Canadian Women's Hockey League
National Women's Hockey League
Although it has stepped up its women's hockey efforts -- including organizing a 3-on-3 women's event during the 2020 All-Star Game -- the league office is still hesitant to formalize a partnership.
The league was established in 2015 with four teams, and has since grown to six teams: the Boston Pride, Buffalo Beauts, Connecticut Whale, Metropolitan Riveters, Minnesota Whitecaps, and a to be named team in Toronto.
The CWHL had four teams in Canada, one in suburban Boston and a sixth in China, and its decision after 12 seasons was seen as a major blow to the sport.
Each team was set to play six games against its five rivals for a total of 30 games, 15 at home and 15 on the road. In order to minimize travel, each North America-based team made one road trip to China to play a three-game series.
The Canadian government, through the Department of Canadian Heritage (minister of sport), funds Hockey Canada. In 2011-12, it received over $3-million from the federal government. Its sponsors and marketing partners also include some of this country's major companies.
The #CWHL is folding as of May 1st 2019. I just spoke with the league and there are NO plans to merge with the @NWHL as was rumoured in the past.
The Canadian Hockey League is the world's largest development hockey league with 52 Canadian and eight American teams participating in the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and Western Hockey League. CHL players graduate from high school at a rate higher than the Canadian national average.
Stack is the highest-paid player in the league at $25,000 for the season. The league is comprised of four founding teams scattered along the East Coast in what commissioner Dani Rylan considered to be USA Hockey's most densely populated areas for girl signups.
around 4 million dollars per year
The NWHL has an average salary of $15,000 and a salary cap of $270,000 per team. Stack is the highest-paid player in the league at $25,000 for the season.
In the CWHL, salaries ranged from CDN$2,000 to $10,000 per season. In the NWHL salaries in the first season of operation (2015-16) ranged from US$10,000 to US$26,000 per season, but these were reduced in the second season, often by 50 per cent.
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The Inferno and the CWHL's other five teams across North America and China are all owned by the league. According to Inferno general manager Kristen Hagg, they won't officially exist after May 1 unless the team finds another league.
