Danièle Sauvageau has been named general manager of Canada’s National Women’s Program through the 2030 Olympic Winter Games. She'll maintain her role as GM of the PWHL's Montreal Victoire this season, then transition to full time with HC afterwards.
I'm pretty sure a semiviral tweet that I posted while half-asleep was a key catalyst in eventually getting U18 women's hockey worlds televised
Gail Simone@gailsimone.bsky.social · 2w agoOkay, my QUESTION OF THE DAY is… What is your weirdest actual accomplishment? Not the biggest necessarily…but the weirdest?
Just like this. Refuse to comply. Our organizations are made of us. If we don't participate when they choose hate? They adjust or they are replaced.
Kyle Goon@kylegoon.bsky.social · 2w agoIn February, USA Rugby banned trans women from all levels of one of the world’s most inclusive sports. What happened next was telling. Across the country, teams refused to comply. The story of the Baltimore Ferals, who are pushing back: www.thebanner.com/sports/rugby...
a weird feature of the AI age that I've noticed in recent months is it's no longer feasible to search in another language in order to obtain results in that language? you wind up with a weird and generally unhelpful assortment of AI-translated English content
truly the only good thing about this england-argentina game is that one of them will eventually lose
England's goal was a result of the ball hitting the camera cable
Jared is lying to you, he would have three nickels! Which is even cooler, though the coolest part might be that these latest records are so much bigger than the 2016 CWHL crowd that they feel like an entirely different historical category.
Jared Book@jaredbook.bsky.social · 4w agoIf I had a nickel for every time I saw a record-breaking women’s sports crowd at the Bell Centre I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s still cool as hell it happened twice.
Montreal holding both the PWHL and WNBA all-time regular season attendance records (despite not having a WNBA team) is a cool fun thing!
do you think soccer players will ever learn that no matter how cool it looks when it works, trying to go top shelf in a pressure cooker moment is a bad idea
all the other teams being like "so red card suspensions don't count anymore, right? ...RIGHT?" is very funny though, in the interim
Has blown my mind how many Americans who rightly saw FIFA as a corrupt organization and Trump as such and a bully, have now gone, that if it works in their favor then it’s actually a kind of good. FIFA isn’t even saying the red card was wrong, they simply moved the suspension to satisfy the US.
respectfully, it's fucking weird that so many of you are tripping over yourselves to justify the unjustifiable in order to feel better about cheering for a sports team
co-hosting this tournament yet still can't evade the US propaganda
I am personally in favour of not breaking any further legs in this tournament, so
Jesse Marsch's notebook just gonna say "whoever wins, just take them to PKs, any how, any way"
this ref has been in the way all game tbh I'm amazed this is the first time he's interfered
Marie-Philip Poulin, who's been visibly emotional, will undergo surgery in July on her ACL & meniscus.
I half-joked when they took a timeout before their first round pick that they were calling Poulin's doctor to confirm whether they needed Nieminen before a defender, then they drafted Petra, alors bon...
Jared Book@jaredbook.bsky.social · last mo.The Montreal Victoire will provide a health update on Marie-Philip Poulin tomorrow morning in a media availability. #PWHL
I keep meaning to cheer for Mexico at a home World Cup but getting distracted because Korea's kits are so pretty (I promise I do know soccer)
this game would be fun if everyone didn't (rightfully) look like they're enduring it while on the verge of a breakdown
I think sometimes it can be easy to lose sight of the way that the players, themselves, made this professional league possible. This draft class features several players who are making clear it's not forgotten.
@victorypress.bsky.social · 2mo agoMckenna Van Gelder's U18 career was marked by the advocacy of the PWHPA. Her reflections on joining PWHL San Jose, and being drafted to a professional league she wasn't sure would exist:
I interviewed Ashley Messier in 2019, when she spoke about the PWHPA's advocacy for a pro league that felt so distant, she mentioned it as a dream for her own future grandchildren. Tonight, she was drafted to the Vancouver Goldeneyes of the Professional Women's Hockey League.
I've told everyone who would listen that Émilie Lavoie could be the steal of the draft. Great local selection for Montreal with the last pick of the night.
I profiled Neena Brick and Ashley Messier many, many years ago, and seeing players grow from teenagers to pros will never get old.
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@victorypress.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe'll have comprehensive live coverage of the PWHL Draft, with updates, scouting reports, and reactions from Detroit, where @nicolehaase.bsky.social is on location: victorypress.org/2026/06/17/l...