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The Beauts' relationship with the ownership group dates to the league's inaugural season in 2015, when the Beauts began playing home games at the Pegula-owned HarborCenter in Buffalo.

By September, the first-ever Buffalo Beauts roster was in place.

The Beauts were 8-03 at their home rink this season.

Travel for the Riveters and the Beauts also had to be considered.

Luckily, I get to drive a lot of real beauts. Ferraris. Maseratis. Jaguars.

They're not just any braids — they're bright-blue beauts courtesy of London's The Braid Bar.

Struggling in their inaugural season, the Beauts' currently sit in third place in the standings.

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This year, the Riveters and Beauts got financial backing from the N.H.L.'s Devils and Sabres.

He has one goal and two assists through nine games with the Beauts (3-5-0-1).

Curtis finished tied for second in the league in points, one behind Hayley Scamurra of the Buffalo Beauts.

"She started telling me all about it, being part of the NWHL and being part of the Beauts," Mroz says.

The Buffalo Beauts, the No. 2 seed, gave up the right to possibly host the championship game against the Riveters.

The Beauts are 3-4 and in second place in the N.W.H.L., after winning the Isobel Cup championship last season.

The league was established last year and has four teams - the Buffalo Beauts, Boston Pride, New York Riveters and Connecticut Whale.

The league debuted in October and has four teams — the Riveters, the Connecticut Whale, the Boston Pride and the Buffalo Beauts.

The Boston Pride won the inaugural Isobel Cup, winning the National Women's Hockey League championship on Saturday against the Buffalo Beauts.

"Supporting a teammate goes beyond the rink," said Ric Seiling, the Beauts' general manager and coach, who played 10 N.H.L. seasons.

When Mandy Cronin, general manager of the Buffalo Beauts, invited her to try out, Ruggiero said the decision was a no-brainer.

There are other, smaller victories for Mroz and the Beauts as they march toward the playoffs and the Isobel cup in two months.

The Boston Pride defeated the Buffalo Beauts this weekend in a best-of-three series in Newark for the first National Women's Hockey League championship.

Five of the Beauts, for example, share a home in Hockey Haven, a beautiful manse built in 1920 near the southern edge of Delaware Park.

The N.W.H.L. planned to offer salaries of up to $25,000 and have four teams — the Boston Pride, Buffalo Beauts, Connecticut Whale and New York Riveters.

Pegula Sports and Entertainment, the parent company of the Sabres and the N.F.L.'s Buffalo Bills, announced the acquisition of the Beauts on Thursday morning.

All four teams — the defending champion Boston Pride, the Buffalo Beauts, the Connecticut Whale and the New York Riveters — will qualify for the single-elimination postseason.

All four teams — the others are the Boston Pride, the Connecticut Whale and the Buffalo Beauts — will participate in playoff games during the first weekend of March.

Photo by Matt Davidson Halifax-based five-piece Beauts are back with retro looking video for their new song "Ether" that has us longing for the cottage.

Canada is still the undisputed leader in the game, and with the Great White North just a short bridge away, the Beauts lead the league in imports.

On Sunday, they hosted the defending champion Buffalo Beauts in the Isobel Cup final in front of a sold-out crowd at the Barnabas Health Hockey House.

Visa issues with their Canadian players led to an exsanguinated Buffalo roster for the season opener against Boston, and the Beauts found themselves down 4-0 at HarborCenter.

The Minnesota senior Lee Stecklein was drafted second over all by the Buffalo Beauts in the 2016 N.W.H.L. Draft, but has not decided where she will play next season.

Browne, a 23-year-old wing for the Buffalo Beauts, first heard his new name over the public-address system here at HarborCenter during player introductions for the season opener, on Oct.

But he continued to be known publicly as Hailey Browne, including during the 2015-16 N.W.H.L. season, in which he had five goals and seven assists in 18 games for the Beauts.

The players I met during my visit to Hockey Haven demonstrated the relatively wide reach of the Beauts roster: Tatiana Rafter (Manitoba), Paige Harrington (Massachusetts), Hannah McGowan (Michigan), and Hayley Williams (Illinois).

Last season's All-Star Game was held at the Penguins' training facility, and the N.W.H.L. will return there for a regular-season game between the Beauts and Connecticut Whale on Jan. 14.

Those picnic-blanket-printed frocks have been everywhere since cool-girl label Paris 99 (the brand behind these beauts) launched exclusively on Opening Ceremony, where founder Paris Starn interned when she was 16.

His final game as a professional hockey player could come Friday when the Beauts, seeded third in the opening round of the N.W.H.L. playoffs, face the second-seeded New York Riveters, in Newark.

The owners of the Buffalo Sabres have purchased the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League, becoming the second N.H.L. ownership group this season to buy into a professional women's hockey franchise.

