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Walter owns North America's top-level professional women's ice hockey league, the Professional Women's Hockey League. [62] In collaboration with Dodgers partners Billie Jean King and Ilana Kloss , Walter formed a unified league by consolidating the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association with the remnants of its rival, the Premier ...
In 2022, the PWHPA entered a partnership with the Mark Walter Group and BJK Enterprises—led by Los Angeles Dodgers owner Mark Walter and Billie Jean King, respectively—with the intent to launch a new professional league. [9] In 2023, the two business partners purchased the assets of the Premier Hockey Federation, and the PHF ceased operations.
In 1998, he was ranked number 12 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players. On November 13, 2006, the National Hockey League created the Mark Messier Leadership Award, given to an individual in the sport who leads by example on the ice, motivates his teammates, and is dedicated to community activities and charitable causes.
The PWHPA — which includes a majority of U.S. and Canadian national team players — had been working with the Mark Walter Group over the past 14 months in a bid to launch its own league.
It’ll be the Walter Cup, named after the PWHL’s primary financial backer, Los Angeles Dodgers owner Mark Walter, and his family, the league said on Thursday.
Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw shakes hands with controlling owner Mark Walter after receiving a ring for the team's 2017 National League championship.
On 29 June 2023, the Premier Hockey Federation announced that the league had been sold to Mark Walter Group and BJK Enterprises, respectively led by Los Angeles Dodgers owner Mark Walter and American tennis legend Billie Jean King, who had since 2022 been working with the PWHPA with the intention of launching a new, unified women's professional ...
Mark Walter Group and BJK Enterprises then purchased the Premier Hockey Federation and wound down its operations before announcing the launch of the new Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). The PWHL began play in 2024 with six teams in Canada and the United States, marking a major victory for the PWHPA.