This morning, the PHF officially announced they are expanding into Montreal for the 2022-23 season, adding a seventh franchise to the women’s league. The new team will be led by Kevin Raphael and Emmanual Anderson. Through a partnership with Center 21.02–a sports complex in Verdun, a Montreal borough–will be the training home for the new club, games for the upcoming season will be played in communities across Quebec in an attempt to showcase women’s hockey to greater audiences.
The schedule for the upcoming season has yet to be announced, while the official team name and logo are expected within the next few weeks. The new Montreal club joins the Buffalo Beauts, Boston Pride, Metropolitan Riveters, Toronto Six, Connecticut Whale, and Minnesota Whitecaps in the growing league.
- The Minnesota Wild have hired Cody McLeod as a player development coach, effectively announcing his retirement as a player. The 38-year-old tough guy played in 59 games for the Iowa Wild last season and will now make the transition to coaching, along with Matt Harder, who was hired as strength and conditioning coach, and David MacLean, who was named a pro scout. In 776 NHL games, McLeod racked up 72 goals, 127 points, and 1,630 penalty minutes.
- You won’t be seeing Nikita Nesterov in the NHL anytime soon. The veteran defenseman has signed a new four-year deal with CSKA Moscow of the KHL, keeping him at home in Russia instead of attempting any kind of return to North America. The 29-year-old defenseman played in 38 games for the Calgary Flames during the 2020-21 season but never did find much success on this side of the pond. In the KHL, he was one of the most dynamic players in the league this season, logging more than 25 minutes a night and scoring 33 points in 41 regular season games, good enough for third on the entire CSKA roster.
No one cares about women’s hockey!!! Ugh.
PHF – Really. You and the Hockey News. Give us a break. Nobody cares at all.
You’re very misinformed and must listen only to indiginous, women, trans women and lgbtqia2+ people. Hope it helps you fight your toxic masculinity and your white male privilege
come on Gavvin. Give a response. Why waste your time on this PHF gobbly goop
Your insecurities are showing, gentlemen. How sad and embarrassing for you.
oh, you got me. You have season tickets ? Go the games ? give me a break. WOKENESS take hold
I believe the woke call them “privilege hockey playing people”.
Incels don’t like women’s hockey.
are you referring to Rollie ??
Women! Rise and fight! We must deny having sex with men until they watch all our hockey!