She moved to Buffalo last year to become Director of Hockey for the Buffalo Bisons' youth organization, where she still oversees 24 teams for both the boys and girls while working for the Beauts.

The N.W.H.L.'s Buffalo Beauts, who were among the league leaders in attendance and made every Isobel Cup final, were owned by the active Pegula family, which also owns the N.H.L.'s Buffalo Sabres.

The Riveters play the Beauts on Sunday in Buffalo, but they'll be back to face the Pride on their home ice at the Aviator Sports and Events Center at Floyd Bennett Field, on Feb. 6.

Battaglino, the league office and players on the Riveters, the Whitecaps and the Beauts, who won their semifinal matchup against the Boston Pride on Saturday, had to figure out when and where to hold a makeup game.

The Boston Pride, who won the first ever Isobel Cup in the championship finals earlier this month, featured eight national team players, while the Buffalo Beauts, who played the Pride, were home to five, both American and Canadian.

Alexa Gruschow sent a shot past Beauts goaltender Amanda Leveille 5 minutes 33 seconds into the first period and Katie Fitzgerald sealed the shutout, making 28 saves, as the Riveters won, 1-0, capturing their first N.W.H.L. title.

The Pegula family, which owns the Buffalo Bills and Sabres, gave up ownership of the N.W.H.L's Buffalo Beauts after the top players announced their boycott; the Devils also ended their partnership with the Metropolitan Riveters about a week later.

The Beauts' salary breakdown can be found on Instagram, and they range from $10,13 to $22,500—nothing lavish, but in Buffalo a few of those could certainly keep you in a $500-a-month house without much need for more than a part time job.

Steadman's call up proved fortuitous: although the Beauts have only four wins through the All-Star break—three, including a shoot out, against the New York Riveters and one in OT against Boston—Steadman is second in the league in goals, and fourth in points.

Browne, who is also known as Brownie, played as Hailey Browne with Team Canada, at the University of Maine and during the inaugural season of the N.W.H.L. in 2015-16, when he scored five goals and seven assists in 18 games for the Beauts.

The HarborCenter has already hosted the IIHF world championships and the NHL Combine; it's also home to the Buffalo Beauts, one of four founding franchises in the new National Women's Hockey League, and as such will host the first-ever NWHL All-Star Game this weekend.

"I feel like people don't take you seriously, and sometimes I don't take myself seriously either because I'm walking around saying I'm one thing, but I look like I'm something else," said Browne, 23, a transgender man playing forward for the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League.

As the N.W.H.L.'s second season ended Sunday with the Buffalo Beauts winning the Isobel Cup final over the Boston Pride, 3-2, Rylan was confident she could restore the league's image and parlay the lessons learned from a year of tumult to create a better home for professional women's hockey for next season and beyond.

"HarborCenter has allowed us to make a positive impact on the game at the amateur, high school and collegiate levels, and we believe this is the perfect time to expand our reach to include women's professional hockey through the N.W.H.L." The Beauts were previously controlled by the N.W.H.L. Before this season, investors' contributions supported the league as a whole, although the opportunity existed to purchase individual teams.

Neumann joined the practice squad for the Buffalo Beauts in the 2016/17 NWHL season. Neumann was the Buffalo Beauts recipient for the 2017 NWHL Foundation Award. In June 2017, it was announced that she had signed a one-year contract to play for the Buffalo Beauts in the 2017/18 NWHL season. Neumann has returned to the Buffalo Beauts for the 2019-2020 season after a one year hiatus.

Kourtney Midori Kunichika (born November 7, 1991) is an American former professional ice hockey forward, who played for the Buffalo Beauts in the NWHL. She is the third highest scorer in Beauts history.

The Beauts finished the regular season third out of four teams. In the semifinals of the inaugural Isobel Cup championships, the Beauts faced the Connecticut Whale. The Whale had a perfect record against the Beauts in the regular season, but the Beauts upset the Whale by winning the last two games in the best-of-three series. They advanced to the championship series, but dropped two games in succession and were swept by the Boston Pride. On October 7, 2016, Beauts forward Hailey Browne came out as a transgender man, changed names to Harrison Browne, and thus became the first openly transgender athlete in professional American team sports. That same year the Beauts won the 2016–17 Isobel Cup Championship in an upset win over the defending champion Boston Pride.

During the inaugural NWHL season of 2015/16, McGowan signed a professional contract with the Buffalo Beauts to play as a forward. McGowan played in all 18 games for the Buffalo Beauts during the season.

The Buffalo Beauts of the NWHL secured rights to Janiga in the inaugural league draft. She was the 16th player picked in that draft. She signed with the Beauts shortly after finishing her collegiate career in May 2016. The following year, Janiga signed with the Vanke Rays of the Canadian Women's Hockey League but returned to the Beauts in July 2018.

She plays for the Buffalo Beauts in the National Women's Hockey League.

