More than 200 female hockey players issued a collective statement on Thursday to say they will no longer play in any professional league in North America until they get “the resources that professional hockey demands and deserves.”
is the only remaining women’s professional league, following the recent dissolution of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League.Unlike the WNBA, which was launched with logistical and financial support from the NBA, the NWHL has operated independently of the NHL.
The players' group issued a news release headed by the words, “We may represent different teams, leagues and countries but collectively we stand as one.” Many individual players tweeted the statement on their individual Twitter accounts.“We 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.
Bill Daly, deputy commissioner of the NHL, said his league could not comment on the women’s decision.
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