New Vibes Based Hockey article! In this one, I discuss the closing of the PHF from a queer perspective. I go into the effect this has had on fans, myself, and even how it affects queer (especially trans) athletes.

#PHF #PWHPA #PWHPL #WoHo #WomensHockey #HNOM

https://vibesbasedhockey.substack.com/p/understanding-the-phf-shutdown-from

New Vibes Based Hockey article! Today, the off-season begins as I come back from my writing vacation with a news roundup. Today's article contains news stories such as a former NHL prospect claiming he was forced to fight, Patrice Bergeron retires, women's hockey updates and more!

#NHL #HNOM #PWHPA #WomensHockey #NCAA

https://vibesbasedhockey.substack.com/p/news-roundup-73023

Time is running out! If you want a paid annual subscription to Vibes Based Hockey, you need to do it TODAY. Pay $40 now, and this is what your subscription will renew for (normally $50). Don't wait, or you'll need to pay more. Hockey culture, women's hockey, NHL, and the ability to opt-in for Red Wings and Blue Jackets coverage can all be found here!

#HNOM #NHL #WomensHockey #PWHPA #PWHL #LGRW #CBJ

https://vibesbasedhockey.substack.com/be533011

I'm kind of disgusted with the way things played out with the PWHPA/PHF. Bad enough contracts got voided (and those players will have to re-sign at much lower salaries). Hearing that PWHPA backers, including Billie Jean King, apparently didn't like the name of the Boston team - Pride - that's just bullshit. If Toronto gets a team though, I'd still want to go watch. That league deserves all the support the NHL gets. #pwhpa #phf

Women's sports are queer in their core conception. They are transgressive by existing. To fail to acknowledge that is a failure to interact with reality.

So as you can imagine, I am concerned with these reports about Stan Kasten's opinion on the PHF branding and especially that of the Boston Pride being "too controversial."

#Hockey #PWHPA #PHF

Nous prenons le chemin d’une vraie ligue professionnelle féminine unifiée, suite au rachat (la disparition) de la #PHF par la #PWHPA, deux entités antagonistes. Pour le meilleur du #hockey féminin, c’est une certitude, mais à quel prix ? Après avoir installé le décor dans la 1ère partie, suite de notre série « la bataille d’une ligue ».

https://www.passionhockey.com/2023/07/04/la-bataille-dune-ligue-2e-partie/

One of the best articles I've seen on the PWHPA/PHF situation in women's hockey right now, written by Erica Ayala. No paywall. She interviewed PHF team ownership, their commissioner, a long time PHF player, and a PWHPA board member. Check it out.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericalayala/2023/06/30/mark-walter-group-acquires-phf-making-way-for-oneleague-in-womens-hockey/?sh=6b7133373642

#Hockey #PHF #PWHPA #OneLeague

New Vibes Based Hockey article: in this one, I discuss the PWHPA hostile takeover of the PHF. All the details of what happened and what this means for the players, and more importantly: why this is destructive to the sport.

#PHF #PWHPA #HNOM

https://vibesbasedhockey.substack.com/p/the-pwhpa-has-acquired-the-phf-why

If you're wondering what is happening in Women's Pro Hockey, the PHF has been acquired by the LA Dodgers' controlling owner, Mark Walter. The league will shutter and consolidate with PWHPA to create a unified women's hockey league that is expected to launch in January 2024.

The primary concern is what this does to PHF contracts. This will void all current contracts and provide all players with a minimum salary of $35,000.

#PHF #PWHPA

Made by @AnthonySytko on Twitter.

#PHF #PWHPA #HNOM

Woke up after a less than five hour sleep realizing that much of what I wrote last night was jumbled, poorly written, and just too mean. So, now I'm re-writing large portions of the article about the PWHPA buyout, and having to add in new details we've learned this morning. Sigh.

#PHF #PWHPA #HNOM

I've never been part of a union, so maybe I'm just dumb, but how the hell can you vote on a CBA when you never ratified the union?

#PHF #PWHPA #HNOM

Putting the impact to current PHF :phf_logo: players in pretty plain terms.

"When a single professional women's hockey league emerges from the news of an acquisition of the PHF by Mark Walter and Billie Jean King Enterprises, it could result in hundreds of lost jobs for professional women's hockey players, at least initially."

https://thehockeynews.com/womens/phf/new-womens-professional-hockey-league-could-cause-more-than-100-lost-jobs

#PHF #PWHPA #Hockey

I can't believe we're living in a timeline where women's hockey is actively more destructive to growing the game than men's.

#PWHPA #PHF #HNOM

Follow up, Hailey Salvian at The Athletic has just posted a story on it. Paywall, unfortunately, but here it is.

https://theathletic.com/4653310/2023/06/29/premier-hockey-federation-mark-walter-group/

#Hockey #PHF #PWHPA

Greg Wyshynski is reporting that the #PWHPA has bought out the #PHF :phf_logo:. This is absolutely seismic news in North American women's professional hockey. My jaw literally dropped.

#Hockey

Holy fuck. It looks like the PWHPA and PHF may be merging. Wow.

#PHF #PWHPA #WomensHockey #HNOM

Can't get tired enough to sleep, and the PWHPA Championship just started. Might as well watch that.

#PWHPA #WomensHockey #WomensSports #Hockey #Sports

Happy to announce I'm contributing to the newly-independent The Ice Garden, which has been a mainstay of women's hockey coverage and had an giant role in getting me into the sport, so I'm thrilled to see it thrive + be a part of it. I'll be doing a lot of my data viz + other stats stuff (+ writing, which, I want to practice) there, and would love if you checked it out and subscribed if so inclined (for free or a paid tier).

#IceHockey #Hockey #WomensHockey #PHF #PWHPA

https://theicegarden.ghost.io/welcome-to-the-ice-garden/

Alright y'all, I'll be honest: we're going to have to drop PWHPA coverage on Vibes Based Hockey. The reality is, they're too hard to cover. They don't release highlights, box scores worth a damn in figuring out what happened in the game, etc. If you want to cover the league, you actually have to watch every damn game to figure out what happened. I don't have the time to do so. I'm one person. Going to have to stop covering that league. Sorry. #WomensSports #PWHPA #Hockey