On August 31, 2017, Edney signed with the Buffalo Beauts as a free agent, joining former Thunder teammates Jess Jones and Rebecca Vint who also signed with the Beauts. Edney participated in the 3rd NWHL All-Star Game.

During the inaugural season of the NWHL's Buffalo Beauts, Seiling was the co- coach along with Shelley Looney. For the 2016–17 Buffalo Beauts season, Seiling was named the general manager. He was fired on December 7, 2018.

On August 31, 2017, Vint signed with the Buffalo Beauts as a free agent, joining former Thunder teammates Sarah Edney and Jess Jones who also signed with the Beauts. Vint participated in the 3rd NWHL All-Star Game.

Ryan Vinz (born August 30, 1985) is an American video technician, best known for his one-game "cup of coffee" on the active roster of the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League. He currently serves as a goaltending coach for the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League."Beauts Relieve Ric Seiling, Craig Muni of Coaching Duties; Cody McCormick Named Interim Head Coach". Buffalo Beauts.

She plays for the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL).

Stecklein was selected second overall by the Buffalo Beauts in the 2016 NWHL Draft.

Greco joined the squad for the Buffalo Beauts in the 2016/17 NWHL season. Greco scored her first NWHL goal on 3 December 2016 against the New York Riveters. As a player with the Buffalo Beauts, Greco won the 2017 Isobel Cup.

Mariah Fujimagari is an ice hockey goaltender, currently playing for the Buffalo Beauts of the NWHL.

On June 12, 2018, Cameranesi signed with the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League.

Playing for Team Kessel, Bozek scored a goal at the 2nd NWHL All-Star Game. Bozek scored a goal in the Isobel Cup Final against the Boston Pride, which the Beauts won by a final score of 3–2, making the Beauts the 2017 Isobel Cup Champions.

On September 25, 2015, Bozek signed with the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League. Selected to participate in the inaugural NWHL All-Star Game, Bozek won the hardest shot competition. Bozek and the Beauts finished their inaugural season by playing for the inaugural Isobel Cup finals. On July 31, 2016, Bozek re-signed with Buffalo, on a one-year contract for $22,500, making her the highest-paid player in the history of the Beauts.

While PSE verbally agreed to relinquished ownership and operations of the team, the NWHL apparently did not sign the transfer paperwork before the deadline, leading to PSE's cease and desist letter. As PSE still owned the Beauts' branding as of July 2 while the NWHL continued to use the Beauts' name, but the team eventually retained the name. The league then moved the Beauts' home games to the Northtown Center in nearby Amherst prior to the 2019–20 season.

Brooke Stacey is a Canadian ice hockey forward, currently playing for the Buffalo Beauts in the NWHL.

Ashley Birdsall is an American ice hockey defender, currently playing for the Buffalo Beauts in the NWHL.

Taylor Accursi is a Canadian ice hockey forward, currently playing for the Buffalo Beauts of the NWHL.

This is a list of franchise records for the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League.

Pfalzer made her professional debut in the NWHL on October 11, 2015, with the Buffalo Beauts playing against the Boston Pride. During the 2015–16 season, Pfalzer was named the captain of the Buffalo Beauts on November 11, 2015. On November 22, in a match against the Connecticut Whale, Pfalzer would record five assists, setting a Beauts franchise record for most points in one game.. In January 2016, Pfalzer captained the 1st NWHL All-Star Game, opposing Team Knight captained by Hilary Knight.

McLaughlin joined the Buffalo Beauts for the NWHL's inaugural 2015/16 season as the franchise's starting goaltender, and was selected to play in the league's All Star Game that season. In July 2016, McLaughlin re- signed with Buffalo Beauts for the 2016/17 season, signing a one-year $17,000 contract.

Scamurra's daughter, Hayley Scamurra, is a professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Buffalo Beauts of the NWHL.

Marie-Jo Pelletier is a Canadian ice hockey defender, currently an alternate captain for the Buffalo Beauts of the NWHL.

The 2015–16 Buffalo Beauts season was the first in franchise history and the National Women's Hockey League's inaugural season.

The 1st NWHL All-Star Game was held January 24, 2016 at HarborCenter in Buffalo, the home of the Beauts.

Lisa Chesson (born August 18, 1986) is an American ice hockey defender, currently playing for the Buffalo Beauts of the NWHL.

In university, she was captained Clarkson as they won the NCAA championship in 2017 and 2018. In 2018 she was a finalist Patty Kazmaier Award and was named an All-USCHO First-Team All-Star. In 2017, she was drafted 6th overall by the Buffalo Beauts. She would play one season for the Beauts, before joining the PWHPA.

Signing with the NWHL's Buffalo Beauts as a free agent on August 11, 2015, Makela served in a backup capacity to goaltender Brianne McLaughlin during the club's inaugural season. Her salary for the 2015-16 Buffalo Beauts season was US$15,000. Of note, she was also selected by the Canadiennes de Montreal in the 2016 CWHL Draft.

