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This October 2018 photo provided by the NWHL shows National Women’s Hockey League founder Dani Rylan at TRIA Rink in St. Paul, Minn. Dani Rylan has a blunt message for her detractors in preparing to open her fifth season. To those questioning the league's stability after several franchises lost their local NHL teams' backing, and some of the world’s top players opted to sit out this year, Rylan is defiant by insisting there will be a sixth season next October, a seventh one after that, and so on. &quot;We're not going anywhere. We're just growing,&quot; she told The Associated Press in a wide-ranging interview last month. (Kirsten Burton/NWHL via AP)

Rylan defiant in face of detractors as NWHL opens 5th season

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)

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

By JOHN WAWROW - 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

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016, file photo, National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) All-Star players take time for a photo before an all-star game in Buffalo, N.Y. The New Jersey Devils recently announced their partnership with the Metropolitan Riveters, one of four teams in the fledgling NWHL. (AP Photo/Gary Wiepert, File)

Women’s pro hockey league makes pact with NJ Devils

By MELISSA MURPHY - Associated Press