This morning the NWHL announced that the Boston Pride has signed forward Christina Putigna. Putigna has signed a one year deal, and her salary was not announced. This will be Putigna's first season in the NWHL. https://twitter.com/NWHL/status/1131568008680353792?s=19 TXHT will continue to provide NWHL coverage as more signings are announced. *Graphics courtesy of the NWHL.
Today the NWHL and NWHLPA announced that they have reached an agreement for the 2019-20 season featuring the first ever revenue sharing agreement, plus higher salaries and better benefits. Per the release this is a one year deal between the league and the players association, which also features an option to extend the agreement … Continue reading NWHL and NWHLPA Reach Agreement for the 2019-20 Season
Good Evening Hockey Fans, My name is Michael Lindenbaum and I created and run "The Xperience Hockey Talk", aka TXHT, and I created TXHT with the purpose of being able to talk about the sport I love. At the same time I was working on creating TXHT the NWHL formed and I created a … Continue reading TXHT Official Statement Regarding the WWIHL
Today the NWHL announced that the Connecticut Whale has signed defender Shannon Doyle to a one year contract. Terms of Doyle's contract were not disclosed in regards to salary. https://twitter.com/SDoyle_6/status/1131230907883507717?s=19 Per the NWHL release they clarified the following: "A note on background: regarding pay, our policy since we started announcing signings this offseason … Continue reading NWHL Announces First Signing for the Whale
The Connecticut Whale made a signing today. Bringing back their veteran All Star blue liner Shannon Doyle, for a fifth season! https://twitter.com/CTWhale_NWHL/status/1131220675857928193 Doyle had an amazing season last year, as she played in 13 games, registering 3 goals and 5 assists for 8 points. One of her goals came via the power play and she … Continue reading Whale Bring Back Doyle For Fifth Season
Today the National Women's Hockey League announced their forst two player signings for the 2019-20 NWHL season. First signing announced at 1030a was that Kaleigh Fratkin resigned with the Boston Pride. Fratkin signed a one year contract for $11,000. https://twitter.com/NWHL/status/1130518845783982083?s=19 Then at 1130a today it was announced that Madison Packer resigned with the … Continue reading NWHL Announces First Two Signings for 2019-20 Season
A little before noon today over 200 professional female hockey players announced that they will be boycotting this upcoming season until the get a "Long-Term Viable" Professional Women's Hockey League. In the statement above that was released by around 200 professional female hockey players it states that it is time to create a sustainable … Continue reading Women’s Hockey News – 200 Women to Boycott for a Viable Long Term Hockey League
The TXHT podcast is back with Serious Hockey Talk for Serious Hockey Fans! Audio Version: This week on TXHT, Michael Lindenbaum is joined by our friend from The Hockey Writers Nate Oliver. Both Michael and Nate talk about the sudden announcement of the Canadian Women's Hockey League ceasing operations effectively May 1st. … Continue reading TXHT Podcast – 4/2/2019
The National Hockey League yesterday announced the Three Stars of the Week and earlier today the Three Stars of the Month as well as the NHL Rookie of the Month was announced. First, TXHT will take a look at the announcements made for the Three Stars of the Week (week ending March 31) *Image … Continue reading Three Stars and NHL Rookie of the Month (March 1-March 31) Announcements
In shocking news, it was announced yesterday that the Canadian Women's Hockey League will be ceasing operations effectively May 1st, 2019. https://twitter.com/TheCWHL/status/1112358066303967232?s=19 A key note from the press release was this: "Unfortunately, while the on-ice hockey is exceptional, the business model has proven to be economically unsustainable." This is an interesting note indeed given … Continue reading Women’s Hockey News – CWHL to Cease Operations on May 1st
