Extremely physical.
That’s how Montreal head coach and former professional player Kori Cheverie described the game play after her team completed three Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) exhibition games in Utica, N.Y., last month.
The games still showed off speed and skill, which have long been hallmarks of women’s hockey. But it was obvious early on that they were not going to be called the same way as a game at the international level.
That’s carried into the first three regular season games of the inaugural PWHL season, and for casual fans of women’s hockey who only follow the sport at the Olympics or world
