-round pick from the 2020 Draft, the Connecticut Whale signed their fifth-round pick from the 2018 Draft, the Boston Pride signed their second-round pick from the 2020 Draft
In the span of just two short days, two NWHL teams bolstered their rosters for the upcoming 2020-21 season. Just three days after the Boston Pride traded up to make her the first overall pick in the 2020 NWHL Draft, the team announced that they had signed Sammy Davis to her first pro contract after
On April 29, the NWHL held its final three rounds of the 2020 Draft. Each pick continued to be announced on Twitter by a special guest or celebrity. Rounds 1-2 were held the day prior, and were recapped by our Dan Rice. For rounds 3-5, some of the more recognizable special guests – particularly in
Having already re-signed three players from last season’s team the Metropolitan Riveters continued reassembling their roster for the upcoming season on April 14 when they revealed that three additional players will be returning for the NWHL’s sixth season. The Metropolitan Riveters huddle up before a game. (Photo Credit: Bryan Johnson Photography) The team announced that
As the Minnesota Whitecaps wait for the all-clear to finally get back on the ice in preparation for the postponed Isobel Cup Final they made a key transaction as NWHL teams begin to prepare for their sixth season. On April 7 Allie Thunstrom, who was named co-MVP (along with Boston’s Jillian Dempsey) at the end
The Metropolitan Riveters made their third transaction of the off-season on April 3, re-signing Madison Packer for a sixth NWHL season – the first player to be a part of the league in each of its seasons. Last season was Packer’s first as captain of the franchise and she finished the season as the second-leading
For the first time since the first and second seasons of the franchise, the Connecticut Whale will have a familiar face guarding the net in back-to-back seasons. On April 1 the Whale announced they re-signed goaltender Brooke Wolejko, bringing back the backbone of their team and the winner of their first playoff game since 2016
The Metropolitan Riveters re-signed another key player on March 30 when they announced that All-Star defender and four-year veteran Rebecca Morse would be returning for her fifth season with the NWHL and team. The 28-year-old New Jersey native set career-highs in every statistical category and in addition to being named an All-Star for the first
Sara Bustad may have just finished her rookie season in the NWHL, but being from the state of Minnesota she has been playing hockey for the majority of her life. If you’ve ever wondered how professional hockey players prepared for a game that is the second of a back-to-back you opened the right article and
The NWHL just wrapped up its fifth regular season and the chase for the Isobel Cup is on. Each of the first four seasons has produced a different champion, and this season either the Connecticut Whale will continue that trend, or we will see the league’s first two-time champion. Or we will see the first
With the NWHL’s player-signing deadline coming to a close on Monday Feb. 24, the Buffalo Beauts were able to get two signed contracts in beforehand. Just three days later, word was released on the afternoon of Feb. 27 that Buffalo General Manager Mandy Cronin had added two topnotch players from Merrimack College. Joining the Beauts
With only five games left in the NWHL regular season players who are considered rookies have become (mostly) accustomed to playing the pro game and are gearing up for the Isobel Cup playoffs, which are quickly approaching. One of those is Metropolitan Riveters forward Cailey Hutchison, who we spoke with just minutes before the league’s
Saturday night’s National Hockey League schedule featured 24 of the league’s 31 teams in action. A handful of team and personal streaks were extended in Tampa Bay and Boston. There was a clutch overtime save to complete a crazy comeback in Las Vegas. Plus, we got an All-Star goalie race against two of the top
With the January portion of the NWHL schedule behind us, we have a good feel of where most teams stand with just three weekends remaining in the regular season. During the 15-game slate, we saw one team lose for the first time this season, one team win for the first time this season, and one
The Boston Pride added a 22nd player to their roster for the remainder of the 2019-20 NWHL season. The league announced on the morning of Jan. 10 that former Buffalo Beauts forward Jordan Juron had officially signed with the Pride. Juron played on a professional tryout contract for Boston during their last two games against
Coming into this season a lot of us didn’t know much about Brooke Baker’s game unless you watched her play hockey at the Rochester Institute of Technology. But two months into her professional career we now know that the Metropolitan Riveters forward, who is originally from Saline, Michigan, is a big part of her team’s
The NWHL’s fifth season begins in precisely one month and one day and on September 4 a total of six players signed with three different teams. For the Minnesota Whitecaps, they strengthened their title defense with the addition of a (nother) former Golden Gopher and the re-signing of another member of the championship team. The