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2021–22 PHF Season
The 2021–22 PHF season was the seventh season of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF), which was known as the National Women's Hockey League during the previous six seasons, in North America. After mostly playing in a bubble environment the previous season due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, the PHF commenced the 2021–22 season with a normal travel-based schedule. League business Following the 2021 Isobel Cup Finals, Lisa Haley was appointed as the league's vice president of hockey operations. On April 28, 2021, the league announced that it was planning to double the salary cap of every franchise to $300,000, based on projections of financial stability for the seventh season. On September 7, 2021, it was announced that the league would be renamed from the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) to the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF). On February 23, 2022, the league announced that all teams were allowed to sign one additional player for the remainder of the season and sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premier Hockey Federation
The Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) was a women's professional ice hockey league in the United States and Canada that operated from March 2015 until June 2023. The league was established in 2015 as the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL), comprising four league-owned teams. Over time, some teams gained independent ownership and the number of teams grew to seven; teams during the league's final season in 2022–23 PHF season, 2022–23 included the Boston Pride, Buffalo Beauts, Connecticut Whale (PHF), Connecticut Whale, Metropolitan Riveters, Minnesota Whitecaps, Montreal Force, and Toronto Six. The Isobel Cup was awarded annually to the league playoff champion. The PHF ceased operations on June 29, 2023, after the league and its Intellectual property, intellectual properties were purchased by Mark Walter Group and BJK Enterprises, led by Mark Walter and Billie Jean King, respectively. Both businesses had entered a partnership with the Professional Women's Hockey Players Assoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto Six
The Toronto Six were a professional women's ice hockey team in Toronto, Ontario, playing out of Canlan Ice Sports – York. They were one of two Canadian teams in the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) along with the Montreal Force, and the first expansion team to join the league since the collapse of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) in 2019. The team was founded in 2020 with their inaugural regular season held in Lake Placid, New York, followed by the Isobel Cup playoffs in Brighton, Massachusetts. The Six won the 2023 Isobel Cup. This made the Six the PHF's final championship team as the league and its teams were dissolved to make way for the new Professional Women's Hockey League, a unified professional league effectively consolidating the PHF and the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association. History Following the 2018–19 season, the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) and its teams—including the Toronto Furies—ceased operations, citing the fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaleigh Fratkin
Kaleigh Fratkin (born March 24, 1992) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played most recently for Boston of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). The second-longest tenured player and leading scorer among defenders in Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) history, she was the first Canadian player to sign a contract in the league, is a five-time PHF all-star, and is a two-time PHF Defender of the Year in 2020 and 2021. She was also a member of the Boston Pride roster that captured the 2021 and 2022 Isobel Cup, and was one of three 2023 PHF All-Star captains. Previous to the joining the NWHL, she won the Clarkson Cup in 2015 and was the first girl to play boys' midget AAA hockey in British Columbia. Playing career Early career During high school, she played for the Vancouver NW Giants of the boys' BC Hockey U18 AAA league, the first girl in history to play on a British Columbian midget major boys' league, playing alongside future NHLers Sam Reinhart and Alexande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kali Flanagan
Kali Dora Flanagan (born September 19, 1995) is an American professional ice hockey player for the Toronto Sceptres of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. She also serves as an assistant coach for the Northern Cyclones, the first female coach in United States Premier Hockey League, USPHL history. Playing career Flanagan was originally a figure skater before switching to hockey. In high school, she served as captain for the girls hockey team at the National Sports Academy (Lake Placid, New York). Across 157 games in the NCAA, she put up 72 points. With Boston College, she won Hockey East championships in 2016 and 2017, as well as Beanpot championships in 2016 and 2017. She took a leave for the 2017-18 season so she could train for the US Olympic team. When she returned for her final season with the college, she served as team co-captain and was named a 2018-19 Hockey East Third Team All-Star. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammy Davis (ice Hockey)
Samantha "Sammy" Davis (born April 23, 1997) is an American professional ice hockey forward for the Ottawa Charge of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She was drafted 1st overall in the 2020 NWHL Draft by the Boston Pride following a two-year captaincy of the Boston University Terriers women's ice hockey. Playing career While a high school athlete for Tabor Academy in Marion, Massachusetts, Davis was awarded the John Carlton Memorial Trophy, given out annually by the Boston Bruins of the NHL. Davis was named to the Hockey East All-Rookie team, scoring 26 points in 39 games in the 2015–16 season. She would put up 23 points in 35 games the next year, before missing the entire 2017–18 season after having bilateral hip surgery. She finished her university career with 142 points in 147 games, being named to the Hockey East First-Team All-Star and MVP of the 2019 Beanpot Tournament in her final year. She was recognised with the Sarah Devens Award in 2020, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McKenna Brand
McKenna Brand is a former American ice hockey forward, who played for the Boston Pride of the now defunct Premier Hockey Federation (PHF). Career In four seasons with Northeastern University, Brand put up 111 points in 150 games, being named a First Team All-Star in 2017, and twice being named to the All Academic Team. In 2017, her team won Hockey East. In 2017, she had been selected 11th overall by the Metropolitan Riveters in the NWHL Draft, but chose to sign with the Boston Pride instead in 2018. In her first professional season, she put up 17 points in 16 games for the Pride, tied for fifth in the league, That year, she was named a finalist for the NWHL's Newcomer of the Year award. The next year, she put up 36 points in 24 games the next season, finishing as the third highest scorer. In 2020, she was named to Team Dempsey for the NWHL All-Star Game. International In 2013, she played 3 games for the United States national hockey team in the U18 USA-Canada Series. Per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
