Two dozen of the PWHL's top players took part in the 3-on-3 showcase game last nightgetty images
Two dozen of the PWHL's top players took part in a 3-on-3 showcase game at NHL All-Star Weekend last night in Toronto, and their role in the festivities was "a chance for members of the league to celebrate the successful start and get even more exposure on an international stage." NHL Chief Content Officer Steve Mayer said the league "loves the idea of having the best men's and women's players in the same building" at All-Star Weekend. Mayer: "We’ll continue to lean in and work with the women’s players and have them as part of our world. It just makes it a better event" (AP, 2/1).
It was the PWHL’s "prime-time showing on one of hockey’s biggest stages, in one of the world’s most hockey-crazed towns," that the players "cherished." PWHL Toronto's Jocelyne Larocque, Sarah Nurse, Blayre Turnbull and Renata Fast "received the loudest cheers" from the crowd during pre-game introductions. U.S. National Team and PWHL Minnesota captain Kendall Coyne Schofield also "got a rousing reaction" (TORONTO STAR, 2/1).
