The 2024 PHF season was to be the ninth

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season of the

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(PHF) – known as the National Women's Hockey League during its first six seasons (2015–2021).

League business

The PHF elected not to hold a draft in 2023. On June 30, 2023, the Premier Hockey Federation announced a sale of the league to the

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Group. This sale changed the landscape in North American women's professional hockey, as it united the players from the

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and the PHF into a single league. The new league year will start in January 2024.

International players

At the time of league buy out, the number of international player signings that had been announced for the 2023–24 PHF season had already matched the record 22 signings set in the previous season. Of the international players, five were from Finland, four were from Czechia, three were from Sweden, two were from Japan, and one player each was signed from Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, and Switzerland. An additional three were North American-born players who had represented nations outside of North America in international competition: Canadian-born Taylor Baker, a member of the

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; US-born

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, a member of the Slovak national team; and Canadian-born

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, who represented at the

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Player nationalities

* Austria:

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(MTL) * China: Leah Lum (TOR) * Czechia:

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(MET),

Noemi Neubauerová Noemi Neubauerová (born 15 December 1999) is a Czech ice hockey player for the Toronto Sceptres of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). She previously played for Brynäs IF of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). She is also a mem ...

(MET), Aneta Tejralová (BOS),

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(TOR) * Denmark: Amalie Andersen (BUF) * France:

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(BOS) * Finland: Anna Kilponen (MET), Emma Nuutinen (BUF),

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(MET),

Susanna Tapani Susanna Jenni "Suski" Tapani (born 2 March 1993) is a Finnish multi-sport athlete who competes in ice hockey, ringette, and in-line hockey. She plays professional ice hockey for the Boston Fleet of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) a ...

(MET), Minttu Tuominen (MET) * Germany: Sandra Abstreiter (CTW) * Hungary: Taylor Baker (MTL), Fanni Garát-Gasparics (MET) * Japan: Akane Shiga (BUF), Aoi Shiga (BUF) * Slovakia: Janka Hlinka * Switzerland:

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(BOS) * Sweden: Lovisa Berndtsson (BOS), Ronja Mogren (MIN),

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(CTW) Sources:

References

External links

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