#my biggest doubt is that im turning 24 this year and lots of ppl who make streams started young so i feel Insecure but thats other problem

[bixiaoshi]

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[royaielfroot]

hey!! im tryna get into the nwhl and i was told you would be a good person to come to just to ask about your fav teams and players just to tell me some basic stuff about them?

If you’re completely new to the league i’d recommend reading THIS & THIS it has basic facts on how to follow the league + links to all the NWHL twitters which you in my opinion must follow to follow the league & they give insight on the players & the teams ! + They’re really cute and have a bunch of interactions.

OK this turned into more of a me talking about some of my faves on every team + some basic info about the teams! And since I have a lot of strong feelings about this league this post is kinda long so I’m putting facts about my fave players on the 4 NWHL teams under the cut!

NEW YORK RIVETERS: Fell in love with the logo stayed for the players. They’re currently second in the league! They struggled a bit last season but required some really good players this season, Amanda Kessel, Kaleigh Fratkin, Rebecca Russo for example! This team just makes me really happy! They all seem to get along so great and many of the players are rooming together (Rafter and Johnston, Kessel & Burke & Russo for example). They’re all very supportive of their former goalie Nana Fujimoto who played in with them last season but left to prepare for the Olympics! The team also lost Jenny Scrivens another goalie who holds a special place in my heart and helped this league grow a bunch! She worked for the NWHL when she wasn’t playing for the Riveters.Madison Packer #14 is my all time favorite hockey player, she’s a very offensive forward! She’s a vet who’s been with the team since the start and has had the A for as long! She’s the YCP ambassador for the Rivs too & have spent a lot of time on twitter calling sexists and yikes ppl out! She has a really cute dog called Zoey! She also know like 3 sentences in swedish so i’m sold!!!Ashley Johnston #10! The captain herself! She’s also been with the team since the start and has worn the C the entire time! She’s on defense and she’s the tallest player in the league! I fell completely in love w her when I saw THIS video of her girlfriend proposing to her on the ice :’) also how great is it to have a WLW captain! She’s also the biggest Star Wars fan and has a stormtrooper onsie she dresses up in. She’s very cute and a great captain who have talked a lot about the changes the NWHL are going through and how it affects the player etc. she cried while announcing the salary cuts to the team.Tatiana Rafter #7 One of the off season signings! She played for the Beauts last season but went unsigned until the last second of the off season more or less! She wrote THIS great piece on not being no1 and accepting your place in the world etc. that piece and quotes from it has meant a lot to me since i graduated! She’s just a great personality who keeps on giving to the fans, she recently made an 8min long video supporting a 7 y/o girl who got bullied for playing hockey.BUFFALO BEAUTS: My second fav team and the imho most underrated team in the league! They’re currently last in standings but last year they faced Pride in the Isobel Cup Finals! Since then they’ve lost a couple of key players (Meghan Duggan for example) but they’re still a great team! Kelley Steadman #3 one of this years All Star Captains! And the MVP of last years ASG! A great forward who’s key payer in WHL history! She used to play for the Boston Blades in the CWHL and won a championship with them. And she scored the first ever Beauts goal! She’s also a big scorer & helper with 10 points in 8 games this season! I believe she’s just a practice player, or at least was last year, but she’s still one of the bigger names in the league which is really cool!Emily Pfalzer #7 She’s the shortest NWHL player (5′2!), And the captain of the Beauts for the second year in a row! She was one of the ASG Captains last season and participated this year too!Harrison Browne #24. AKA Brownie! A very important player in hockey history, first out trans man in pro US sports! He’s a great guy who too has played two seasons in the league. Watch his gr8 Youtube channel where you can get to know him more HERE. He was the fan picked All Star at this years All Star game & scored 2 goals for Team Kessel! He has two(?) pet ferrets!!! Which is the cutest thing ever probably. His jerseys was among the top most sold ones before the break!

CONNECTICUT WHALE: Probably the cutest logo lbr? It’s a whale! They are doing well this season and are competing for the second spot! They lost a great player & leader this season when Molly Engstrom left to go play in the SDHL, but they replaced her with Meghan Huertas who’s been doing great so far! Also fun fact they have 3 Nicole’s on the team, what’s up with that? Anya Battaglino #4 fan favorite and a veteran from last season, plays both defense and as a forward! She’s really interactive with fans and along with Tatiana Rafter she did live on ice interviews with the All Stars during the 2017 ASG. She doesn’t play all the games, and spent a good time last year with an injury. But! When not on the ice she’s very active on social media and sometimes does live commentary! She’s a great person and she’s truly devoted to growing the game. She was recently named director of the NWHL Players Association, to keep a more open dialogue between the players and the leagues board!Kelly Babstock #8 Crazy good forward! She finished the 15-16 season with 26 points in 18 games! Meaning that she too is on her second year with the league. She’s one of few Canadians in the league, and was the first canadian to score a goal in the NWHL! 

BOSTON PRIDE: The most stacked team with almost all USWNT players (so that they are close to USWNT training camps), currently 1st in the league and haven’t lost a game all season. They won the Isobel Cup last season and have managed to keep most players from that run on the roster! They’re a really close group of players which is really nice! Sweet logo & great fanbase. There’s talk about the USWNT players not playing in the NWHL season next year to prepare for the Olympics which will cost the Pride about half their roster if not more. So a team with change on the horizon!Brittany Ott #29 The best NWHL goalie without doubt, she’s crazy good! In an ongoing bromance with Brianna Decker and most of her team tbh (as in people asked if they were dating). One of the many players who transferred from the CWHL. YCP ambassador for the Pride! One of the biggest supporters of the #14Strong movement to support Denna Laing. Loves Dunkin’ Donut A LOT, as in most of her tweets include her giving them a shoutout. I love her a lot! Very positive and cute person! Carried the Pride to a Isobel Cup win last season.Blake Bolden #10 Player on Team Steadman during the 2017 ASG she won hardest shot! She was the first African American player to play in the NWHL, and has too been with the Pride for 2 seasons! She was on the Pride roster that played the Outdoor Classic against CWHL’s Canadiennes, and was the first and only Pride player to score a goal! Watch this cute interview with her on “though workouts”. Also this piece about her says much about her as a person! She’s a big Boston girl and wants to play there no matter the league!Meghan Duggan #17 One of the first players I stumbled upon! She’s such a good player and has captained team USA for a bunch of years now /they call her captain america). She’s won two olympic silver medals & 6 Worlds medals. She once held a Ted Talk that made me cry where she talks about being a rolemodel and stuff it’s great watch it here. She’s been with the NWHL two seasons but last season she played for the Beauts, but signed with the Pride this season. She’s a good friend and old rival with her teammate Kacey Bellamy (”It’s a grind every time Meghan and I play. (…) I know we’ll laugh about it and talk trash against each other but it’ll be fun and be a healthy rivalry” quote from Kacey Bellamy) and they were at each other quite a bit last season when they were playing on different teams!

I can go on about this league for days but I need to stop myself haha! I hope this helped a bit and I’d love to answer other questions you have too! This is a great league and the website provides with a lot of info. They have all rosters with pics of the players which helps out a lot! I’d follow as many of the players on twitter and instagram as possible! That’s where you learn most stuff, and there’s a bunch of articles and interviews with these players if you dig enough through google! I live by the rule that the players make the team, which might explain why i went off about them more than the team as a whole.