Breakaway : the PWHL and the women who changed the game /
"When the first puck dropped in the Professional Women's Hockey League in January 2024, it had been a long time coming. Women have been playing hockey since at least 1890 and playing professionally in fits and starts, for decades. But until 2024, even the highest-level female players had n...
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| Language: | English |
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Fredericton, New Brunswick :
Goose Lane Editions,
2025.
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| Summary: | "When the first puck dropped in the Professional Women's Hockey League in January 2024, it had been a long time coming. Women have been playing hockey since at least 1890 and playing professionally in fits and starts, for decades. But until 2024, even the highest-level female players had never been compensated as professionals: some paid for their own gear and worked second jobs, earning a pittance, if anything, from their chosen profession. In Breakaway, Karissa Donkin tells the story of the players' efforts to create the PWHL, long before the first full season in 2024. She then follows the unnamed 2024 Montreal PWHL team and some of the best players in the sport, like Marie-Philip Poulin and Erin Ambrose, taking readers through the League's founding, the draft process, the practices, and the dramatic arc of the first season. Defying all expectations, with larger crowds and higher revenues than anticipated, this first season was a gamechanger for professional women's sports leagues. Karissa Donkin is an investigative journalist at the CBC's investigative unit and writes about women's hockey and the PWHL for CBC Sports. She has won a National Newspaper Award and several Atlantic Journalism Awards for her investigative work. Her journalism was also nominated for the prestigious Michener Award."-- |
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| Physical Description: | 244 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Issued also in electronic format. |
| ISBN: | 9781773104362 1773104365 |