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The NHL has asked the PHF and the PWHPA to meet and discuss the possibility of the 2 women's leagues merging together. These are the leading professional women's hockey organizations in North America and they have both recently seen tremendous growth towards sustainability. Earlier this year, the PHF generated an investment of $25 million, with $7.5 million being put toward their 2022-2023 season. This will raise the leagues salary cap 150% from $300,000 to $750,000 and allow players to receive full healthcare benefits, as well as 10% equity in their teams. The PWHPA also just announced they have a multi-million dollar funding...

First of all, we'd like to send a huge congratulations to the Oklahoma Sooners for winning the 2021 NCAA Women's College World Series! They battled back from an opening game loss at the tournament, and went on to achieve a record-breaking, championship end to their season. They now hold the records for most home runs in a season (161) and in the WCWS (15), and are the 3rd most winningest program in NCAA history with 5 national titles. Sooners' utility player, Jocelyn Alo, was also named the USA Softball Player of the Year - hitting 34 home runs and setting...

A recent statement from Jill Saulnier, a member of the Canadian Women's National Hockey Team, is making its way across the sporting community. It came after the announcement was made that the IIHF Women's World Hockey Championship is being cancelled for the 2nd year in a row, and she addressed her concerns of unequal treatment of women's hockey. Her feelings of disappointment spoke to us all, and raised quite a few alarms in our minds here at WPS. To recap, Saulnier mentioned that the largest priority in the decision was to protect the host province of the tournament, Nova Scotia....

This March, we got to witness something special. The annual Women's NCAA March Madness Basketball Tournament hosted 63 unbelievable games of college basketball, and most importantly, was a tremendous stride forward for women's basketball. These women went from shining a light on the inequalities of resources at the start of the tournament, to breaking records of viewership and dominating the social media scene; they actively redefined what it means to play in the NCAA March Madness Tournament. One of the most exciting parts of being a fan of NCAA basketball is filling out your bracket before the tournament begins. This...

The PWHPA has made enormous strides in securing the largest sponsorships in history for women's professional hockey leading up to the Secret - Dream Gap Tour. Notice, Secret Deodorant is the official partner of the tournament after pledging $1 Million in sponsorship to the PWHPA. There are several other major organizations that have joined together and each sponsored one of the 5 teams competing in the 2021 Dream Gap Tour: Team Calgary - Scotiabank Team New Hampshire - Women's Sports Foundation Team Montreal - Bauer Team Minnesota - adidas Team Toronto - Sonnet In addition to seeing strides in the...