Hockey star Hilary Knight on the launch of a new Billie Jean King-backed pro women’s league

The Professional Women’s Hockey League will usher in a new era for the sport when it begins play in January.

A new professional women’s hockey league is poised to begin play in January 2024. In June, the Mark Walter Group—led by the Los Angeles Dodgers co-owner and his wife, Kimbra—bought out the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) with the intention of starting a new league. Last month, they revealed the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) with a high-profile board of directors that includes tennis trailblazers Billie Jean King and Ilana Kloss along with LA Dodgers president Stan Kasten and vice president Royce Cohen. The league will feature six inaugural teams located in Boston, Minneapolis, New York, Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal.

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