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Austria appoints Gina Kingsbury as the new General Manager of the women’s national team

>The 44-year-old Canadian will take sporting responsibility for the team that will make its first appearance in the top division of the Women’s World Championship in November 2026. For the time being, Kingsbury will take up this position with ÖEHV until the finals in Denmark, while also being available to the women’s national team in an advisory capacity at various other competitions.

Sounds like her term and job duties beyond November's WWC are undefined. Cee Benwell of THN confirms she'll remain GM of the Sceptres:

https://thehockeynews.com/womens/international/sceptres-gm-gina-kingsbury-takes-on-new-international-role-with-austria

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u/Wolf99 — 15 days ago
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McGill Percival Molson Stadium pano. Great crowd for their home opener tonight vs Laval!

u/Wolf99 — 1 month ago
▲ 11 r/PWHL

Full Charge: Draft Day | Ottawa Charge | Episode 3

Behind the scenes at the draft with the Charge. h/t to Cushman for sharing this in his IG stories; I wouldn't have seen it on the Charge channel otherwise. Wish my team made a mini doc like this. Something fun for the long weekend!

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u/Wolf99 — 1 month ago
▲ 5 r/CFL

Can CFL stars pronounce their numbers in French? | Les étoiles de la LCF peuvent-elles prononcer leur numéro en français? Nous les avons mises au défi! #LCF #CFL

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u/Wolf99 — 1 month ago
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NEW YORK SIRENS NAME JIM MIDGLEY ASSISTANT COACH

>Midgley joins the Sirens following two PWHL seasons as an assistant Coach with the Toronto Sceptres and brings more than two decades of coaching and scouting experience across the professional, junior, and international levels to New York. 

>A native of Townsend, Ontario, Midgley was the first coach to hold bench roles in both the PWHL and NHL, having served as a Rangers assistant for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons.

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u/Wolf99 — 1 month ago
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There are four Walter Cups and they all look different. Here's an explanation with photos... and its weight and size

How many Walter Cups are there, where are they kept, and are they identical?

With the Cup going lost and found, this deserves its own post to clear things up.

There's a new Cup made each time it's won for the winning team to keep. So there are four trophies - the league's original and the three winning teams' - and they're all identical except one key detail at the bottom of the trophy.

The original trophy (league's copy) has "The Walter Cup" and below it in smaller font "Professional Women's Hockey League" engraved on a plaque/ring at the bottom, with all the winner's names and years engraved on an additional (and removable) large base. You can see it in this photo of the original at the HHOF (2nd pic posted), which is where is stays when not travelling for promotions or to be handed out at the Finals. (hat tip to u/-Midscore- for the pic)

The ones handed out to the winning team has only their name and year engraved directly on the bottom plaque where "Walter Cup" is written on the original, without an additional base. Here's a photo of the Frost's Cups, with their names engraved directly on the trophies (3rd pic posted). (hat tip to u/Stachemaster86 for the great photo)

Here's a photo of the Victoire's copy on its summer tour, with their name very large and prominent on the base. (4th pic posted) This is the copy that went missing.

As mentioned, the base with winners' names on the original is removable. It's not attached at the trophy presentation at the end of the finals. This detachable base was perhaps an afterthought, or maybe it was planned that way since it's heavy already and the winners' names will grow over the years.

Here's a photo on it on-ice after the Victoire won. It's clearly the original because it has "Walter Cup" in large letters where "Montreal Victoire" is on their copy, but it's missing the base with winners' names. And here's a photo of the original (without the additional base) at the parade on May 30, again without the detachable base with winners' names. (1st pic posted). The Victoire apparently received their copy in mid-late June, after the local victory lap events that lasted 2-3 weeks but before the summer tour.

Finally, the Walter Cup's weight and dimensions - we finally have a definitive answer in this AP article:

>It weighs about 35 pounds (16 kg) and measures about 24 inches (61 cm) in height and 13 inches (33 cm) wide.

Presumably this is the original height, without the base with winners' names. It's almost the exact same weight but smaller than the Stanley Cup.

>Stanley Cup: Height - 89.54 cm / 35-1/4 inches

Weight - 34.5 lbs - 15.56 kg

Base diameter: 43.81 cm / 17-1/4 inches

u/Wolf99 — 2 months ago