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Wisconsin Women's Hockey 2026-27
- Thread starter robertearle
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Must be a Ticketmaster tie-in. Dynamic pricing, or, what will the market bear.
Timothy A
Let's go RED!
It's straight off the UW website. Would Ticketmaster be influencing primary source ticket pricing? They are as much as men's tickets. In fact, there are men's tickets that are less than that.
Nela is leading the country in scoring. I can't wait to see her playing more consistently, like Hall is.
Timothy A
Let's go RED!
Yeah but they are pushing me to the brink. I won't be able to afford to retire at 65.
Nela and Hall are working so well together... it's amazing to have them both tied for the National lead in points !
Nela is very talented ... need as was said to become consistent because 6 point games don't come along too often.
Hall is thriving in the #1 spot and showing incredible leadership.
Nela is very talented ... need as was said to become consistent because 6 point games don't come along too often.
Hall is thriving in the #1 spot and showing incredible leadership.
Might be in the minority here but I feel like Nela has been consistent. Besides the Ohio State series she’s only had two games where she didn’t put up multiple points (and one was her first ever college game). Even in rare games where she hasn’t scored she’s getting more oohs and aahs from the crowd than anyone on the roster. But if a an occasional 6 point game instead her average 2 makes her in inconsistent then I’m all for it.
Timothy A
Let's go RED!
This is a great point. I recall 1 game where every time she touched the puck in the O zone she made a play that put the puck in a more dangerous spot for the opponent and many of the touches were very deft plays. Even Gretzky had games in his prime where he didn't have a point. That being said, she is still very young and no where near the full height of her powers. Very exciting times.
Not really an IIHF issue in my opinion. The National Teams could just choose not use college players or players could choose not to participate. How much does a star college player improve their PWHL draft position by playing in the IIHF tournament where outside of US versus Canada games are below WCHA levels?
The “Badger line” of Eden, O’Brien and Simms looked to me to be the best US line. O’Brien commented between periods that they often played together at UW which makes their pairing a natural
Ooftah
Active member
How much does a star - or otherwise - college player improve their lifetime income by playing for peanuts in the PWHL while jeopardizing their chance to get an education and enjoying an uninterrupted college experience? The PWHL is a scam. It won't be if salaries ever reach parity with the NHL - which they won't - but until then, it is yet another scheme to put more dollars into billionaires' pockets.
Hockeyfan13
Member
Women’s pro hockey has to start somewhere and every other pro leave has failed. They only play 30 games and it is a shorter season which allows them to use their brand and work in the off season. Many are charging 2k/week for a hockey came in the summer and doing other jobs… when the nhl first started many years ago the players were working full time jobs in the summer! The nhl just didn’t start with these insane salaries. Let’s not forget that!
Also, with social media the women can use their brand to make more money, do speaking gigs, get endorsements for CCM, Bauer…. If the women were paid as much as the men this wouldn’t work. Pretty sure a player like Sarah nurse and Pou have some mad endorsements and are not struggling.
Also, while they make peanuts, their housing is covered for the season. The economy isn’t great and unless you have an engineering degree or something specialized, college grads are struggling to find a job and most entry level job is around 60k/year.
robertearle
Well-known member
Go back far enough, and NFL and major league baseball players had to have off-season jobs, to make a living.
Life is short, plenty of time for the real world once they retire. Wouldn’t life be sad if all we thought about was our lifetime income and not the experiences in between?