PWHL reveals names, logos for all 6 franchises ahead of second season
Toronto Sceptres, Montreal Victoire and Ottawa Charge make up Canadian contingent
John Wawrow · The Associated Press
Posted: Sep 09, 2024 9:09 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago
They are no-names no longer.
In a process nearly a year in the making, the Professional Women's Hockey League on Monday unveiled the nicknames and logos for each of its six franchises entering its second season.
There will be Victoire in Montreal, a Charge in Ottawa and the wielding of Sceptres in Toronto. For teams south of the border, there's a Fleet sailing into Boston, a Frost settling in Minnesota and Sirens in New York.
The long-anticipated names and logos arrive after time constraints — the league was founded in late June 2023 and began play on Jan. 1 — led to the PWHL spending its inaugural season referring to each team with a PWHL prefix, such as PWHL Minnesota, which won the first Walter Cup championship in May.
It was around that time when league executives Amy Scheer and Kanan Bhatt-Shaw officially signed off on the results in meeting a 10-month deadline to have the names and logos delivered to the PWHL's suppliers to be printed in time for Season 2, set to open in early December.
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