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вЂњThe girls deserve an opportunity to be professional athletes,вЂќ Ryan said. вЂњI think there is a market out there, and a lot of people want to see this level of of womenвЂ™s hockey on a regular basis,' she added.Д¬anada coach Troy Ryan urged corporate sponsors to get on board. The buzz over the PWHPA inching closer to forming a league grew immediately in the aftermath of CanadaвЂ™s victory.Д¬anadian forward Brianne Jenner cited corporate support in both the PWHPA and PHF by saying, вЂњI think weвЂ™re not that far off.вЂќ It will be the cross-border rivals' first meeting since Canada won Olympic gold with a 3-2 victoryВ over the Americans last month. The PWHPA is also hosting a вЂњRivalry RematchвЂќ game between the United States and Canada set for Pittsburgh on March 12. The most recent вЂњDream Gap TourвЂќ stop was in Ottawa last weekend, with another scheduled for Washington, D.C., this weekend.

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and three in Canada - to practice and compete against each other expense-free in a series of barn-storming weekend eventsВ across the continent. In that time, the association has attracted enough corporate and media broadcasting partnerships to base players in five hub cities - two in the U.S. The PWHPA was formed three years ago following the demise of the Canadian WomenвЂ™s Hockey League. PWHPA members have mostly balked at joining the PHF while in pursuit of establishing their own league in which players receive livable wages, health care and have dedicated access to training and practice facilities. In January, the PHF announced it is expanding to eight teams, and more than doubling its salary cap per team to $750,000 next season. It would be separate from the six-team Premier Hockey Federation, which was founded in 2015, and remains North AmericaвЂ™s only womenвЂ™s professional hockey league. The establishment of a partially NHL-backed league attracting top international players would be considered a game-changer for womenвЂ™s hockey.

The PWHPA lists 10 NHL teams as partners, including Washington, the New York Rangers, Pittsburgh, Toronto, Chicago and Philadelphia. It also hasnвЂ™t stopped NHL franchises from forming their own partnerships. 1 and paying for a charter flight for the team to travel from its Minnesota base to Los Angeles en route to the Beijing Olympics last month. women's team taking part in the Winter Classic on Jan.

That hasnвЂ™t stopped the league from supporting womenвЂ™s hockey, which most recently included the U.S.

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The NHL, as an entity, has backed off funding a pro womenвЂ™s leagueВ after the coronavirus pandemic blew a major hole in its budget. and Canadian national team commitments, including competing at the womenвЂ™s world championships in August, as well as a yet-to-be scheduled series of rivalry games expected to be played in November. WhatвЂ™s also unclear is when and how long a PWHPA leagueвЂ™s season would run. In a text, PWHPA executive Jayna Hefford declined to comment Wednesday.Дetails of how the proposed league would operate are unknown, though the most ideal scenario would involve NHL franchises on both sides of the border co-sponsoring womenвЂ™s teams competing in a regular-season schedule followed by playoffs. вЂњNo timeline, but weвЂ™re getting closer,вЂќ said the person, who like the other AP source spoke only on the condition of anonymity because the discussions are private. While progress is being made, one of the people said an announcement is not imminent, while also cautioning against placing a timeline on when a proposed league made up of the worldвЂ™s top playersВ could be ready for opening faceoff. Talks with select NHL teams and major corporate sponsors have intensified in the Professional WomenвЂ™s Hockey PlayersвЂ™ AssociationвЂ™s bid to form a league within the next year, two people with direct knowledge of discussions told The Associated Press.

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