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The 2017 CWHL Awards Nominees (x)

Every time an nhl player breaks a stick on purpose they should be forced to donate two to the nwhl

Emily Pfalzer’s boyfriend of the Florida Panthers talks about how great she is. Highlights include:

He watches every game he can catch

He stands a full foot taller than her and talks about how he looks up to her because she’s the greatest.

She’s better in the shootout than he is duh

He corrects her height by half an inch because he has his girl’s back

Gushing over how great of a player she is !!!!

Defender love

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cwhldaily:

Team Blue dancing to Gangnam Style during the in arena dance contest. (Feb. 11, 2017)

laporcupina:

(It is best accessorized by a throat protector, but full marks anyway.)

gofindsomewhere:

2017 cwhl all-star game

the-connecticut-whale:

As Women’s Hockey Advances in Canada, Pay Checks May Not Be Far Behind

The C.W.H.L. was created in the back room of a Toronto restaurant by former players from the National Women’s Hockey League in Canada (not to be confused with the American N.W.H.L.). That league failed in the face of ownership and financial disputes.

“I don’t think when we first started we were going to get past one year,” said Sami Jo Small, a founding member of the C.W.H.L., who competed in the 1998 Olympics and still plays for the Toronto Furies.

Early on, the C.W.H.L.’s foundation was unstable at times, and growth was uncertain. But under the leadership of Commissioner Brenda Andress, the C.W.H.L. never wavered in its plan for slow but steady advancements, and in recent years, a rise in sponsorships and audience in Canada has the league closer to its goal.

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icing-on-the-rink:

Do you want to see women’s hockey on TV?

The more viewers the NWHL and CWHL have on their streamed games, the closer we get to seeing women’s hockey on television. Both leagues are streaming their games for free on YouTube this season and the stream qualities are great!

CWHL Game Streams

NWHL Game Streams

The streams have live chats that are really fun! You don’t need an account to participate.

softbrobusiness:

Treating female athletes like garbage as employees is not new, and it is not specific to the NWHL, or to the CWHL, or to women’s hockey. The brand new professional lacrosse league has stipends and no salaries. the NWSL pays non-national team players popcorn money and many of those women have to have outside jobs DESPITE the fact that it pays better than the NWHL. National Pro Fastpitch and the WNBA have made great strides in these areas, but it’s irresponsible and missing the point to focus the blowback on a league–any league–when this is a systemic problem.

So what can you do?

Buy jerseys and shirseys to support lower salaried players, or, at this point, any player at all.

Go to games if you live somewhere that would be remotely feasible.

Watch games on Youtube when they’re streamed, and Sling TV when that becomes available.

Encourage your friends and family members to give a little attention to the sport, too. You never know who you might hook.