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The PWHL Is Running a Play I Wrote for The Philadelphia Flyers

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$200 million in fresh outside capital, sponsorship revenue up 35 percent, merchandise sales up 50 percent, and a league still priced well below its closest comps. Fifty years after I helped build professional hockey’s first fan development shop, the PWHL is proving the same bet works, just with better financing. Andy Abramson $200 million in … Read more

The AHL and ECHL Aren’t Development Leagues Anymore. They’re Farm Systems for a Second Market.

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Fifty-two. That’s how many American Hockey League players signed with the Swedish Hockey League this offseason, more than double the number who went to Germany’s DEL. Fifty-eight ECHL players landed in Britain’s Elite Ice Hockey League, more than double the number who went anywhere else. And in Russia, the story splits cleanly down the middle: … Read more