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Game on: Women’s hockey union takes 1st tangible step

By JOHN WAWROW - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2018, file pool photo, United States' Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson (17) scores the game-winning goal past Canada goalie Shannon Szabados (1) during a penalty shootout in the women's gold medal hockey game at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea. More than 200 of the world's top female players are choosing not to play professional hockey in North America at all this year in an attempt to establish a economically viable professional league. (Bruce Bennett/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Women pushing for new hockey league staring at open calendar

By TERESA M. WALKER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2017, file photo, United States' Hilary Knight (21) controls the puck in front of Canada's Meaghan Mikkelson, right, during the second period of the Four Nations Cup championship hockey game in Tampa, Fla. Knight put aside the jet-leg and fresh memories of helping the United States win its latest women's world hockey championship to begin looking ahead to next season. (AP Photo/Willie J. Allen Jr., File)

Players demand say in women’s hockey future after CWHL folds

By JOHN WAWROW - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, March 24, 2019, file photo, Calgary Inferno's Brigette Lacquette, left, battles for the puck with Les Canadiennes de Montreal's Lauriane Rougeau during the second-period action of the Clarkson Cup hockey game in Toronto, Ontario. The Canadian Women's Hockey League will discontinue operations on May 1, the league announced Sunday, March 31. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Top women’s players vow to shape pro hockey in N America

Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, March 24, 2019, file photo, Calgary Inferno's Brigette Lacquette, left, battles for the puck with Les Canadiennes de Montreal's Lauriane Rougeau during the second-period action of the Clarkson Cup hockey game in Toronto, Ontario. The Canadian Women's Hockey League will discontinue operations on May 1, the league announced Sunday, March 31. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

US-based NWHL OKs plan to expand to Canada after CWHL folds

By JOHN WAWROW - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, March 24, 2019, file photo, Calgary Inferno's Brigette Lacquette, left, battles for the puck with Les Canadiennes de Montreal's Lauriane Rougeau during the second-period action of the Clarkson Cup hockey game in Toronto, Ontario. The Canadian Women's Hockey League will discontinue operations on May 1, the league announced Sunday, March 31. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Canadian Women’s Hockey League going out of business

By JOHN WAWROW - Associated Press

Canada goaltender Shannon Szabados stops a U.S. shot during the first period of a Four Nations Cup hockey preliminary game in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. (Liam Richards/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canadian goalie Szabados takes move to NWHL in stride

Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2016, file photo, National Women's Hockey League All-Star players take time for a &quot;selfie&quot; before the start of an all-star game at Harborcenter in Buffalo, N.Y. NWHL founder and commissioner Dani Rylan tells The Associated Press she considers the likelihood of North America having one women's professional hockey league as being &quot;inevitable.&quot; Rylan’s comments, made in an email to The AP, are considered her strongest regarding a potential merger with the rival Canadian Women’s Hockey League since the NWHL was formed three years ago. (AP Photo/Gary Wiepert, File)

APNewsBreak: Commish: 1 women’s hockey league ‘inevitable’

By JOHN WAWROW - Associated Press

Interim CWHL head says single women’s league a priority

Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2018, file photo, the United States team celebrates winning the women's gold medal hockey game against Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea. Women’s hockey players and the NHL believe one professional league instead of two is necessary to grow the sport in the aftermath of the U.S. winning gold at the Olympics. Currently the Canadian Women’s Hockey League and National Women’s Hockey League compete for players and attention. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Need for one pro league the new focus for women’s hockey

By STEPHEN WHYNO AND JOHN WAWROW - Associated Press