{"id":46412,"date":"2019-05-02T15:10:58","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T19:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=46412"},"modified":"2022-10-23T07:40:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T11:40:26","slug":"womens-professional-hockey-stars-announce-boycott-alongside-200-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/05\/02\/womens-professional-hockey-stars-announce-boycott-alongside-200-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Professional Hockey Stars Announce Boycott Alongside 200 Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a shared statement from various NWHL players, over 200 women are willing to boycott women&#8217;s professional hockey in North America. The players currently are paid less than $3,000 annually. They also have to pay for their own health care. Those are the two main changes that they are asking for. Some of the key names that plan to hold out include\u00a0<strong>Hilary Knight<\/strong> and <strong>Kendall Coyne-Schofield<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In a bold statement, more than 200 women &#8211; including Marie-Philip Poulin, Hilary Knight, Brianne Jenner &amp; Kendall Coyne-Schofield &#8211; have banded together to call for an overhaul of women\u2019s professional hockey. <\/p>\n<p>More from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TSNBobMcKenzie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TSNBobMcKenzie<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GeQdplqC6Z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/GeQdplqC6Z<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TSNHockey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TSNHockey<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qBWwmEMFjo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/qBWwmEMFjo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TSN Hockey (@TSNHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TSNHockey\/status\/1123965605860859905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 2, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwhl.zone\/news_article\/show\/1007786\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The NWHL set records<\/a> during the 2018-19 season in attendance with the Minnesota Whitecaps selling out all 10 of their home games. Over 6,000 people attended the All-Star game in Nashville, which was the most for a professional women&#8217;s game in North America. The All-Star game and Skills Challenge combined drew over a million viewers on Twitter as well.<\/p>\n<h2>Players Join Forces to Boycott Women&#8217;s Professional Hockey<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwhl.zone\/news_article\/show\/1017797\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The NWHL released a statement<\/a> this afternoon addressing the issues and their plans for next season.<\/p>\n<p>The NHL was providing both the CWHL and the NWHL $50,000 a year to help support them. Now that the CWHL has folded the NHL is now giving the NWHL $100,000 a year. At the moment, it doesn&#8217;t seem like the NHL will up that number.<\/p>\n<p>With so many players showing support for the boycott, the leagues will clearly have to act fast. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwhl.zone\/news_article\/show\/1007786\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his article on the news, TSN&#8217;s Bob McKenzie<\/a>\u00a0goes into depth about the boycott and the NHL&#8217;s reaction. He mentions that NHL commissioner, Gary Bettman, was quoted in saying, &#8220;What we have said is, if there\u2019s no opportunity for women to play professional hockey, then we would explore what would make sense or might be appropriate,&#8221; following the disbanding of the CWHL.<\/p>\n<p>Women around the leagues have voiced their hesitations with the boycotting. There is a clear worry that this will simply lead to the NWHL folding and no professional women&#8217;s levels being available to the players, although that&#8217;s seemingly a risk they&#8217;re willing to take.\u00a0Following the announcement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwhl.zone\/news_article\/show\/1007786\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hilary Knight said<\/a>, &#8220;We\u2019re willing to figure out things as we go. We don\u2019t know what the future holds or what it will look like, but we\u2019re confident this is the right thing for the sport.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Team Canada forward Brianne Jenner and goaltender Liz Knox echo this confidence. The latter, who was a co-chair for the CWHL, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/nhl\/womens-hockey-stars-announce-boycott-in-demand-for-1-league\/2019\/05\/02\/d22fb30c-6ceb-11e9-bbe7-1c798fb80536_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.b76b16929f1c\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mentioned that<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;One hundred percent it\u2019s a big risk. But how long do we want to suffer through this and keep doing the same thing over and over again before we say: &#8216;There&#8217;s got to be better for us.'&#8221; She continues by adding, &#8220;Here are\u00a0the players saying this is not enough. We\u2019ve earned better than this. We\u2019ve earned the respect we have, and we deserve what we\u2019re asking for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"EtJ-sKlCSPlUz1nJaw2Ebw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/922816940\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'EtJ-sKlCSPlUz1nJaw2Ebw',sig:'9PzEtObWoFmykumADDxI9-lnqF3OqafarTH20ewXnc0=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'922816940',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a shared statement from various NWHL players, over 200 women are willing to boycott women&#8217;s professional hockey in North America. The players currently are paid less than $3,000 annually. They also have to pay for their own health care. Those are the two main changes that they are asking for. 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