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The PWHL and all six of its teams are owned by the Mark Walter Group. The Advisory Board of the PWHL is formed by Billie Jean King , Ilana Kloss , Stan Kasten , and Royce Cohen. [ 35 ] Jayna Hefford is the Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations and Amy Scheer is the Senior Vice President of Business Operations. [ 36 ]
The CBA establishes that each PWHL team must sign at least six players to a minimum salary of $80,000, and no more than nine players to a league minimum salary of $35,000, with teams instructed to achieve an average salary of $55,000; the base and average salaries are slated to increase 3% per season through the end of the agreement.
Inaugural season logo for PWHL Boston. Boston operated without unique branding for the league's inaugural season, like all charter franchises. The team was known as PWHL Boston and wore a league-wide jersey template that featured the city's name diagonally on the front. [21] The team did have its own colour scheme, featuring green and black.
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.
The 2023–24 PWHL season was the first season of operation of the Professional Women's Hockey League, and began play on January 1, 2024. Six teams competed during the inaugural season, located in Montreal , Toronto , Newark , Boston , Ottawa , and Saint Paul .
Minnesota, along with the other PWHL charter franchises, operated without unique branding for the league's inaugural season—the team was known as PWHL Minnesota and wore a league-wide jersey template that featured the state's name diagonally on the front. [24]
On August 29, 2023, the PWHL revealed that one of its first six charter franchises would be located in the New York metropolitan area. [2] [3] The league announced on September 1 that Pascal Daoust, the former general manager for the QMJHL's Val-d'Or Foreurs, would be the team's inaugural general manager.
Montreal celebrating a victory over PWHL Minnesota in 2024. Montreal's first ever game took place on January 2, 2024, against PWHL Ottawa; the 8,318 fans in attendance at Ottawa's TD Place Arena set a new attendance record for professional women's hockey. [13] Claire Dalton scored the first goal in franchise history.