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Professional Women's Hockey Players Association
The Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) was established in May of 2019 with the vision of establishing a sustainable and viable women's professional hockey league in North America. Our game doesn't move forward without the extensive commitment and sacrifice of our players who have remained united over the past four years and steadfast in the belief that we could change women's professional hockey for generations to come. We can't thank Mark and Kimbra Walter enough for believing in the PWHPA and their investment to build a league that the best players in the world can now call home.
Our mission would not be possible without the support of our valued partners, fans, volunteers, advisors, and supporters who have been with us every step of the way.
Our Mission:
- To promote, advance, and support a single, viable professional women’s ice hockey league in North America that showcases the greatest product of women’s professional ice hockey in the world.
- To provide a united voice to players advocating for the creation of a sustainable professional league.
- To coordinate training needs and programming opportunities during the current season.
- To collaborate with like-minded organizations to make hockey more inclusive for women today and for the girls of the next generation.
March 3, 2023
NBC Sports Washington to Broadcast 2023 Capitals PWHPA Showcase
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February 7, 2023
PWHPA Announces 2022-23 Championship Weekend in Partnership with the Los Angeles Kings, Anaheim Ducks, Seattle Kraken, Coachella Valley Firebirds and Oak View Group
January 9, 2023
LIGHTNING AND PWHPA PARTNER TO HOST 2022-23 SECRET® DREAM GAP TOUR
December 14, 2022
OHL Presents PWHPA Showcase coming to Barrie, Kitchener, Niagara and Peterborough
December 12, 2022
PWHPA Secret® Dream Gap Tour to Return to MedStar Capitals Iceplex March 4-5
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Competitors On Ice,
Women's Hockey Players Unite Off The Ice For ChangeWe are fortunate to be ambassadors of this game that we revere so deeply and yet, more than ever, we understand the responsibility that comes with that ambassadorship: To leave this game in better shape than when we entered it. That is why we come together, 125 players strong, to say it is time to create a sustainable professional league for Women’s Hockey.
While we have all accomplished so much, there is no greater accomplishment than what we have the potential to do right here and right now—not just for this generation of players, but for generations to come. With that purpose, we are coming together, not as individual players, but as one collective voice to help navigate the future and protect the players needs. We cannot make a sustainable living playing in the current state of the professional game. Having no health insurance and making as low as two thousand dollars a season means players can’t adequately train and prepare to play at the highest level.
Because of that, together as players, we will not play in ANY professional leagues in North America this season until we get the resources that professional hockey demands and deserves.
We may have represented different teams, leagues, and countries—but this sport is one family. And the time is now for this family to unite. This is the moment we’ve been waiting for—our moment to come together and say we deserve more. It’s time for a long-term viable professional league that will showcase the greatest product of women's professional hockey in the world.