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New Professional Women's Hockey League is getting support from the NHL, just not the financial kind
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FILE - Canada forward Marie-Philip Poulin (29) celebrates after her goal against the United States during the first period of the women's world hockey championships in Brampton, Ontario, Sunday, April 16, 2023. Hilary Knight, Marie-Philip Poulin and their United States and Canadian national hockey team contemporaries now have a firm idea of where they’ll be playing in January. The newly founded Professional Women's Hockey League unveiled its Original Six franchises on Tuesday, Aug. 29, with franchises based in NHL markets — three in the United States and three in Canada — with track records of supporting the women’s game. - photo by Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP, File
The new Professional Women's Hockey League has a framework for its inaugural season and the six cities teams will play in when the pucks drop in January. Still left to figure out? A logo, team names, a schedule and where players will end up.