On April 2, the NWHL held a conference call with select members of the media. At the time the call was scheduled, it was to be a wrap-up of the 2018-19 season, which was inarguably the league’s most successful campaign in its brief history.
On March 31, the CWHL announced that it would cease operations as of May 1, 2019. Obviously, the focus of Tuesdays’ call shifted to breaking news items that had taken place in the previous 48 hours.
The call began with league administrator Chris Botta breaking the news that expansion to two markets had been approved.