More than 200 women's hockey players announced on Thursday they will skip the next National Women's Hockey League season in protest.
John Wawrow and Stephen Whyno of the Associated Press reported the news, noting the goal of such a move is to "establish a single, economically viable professional league" after some players said they had to fund their own health insurance while being paid as little as $2,000 annually.
Wawrow and Whyno explained the Canadian Women's Hockey League folded over a month ago, which left the United States-based NWHL as the only women's professional hockey league in North America.