CRANBERRY, Pa. -- In 2017, the U.S. women's national team players announced that they were boycotting that year's World Championship tournament unless progress was made in the way the players were treated by USA Hockey.
With that year's tournament being on home soil, and it being the year before the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, the players had a lot of bargaining power. Among the things they were asking for were a livable wage, disability insurance, the opportunity to play more games, equitable support in things like travel or the development programs for boys and girls, and maternity leave.