Less than a year since getting off the ground, the Professional Women’s Hockey League has staged its inaugural season with 72 games around North America televised or streamed and attendance records broken over and over, putting the sport in the spotlight like never before.
It could not be happening at a better time.
The PWHL’s launch finally brings together the best players in the world on a regular basis and beyond the annual world championships or Olympics every four years. And it has placed the game firmly on the map at a time of heightened interest in women’s sports, led by the Caitlin Clark effect in basketball and a quarter-century since Brandi Chastain and the U.S. soccer team rose to international prominence.
While it will still take time to catch up in a crowded landscape, the PWHL is off to a blazing beginning after decades of frustration, featuring fitful starts and stops, by putting it all together on the ice with a chance to capitalize on a growing appetite for elite women’s sports.
Related articles:
Related suggestion:
Former army officer jailed after raping Wellington sex workerNo sanctions on China over Hong Kong: PMWorldwide virus deaths exceed 18,800No sanctions on China over Hong Kong: PMElectronic roll crashing on Election Day could have been avoidedPM Christopher Luxon sets the scene for his MPs: 'Let's go get this thing done'Woman burned during beauty treatment: 'It was really terrifying'HKFP Lens: HKU shares 3,000 images of colonial Hong Kong from the Frank Fischbeck collectionChina endorses Hong Kong national security law as debate delayed by politician hurling rotten plantProtests over government's plans to repeal Smokefree legislation in Auckland and at Parliament
0.1369s , 6503.3359375 kb
Copyright © 2024 Powered by PWHL's strong first season coincides with a growing appetite for women's sports ,World Winds news portal