It’s Monday, which means the latest episode of This Is Hockey Culture is here! This week, myself (Kat Pitré) and a special guest are talking women’s hockey.
This week, I’m joined by a special guest co-host, Chanel Keenan, the intersectionality consultant for the Seattle Kraken, to tackle women’s professional hockey in North America. The Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) season started Nov. 6, and thanks to their new deal with ESPN+, women’s pro hockey is entering a new frontier.
Chanel and I start by going over a brief overview of the landscape of women’s professional hockey, from the Canadian Women’s Hockey League (CWHL), the National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL) and their rebrand to become the PHF, and the Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association (PWHPA).