On Wednesday, an anonymous e-mail was sent to various women's hockey media members, including Today's Slapshot and Yahoo's Puck Daddy, both of which have posted the full text of the e-mail. The lengthy correspondence alleges that the NWHL failed to make payments to Bauer Hockey for equipment they provided for the league and makes the unsubstantiated claim that "All of our vendors the Arena's, Equipment companies, clothing vendors, people who have given loans no one has been paid [sic]."
The anonymous source, who claimed they were an employee of the league, provided screenshots of emails to back up their claims regarding Bauer, but did not provide proof for any of their other accusations, including the league’s financial insolubility and Chad Wiseman’s status as an international employee.