Thank you for the great chat!

Thank you for the chat, Justin! Looking forward to reading more women’s hockey stories on your Substack!

Next week, Daryl Watts will be at a Canadian pre-Olympic training camp, working to make the team. Three summers ago, she thought her hockey career was over. My story on how the Sceptres star found her way back to hockey, better and faster than before: t.co/3ATMI2yPLg

Thirty players will compete at training camps in Calgary, Toronto and Montreal this fall, in a bid to make the Canadian women's Olympic team. I talked to GM Gina Kingsbury and head coach Troy Ryan about how they designed the program around the PWHL: www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...

“They've cheered me on more than I ever thought they would have." My story on why Montreal Victoire forward Laura Stacey has expanded her LS7 Foundation to Montreal, and why she wants to give back to the two cities that have shaped her career: www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...

A crisis foretold: 3 decades of warnings on N.B.'s aging population. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

After the season ended, Gwyneth Philips took off to the woods, alone. It’s how she decompressed after a year that saw her become the Ottawa Charge’s starting goaltender, and a solid option for USA at the Olympics in February. My feature on Philips: www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...

After an absolutely wild expansion draft, free agent signing window and entry draft, things are slowing down in the PWHL. But there’s lots to keep an eye on ahead of a big 2025-26 season. I wrote about four PWHL storylines to watch over the summer: www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...

The PWHL’s free agency window opens Monday at 9 am, and it’s sure to be a busy week. Trades can also be made in this window. With the dust settled from expansion, I took a look at what each team needs to add: www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...

The Minnesota Frost end the PWHL’s original six era on top. Next week, everything will change. My story for CBC Sports on how the Frost pulled off back-to-back championships, and what comes next: www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...

A suspended rookie and a toppled top seed in Game 1. My PWHL playoff notebook looks at what we’ve learned over the first two games of the Walter Cup playoffs: t.co/vHTJCb11f0

The PWHL is expanding to Vancouver ahead of next season. My story on what it means for Vancouver to be the league’s 7th franchise, and what comes next: www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...

Expansion uncertainty, outgrowing the reserve player system, and more salary transparency. Those are just a few items on Malaika Underwood's desk. I chatted with the new executive director of the PWHLPA about a whirlwind first month on the job: t.co/vJWemNSXEU

Breaking down how close Hannah Miller was to being eligible to play for Team Canada, an update on Desbiens, and more. Everything you need to know about Canada’s team at the women’s world hockey championship: t.co/0E9WGnm9pl

I got the chance to visit Halifax Tides FC training camp a couple of weeks ago. I also got to see the fabulous Jawslyn up close 🦈 ⚽️ My piece for CBC Sports on how the city is embracing the team ahead of the inaugural Northern Super League (NSL) season: t.co/tMcvD7EbyU

We've been talking a lot about Ovechkin's pursuit of Gretzky's NHL goal record, once thought to be untouchable. What's the untouchable record in women's hockey? One might be Hayley Wickenheiser's Canadian team points. But there's someone chasing her: www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...

One of the best rivalries in sports resumes on Thursday when the Canada-USA Rivalry Series picks up in Halifax. My dispatch from the Maritimes on the final leg of this season's Rivalry Series, playing out amid the threat of a trade war between the two countries: www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...

Troy Ryan has an Olympic gold medal, 3 world championships and PWHL coach of the year on his resume. But the Sceptres coach almost didn't make it here. How hockey helped Ryan find a way out of poverty, and how his community in Spryfield, Nova Scotia helped him get here: www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...

The Victoire and Charge are poised to play in front of a sold-out crowd inside Quebec City's Videotron Centre on Sunday. The push to bring pro women's hockey back to the city started more than a year ago, with a political assistant from Marie-Philip Poulin's hometown: www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...

Sounds like there are fewer than 1,000 tickets left for this Sunday's PWHL Takeover Tour game in Quebec City between the Montreal Victoire and Ottawa Charge. Videotron Centre seats more than 18,000 for hockey.

At this time last year, we were talking about firsts and milestones in the PWHL. But this New Year's Eve, we were talking about hockey, and who won a blockbuster trade between Toronto and Ottawa. My look at the PWHL's first season and the challenges ahead in 2025: www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...

Toronto and Montreal will face off inside Rogers Arena, typically home to the Vancouver Canucks, in January. The tickets are already sold out. A look at the case for PWHL western expansion, and why pro women's hockey could return to Vancouver: www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...

Toronto GM Gina Kingsbury was surprised Izzy Daniel was still available in the third round of the 2024 draft. It wasn't the first time she's had to prove she can play with the best in the world. My profile on "understated" Sceptres forward Izzy Daniel for CBC Sports: www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...

When Cornell head coach Doug Derraugh watched a teenage Kristin O'Neill play, he saw a player who was small, but relentless and unafraid. That's the same role she plays on the Montreal Victoire in the PWHL, where her game can fly under the radar. My profile on O'Neill: www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...

New Brunswick's auditor general has found the province's child death review process isn't meeting legislated requirements to review and report on the deaths of children - including limited reporting to the public: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

It’s PWHL game day! 🏒 Ahead of the season-opening Toronto Sceptres/Boston Fleet game on CBC this afternoon, I took a look at six players to watch across the league: www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...

For those checking back into PWHL news after a long offseason, I put together a list of five new things to watch this season: www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...

Give my Radio-Canada colleague Christine a follow for lots of PWHL-LPHF/Montreal Victoire news. Et soccer aussi. 🏒 ⚽️

With a new season on the horizon, I chatted with the PWHL’s Amy Scheer about expansion, growing in Europe and keeping jerseys in stock, among other things: www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...

“We aren’t just trying to be the NHL.” Inside the PWHL’s rule tweaks and changes for season two, including the new “no escape” rule: www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...

On possible PWHL expansion: The league has gotten 25+ requests for proposal since formally opening to expansion proposals at the end of last month. There are lots of NHL markets, but the league isn't limiting the possibilities just to cities with NHL franchises.

Hello from Verdun Auditorium! 👋 PWHL preseason action begins this afternoon here and in Toronto.

In other PWHL news…I’m back with my friends at CBC Sports beginning today, and I couldn’t be more excited. More stories to come soon! 👀

The PWHL will stop in nine North American cities this summer on a barnstorming tour, as the league looks ahead at expansion: www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...

From small-town Manitoba to the bright lights of the PWHL’s first-ever game - my story on how Corinne Schroeder became, in the words of teammate Jade Downie-Landry, New York’s brick wall: www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...

“They keep pinching themselves. I don't think people realize the yearning that's gone on for generations for this." On the PWHL’s historic first game, and what it all means: www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...

Toronto. New York. New Year’s Day. A big moment on a big stage. My CBC Sports preview of the first PWHL game tomorrow: www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...