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The Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) was a women's professional ice hockey league in the United States and Canada that operated from March 2015 until June 2023. The league was established in 2015 as the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL), comprising four league-owned teams.
The Mark Walter Group acquired the assets of the PHF following its 2022–23 season. Subsequently, the PWHPA worked with the Mark Walter Group to establish a unified league with new ownership and management. The league's first draft took place in September 2023, and its first season began in January 2024.
Mark Walter's firm acquired what the other person described as “certain assets” of the PHF. The league had been locked into a dispute with the rival Professional Women’s Hockey Players ...
A $25 million commitment from the PHF board of governors led to each team’s salary caps jumping from $350,000 for the 2021-22 season to $750,000 last season and doubling that entering this ...
Mark Richard Walter (born January 1, 1960) is an American businessman and the chief executive officer of Guggenheim Partners, a privately held global financial services firm with more than $325 billion in assets under management. Outside investing, Walter is best known for his extensive investments in professional sports.
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.
Ultimately, the PHF was acquired by PWHPA business partner Mark Walter in June, and the league was wound down as part of the launch of the new Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). [9] The PWHLPA negotiated a landmark eight-year collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the new league, which was ratified in July 2023. [10]
The PHF elected not to hold a draft in 2023. On June 30, 2023, the Premier Hockey Federation announced a sale of the league to the Mark Walter Group. This sale changed the landscape in North American women's professional hockey, as it united the players from the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association and the PHF into a single league.