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Brodt-Brown with the Isobel Cup in a black Whitecaps jersey

Career Review: Winny-Brodt Brown Retires

After a very long career, Winny Brodt-Brown is retiring. The Minnesota Hockey icon has been playing since 1995, setting records and redefining what it means to be a women’s hockey player. Brodt-Brown’s hockey career started at Roseville Area High School. In her senior season (1995-96), she led through an undefeated season to the Minnesota state […]

5 More Signings for PHF Montreal

August has been a busy month for PHF Montreal. On August 4th, they signed four players, including their first goaltender. Today, they added five more. Marie-Soleil Deschênes Deschênes is a 28-year-old goaltender from Île Perrot, Quebec. She played five seasons with the University of Prince Edward Island Panthers. There, she was the 2016/17 MVP, the […]

4 Signings on August 4th, PHF Montreal Adds New Players

On August 4th, PHF Montreal announced the signing of four new players: forward Catherine Dubois, defenders Catherine Daoust and Christine Deaudelin, and goaltender Tricia Deguire. After signing seven players on July 27th, the team now has eleven players, many of whom are making their PHF debut. That doesn’t mean they lack experience, though. Catherine Dubois […]

Minnesota Whitecaps players in away jerseys standing for the anthem.

PHF: Minnesota is Moving

If you have any moving boxes you’re not using, send them to the Minnesota Whitecaps. On July 26th, the city council in Richfield, MN, approved a lease agreement for the Whitecaps to play at the Richfield Ice Center starting this season. The Whitecaps have been playing home games at the Minnesota Wild’s practice rink (TRIA […]

Boston Pride: One Week of Signings

The signings for the Boston Pride started to trickle out this week in a steady flow of good players and intelligent moves. The Pride changed the formula this off-season by having one player a day being announced instead of the whole team in one fell swoop. The roster is starting to shape up so let’s […]

PHF Montréal Announces the Beginnings of Their Team

The new Montréal PHF team is working on creating a solid connection with the francophone fanbase and their players. The as yet unnamed team in Montréal announced their first seven signings this morning via social media. Looking at this list of names, two things stood out, one: of the seven players, six are forwards, and […]

New Policy for PHF Player Salary Disclosure

The PHF took a big step toward equity in women’s hockey today. They announced a policy for players to disclose their salaries. This has been a big topic across the league and even came up in the press conference announcing the new team in Montreal. In the past, PHF contracts contained a clause stating that players […]

Bienvenue à Montreal, PHF !

There’s no such thing as a dull day in July for hockey fans. Free agency opens up, development camp starts, and in the Premier Hockey Federation, there’s a new team. On July 12th, the PHF announced they would expand to Montreal. Paul Krotz, PHF Senior Vice President of Communications, describes it as, “A very exciting […]

Jim Pfeifer named PHF Chief Marketing Officer

Jim Pfeifer was announced as the new PHF chief marketing officer in a press release from the league earlier this morning. Most recently, Pfeifer served as the Vice President of Corporate Partnerships for the Atlanta Dream of the WNBA. He worked on promoting the team with media and marketing initiatives. Briefly, Pfeifer served as the chief […]

She shoots! She scores! Now let’s talk about her brother

If you have watched any women’s hockey on the international level, you know that all the announcers love to talk about is the men related to the women’s hockey players. Sometimes this is from a lack of knowledge of the women’s game and sometimes from a lack of caring or sometimes from a want to […]