Players demand say in future of women’s hockey in Canada, U.S., after CWHL folds Globe_Sports
Hilary Knight put aside the jet lag and fresh memories of helping the United States win its latest world hockey championship to begin looking ahead to next season.
Knight is in no hurry to rush back to the NWHL, acknowledging she left the league in part because of how it operated, including cutting players’ salaries in half a month into the 2016-17 season. With the CWHL’s collapse owing to financial reasons, the 29-year-old said she prefers taking a contemplative step back before determining what’s best for her and the sport.
“I see more often, women, especially female athletes, being told to be grateful for opportunity. And certainly we are,” she added. “But at some point that line of being grateful has to be broken to ask for more, or to demand for more. … There’s got to be better out there for us.” It’s a moment not much different than two years ago, when Team USA players won pay raises after threatening to boycott the world championships being held on U.S. soil.
Ultimately, she said, the decision mostly rests on both countries’ national team players because they have the most invested in the game. “There is a lot of work to be done in a brief time,” the NWHL said. “The opportunity for professional women’s hockey in North America is enormous, and the NWHL is committed to building the league that the players and fans deserve.”In an e-mail statement, U.S. national team member Jocelyne Lamoureaux-Davidson said the players are on the same page. She added joining the NWHL “is too simple to assume,” but only time will tell.
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