U.S. Olympic gold medalist Meghan Duggan hails the announcement of the location of the first six teams in the newly-formed Professional Women's Hockey League. In an interview with Yahoo Sports, Duggan, director of player development for the New Jersey Devils, highlighted the long struggle female players have fought to get to this point. Teams will be located in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, New York, Boston and Minneapolis-St. Paul, the league announced.
The Ottawa Senators have signed defenseman Jake Sanderson to an eight-year, $64.4-million contract extension, the team announced on Wednesday.
Sanderson is now under contract with the Sens for the next nine seasons after the deal, which carries an average annual value (AAV) of $8.