A co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers has purchased the seven-team Premier Hockey Federation.
Organizers announced plans Friday to launch a new women’s professional hockey league in January that they hope will provide a stable, economically sustainable home for the sport’s top players for years to come.
The agreement ends a long standoff between the seven-team PHF and the Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association. The latter group includes Kendall Coyne Schofield, Sarah Nurse, Hilary Knight and many other U.S. and Canadian national team players who were unwilling to join the PHF, whose assets were purchased by Walter’s firm.
Kasten said he called Bettman to deliver the news, which was greeted with satisfaction and excitement. “This is exactly what we envisioned — maybe better,” Hefford said. “It’s been hard work to get here and challenging at times, but I’m so happy for the players who stuck it out and really made this happen.”
The top sites being considered for the new league are Washington, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and London, Ontario, according to one of the people who spoke to AP.
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