At this point it’s more than a movement.
Cassie Campbell has talked about it, and then left her position at the CWHL. Players in both the NWHL and CWHL have tweeted and talked about it. Even Gary Bettman has talked about it. If the adage is ‘where there’s smoke, there’s fire,’ there’s plenty of smoke.
It is the wish among those involved in women’s hockey to see one professional league in North America that sees the best players competing with and against each other every year.
It used to be this way. Up until three years ago, the CWHL was the only North American league around for women who wanted to play after university.