Betting on NWHL

The National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) is a professional hockey league for women in the United States, not to be confused with the Canadian league the CWHL, the CWHL. The first national women hockey league was established in 1999 and managed by Ontario Women's Hockey Association. It existed for only 9 years and folded in 2007. The league existed before as the old Central Ontario Women's Hockey League, which was reduced to three teams in 1997-1998 and expanded to Brampton, Ottawa and the Montreal areas in 1998-99. The old Central Ontario Women's Hockey League was officially renamed National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) on 16 February 1999. The first president of National Women's Hockey League was Al Dawson.

The league comprised of two divisions: Eastern Division, which had seven teams situated in Ontario and Québec. The Western Division started in 2002 with three teams joining the division. The teams were Edmonton Chimos, Calgary Oval X-Treme, the Vancouver Griffins. Griffins participated for one season and exited in 2004 because of the high cost of transport and formed Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL).

NHWL and Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL) failed to sustain their merger and broke down in 2006. This resulted in NHWL splitting into Eastern and Central Divisions. The league finally folded in 2007.

In 2015, another national women's hockey league was formed but distinct from the old national women's hockey league. It was made up of four teams. These teams were Connecticut Whale, Buffalo Beauts, New York Riveters, and Boston Pride. The league's founder and the commissioner is Dani Rylan and Isobel Cup is the championship's trophy. The trophy was given the name after Frederick Stanley's daughter called Lady Isobel Gathorne-Hardy.

The league is the first one in the United States women's hockey league to pay salary to its players. Before the formation of the national women hockey league in the U.S.A, the Canadian Women's Hockey League was the only choice for top level hockey league for women in the North America. The Canadian Women's Hockey League does not pay salaries but offers its players bonuses. The league also allows its players to earn extra income by selling NWHL jerseys with each player's name on it.

The NWHL held tryouts in various places in Canada and with international player camps in Boston to popularize the league. The NWHL has attracted several stars from teams in the country to join its league because of its payment plan for players. Some of the stars come from the United States women's national ice hockey team like the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL).

Sponsorship

In December 2015, NWHL signed their first ever sponsorship deals with Dunkin Donuts. The league also partnered with You Can Play in August 2016, an organisation committed to removing homophobia in sports.

Kick off of the league

NWHL kicked off on 11th October 2015 where New York Riveters visited the Connecticut Whale off. Each team played a total of 18 games; that is 9 games at home and 9 away. On 31st December 2015, Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) and National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) organized the first ever outdoor game between these two leagues. The game featured Boston Pride of NWHL and Montreal's Les Canadiennes of the CWHL.

NWHL All -Star game

The first NWHL all-star games took place on 24th January 2016 in Buffalo, New York. The event had two 20 minutes time in a 4-on- 4 format and skills competition. The players to participate in the all-star games are chosen by both the captains and fans. Each captain selects 11 players for her team while fans are allowed to vote for four players to add to all-star roster.

Championship trophy

Since the inception of NHWL in 2015, two teams have been successful so far winning the Isobel Cup. These teams have won one title each and they include Boston Pride and Buffalo Beauts.

Fan loyalty

The NHWL fans are very supportive, much like fans of the WNBA, another women's sport. First, they usually participate in crucial decision making for the league. For example, they help to choose players to play in the all-star games. They do this by voting and selecting four players to play those games online. Another way where fans are very loyal is; they also participated in selecting the best jersey for the league when NHWL had decided to introduce a new jersey on 4 August 2016.

On the contrary, NHWL does not attract huge attendance as observed in low ticket sales. Low ticket sales also affected the league because the management decided to reduce the salary of players by 50% on 17th November 2016. The management was forced to introduce an incentive program to compensate for the salary. The program requires that the home team should split revenue if ticket sales are more than 500.

Media coverage

Currently, the NWHL does not have an official television partner. During the launch of the league, NWHL games were televised by ESPN3, a sister streaming cable channel for ESPN. The league's flagship franchise, the Boston Pride partnered with a regional sports network, which allowed 8 of its 18 games to be shown on either NESN or NESNplus. NWHL also streams its games on Cheddar YouTube channel.

How to bet on National Women's Hockey League?

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How to make a bet deposit?

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