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Former Les Canadiennes de Montréal players Mélodie Daoust, Marie-Philip Poulin and Ann-Sophie Bettez wait for their shift at a Dream Gap Tour game in Toronto. (Courtney/flickr)

A union of women’s hockey players looking for a league of its own

Julie Stevens, Brock University; Michele K. Donnelly, Brock University, and Simon Black, Brock University

Professional women’s hockey is trying to emerge from a crisis by creating a players’ union to improve pay and working conditions.
Calgary Inferno’s Zoe Hickel (L) and Tori Hickel celebrate winning the 2019 Canadian Women’s Hockey League Clarkson Cup after beating Les Canadiennes de Montreal. The league folded on May 1, 2019. Chris Young/CP

North American women’s ice hockey players struggle for a league of their own

Peter Donnelly, University of Toronto

In North America, women have faced many challenges in maintaining a successful professional league, despite other women’s sports growing in popularity.
Markham Thunder players celebrate winning the 2018 Clarkson Cup final as champions of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League. The CWHL has announced it will cease operations. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Donovan

The death of the CWHL presents a new opportunity for women’s professional hockey

Julie Stevens, Brock University

When the Canadian Women’s Hockey League announced it was folding, it was seen as a setback for women’s hockey. But history suggests the death of one hockey league leads to new opportunities.

Related Topics

  1. Canadian Women's Hockey League
  2. Hockey
  3. ice hockey
  4. National Hockey League (NHL)
  5. Professional sports
  6. Unions
  7. Women in sport
  8. Women's hockey

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