More than 200 women's hockey players -- including Team USA stars Hilary Knight, Kendall Coyne Schofield and Canada's Marie Philip-Poulin -- have announced they will not be playing in a professional league next season.
"We cannot make a sustainable living playing in the current state of the professional game," said the statement, released by individual players on social media Thursday. "Having no health insurance and making as low as two thousand dollars a season means players can't adequately train and prepare to play at the highest level."
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