2024–25 PWHL season
2024–25 PWHL season | |
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League | Professional Women's Hockey League |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Number of games | 30 |
Number of teams | 6 |
TV partner(s) | CBC, TSN, Sportsnet |
Draft | |
Picked by | PWHL New York |
Regular season | |
Playoffs | |
Walter Cup |
The 2024–25 PWHL season is the upcoming second season of operation of the Professional Women's Hockey League. Six teams will compete during the season, located in Boston, Minnesota, Montreal, New York, Ottawa, and Toronto.
League business[edit]
- On May 24, 2024, the PWHL announced that the 2024 PWHL draft would be held June 10 at the Legendary Roy Wilkins Auditorium in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota.[1]
Coaching changes[edit]
Off–season | |||
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Team | Previous coach | New coach | Notes |
New York | Howie Draper | TBD | On May 11, 2024, one week after their final game of the season, last-place New York announced that coach Howie Draper would not return as coach for the 2024–25 season. Howie would remain with the team as a Special Advisor to the scouting department, while also returning to his previous job as head coach of the University of Alberta women's ice hockey team.[2] |
References[edit]
- ^ "2024 Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) Draft and Awards to Be Held June 10–11". thepwhl.com. May 24, 2024.
- ^ Kennedy, Ian (May 11, 2024). "Howie Draper Out As PWHL New York Head Coach". TheHockeyNews.com. The Hockey News. Retrieved May 11, 2024.
PWHL New York will not bring back head coach Howie Draper as head coach next season although he will stay on as a special consultant.