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U.S. hockey player Haley Skarupa, front, demonstrates a drill during a hockey clinic presented by the Washington Capitals and the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association, Friday, March 4, 2022, in Arlington, Va. The growth of girls and women's hockey in the Washington area is still a work in progress almost two decades into a boom of youth participation in the sport credited to Alex Ovechkin and the NHL's Capitals.(AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Girls hockey programs show promise in nontraditional markets

By Stephen Whyno Apr. 28, 2022 03:06 PM EDT

FILE - Team Canada goaltender Jake Paterson is congratulated by defenseman Adam Pelech after defeating Germany in a qualification round game at the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships in Malmo, Sweden, in this Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013, file photo. Goaltender Jake Paterson is studying to get his real estate license while also playing minor league hockey with the Allen Americans of the ECHL. Paterson joined the Professional Hockey Players Association’s career enhancement program last spring after the COVID-19 pandemic hit. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn, FIle)
Minor leaguers begin planning for life after hockey

By Stephen Whyno Feb. 05, 2021 11:30 AM EST

FILE- In this Feb. 10, 2019, file photo, Jonna Curtis, left, a forward on Team Stecklein, battles for the puck with Michelle Picard, right, a defender on Team Szabados, during the NWHL All-Star Hockey Game in Nashville, Tenn. The women's hockey league thinks it can make it work with the same kind of COVID-19 testing the NBA used in its Disney World bubble. Players, coaches and staff will essentially be limited to hotel and Herb Brooks Arena, the site of the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” that serves as a historic setting for a unique season. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
NWHL cancels rest of season after additional virus positives

By Stephen Whyno Feb. 03, 2021 03:18 PM EST

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FILE - In this April 1, 2015, file photo, Florida Everblades' Spencer Pommells, bottom, is pressured by Reading Royals' Ian Watters (19) duirng the third period of an ECHL hockey game in Estero, Fla. The ECHL season was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Naples Daily News, Core Perrine)
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