As reported by TSN’s Bob McKenzie, some 200 women’s hockey players have unified to demand an overhaul of women’s professional hockey.
Their statement is as follows:
This news comes 24 hours after the Canadian Women’s Hockey League ceased operations following 12 seasons of play. The league was home to international superstars Hilary Knight and Marie-Philip Poulin, and its most recent season featured many of Knight’s Team USA teammates, alongside most of the Hockey Canada roster.
Following the March announcement that the CWHL had played its final season, North America’s only remaining professional league, the National Women’s Hockey League, announced expansion from its five teams in the United States to include at least two markets in Canada.