A new women’s professional league is emerging! Modelled on the NHL, six founding cities will start the competition

A new Canadian-American competition is underway. This time it is a women’s professional league that takes the famous NHL as its model. The PWHL has already released its initial plans, and Stan Kasten presented the details of the upcoming competition.

This is breaking news for women’s hockey. On Tuesday, a new professional women’s hockey league was officially unveiled. It will kick off with six cities, three from Canada and three from the U.S.

Specifically, Boston, Minneapolis, New York, Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa – these are the destinations where the new women’s professional clubs will be formed.

The regular season is scheduled to begin in January next year, with the regular season accommodating a total of 24 games. ESPN then reported that Los Angeles Dodgers club president and PWHL board member Stan Kasten, said the teams do not have to play all 12 home games at the same location.

For promotional reasons, other cities would have to host games in the newly formed PWHL. The league also plans to televise all regular season games, but also hopes to televise all regular season games.

The season schedule is expected to be announced in the coming months. In any case, the PWHL plans to participate in major NHL events such as the All-Star Weekend in Toronto.

NHL-style draft

However, the PWHL has already announced its earliest plans and will then hold an NHL-style draft. The draft will take place on September 18, as you can see in the PWHL post attached above. Kasten also describes that the league’s business plan is set for ten years.

“We understand it’s going to be expensive. Especially in the early years, but we’re prepared for it. We’re not doing this to achieve our goals in the short term. We are working to build something permanent,” said Kasten, who was quoted by ESPN.

Sources: PWHL, ESPN