The six teams in the league are the Boston Pride, Buffalo Beauts, Connecticut Whale, Metropolitan Riveters, Minnesota Whitecaps, and the Toronto Six.

The Beauts lost in the NWHL Championship to the Metropolitan Riveters. In the 2018–19 NWHL season, Scamurra led the league in scoring with 20 points (10 G, 10 A). She was named to her second all-star game. The Beauts again reached the NWHL finals, achieving this feat for the third consecutive season, before ultimately losing in overtime to the Minnesota Whitecaps.

On June 12, 2018, Hensley signed a contract with the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). In her debut for the Beauts, Hensley earned a shutout win over Finnish Olympian Meeri Räisänen of the Connecticut Whale in a 4–0 final on October 7, 2018. In the 2019 NWHL All-Star Weekend, Hensley won the Chipwich Fastest Goalie competition.

She made her debut with the Whale on 7 October 2018, matching up against Team USA Olympic goaltender Nicole Hensley of the Buffalo Beauts.

Jacquie Greco (born May 30, 1991) is an American professional ice hockey player for the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL).

Kelsey Neumann (born May 7, 1991) is an American professional ice hockey goaltender for the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL).

On June 25, 2016, he was named the co-head coach of the NWHL's Buffalo Beauts, sharing duties with former NHL player Ric Seiling.

Rylan would remain with the league to oversee the Beauts, Whale, Riveters, and Whitecaps while searching for independent ownership of the league operated teams.

On December 7, 2018, the Beauts suddenly relieved Ric Seiling as head coach, replacing him with former Buffalo Sabre and Harborcenter Academy of Hockey coach Cody McCormick on an interim basis. On May 8, 2019, following the announcement of a professional women's hockey player strike, Pegula Sports and Entertainment (PSE) relinquished ownership of the team back to the NWHL. Under Pegula, the Beauts were considered a well-run operation, with the team sharing resources and training facilities with the Sabres and Rochester Americans. Szabados cited the amenities provided to the Beauts' players through the partnership as one of the goals of the strike for the rest of professional women's hockey.

In August 2016, the Buffalo Beauts announced that Vesci was one of six players signed to practice player contracts for the team in their 2016/17 season. Vesci made her professional debut for the NWHL shortly after. Vesci won the 2017 Isobel Cup with the Buffalo Beauts, with an assist on a goal by Emily Janiga during the playoffs. Vesci retired from professional ice hockey after the 2016/17 season.

The 2019 NWHL All-Star Game and its Weekend festivities took place on February 9–10, 2019, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. The skills challenge took place on February 9 at the Ford Ice Center, the Nashville Predators' practice facility, with a sell-out crowd. Kendall Coyne Schofield of the Minnesota Whitecaps won the fastest skater, two weeks following her appearance as the first woman to compete in the NHL's Skills Competition as part of the 2019 National Hockey League All-Star Game also in the fastest skater competition. Blake Bolden (Buffalo Beauts) won the hardest shot, Nicole Hensley (Buffalo Beauts) won the fastest goalie competition, and Dani Cameranesi (Buffalo Beauts) won the accuracy shooting contest.

While the Beauts played at the Harborcenter, in the NWHL's largest arena by capacity, they consistently led the NWHL in attendance for the first few seasons until they were surpassed by the Minnesota Whitecaps in 2018–19. The league indicated that it wanted to keep the team playing at the Harborcenter, which is owned by PSE, but the severance also required the team to negotiate an arena lease. On June 25, 2019, PSE sent a cease and desist letter to the NWHL for using the Beauts' name and brand. As part of the original agreement, PSE obtained the trademarks associated with the team and formed a separate entity called Buffalo Beauts Hockey to operate the team.

Burke was selected fourth overall by the Buffalo Beauts in the 2015 NWHL Draft while still a junior in college. She participated in the 3rd NWHL All-Star Game.

On Saturday March 12, 2016, the Boston Pride became the first Isobel Cup champions with a 3–1 win over the Buffalo Beauts and a 2–0 series win.

Signing as a free agent with the Boston Pride of the National Women's Hockey League, Decker made league history on October 25, 2015. During a 5–3 road win against the Buffalo Beauts, Decker would score the first hat trick in league history. All three goals were scored against Beauts goaltender Brianne McLaughlin. Decker was awarded Most Valuable Player consecutively by the NWHL for her performance in the 2015–16 season and 2016–17 season.

At the end of February 2020, Grant-Mentis signed with the Buffalo Beauts to finish the 2019–20 NWHL season along with Merrimack teammate Léa- Kristine Demers. She scored three points (2+1) in two regular season games and added another two points (1+1) in the NWHL playoffs semi-final qualification as the Beauts lost to the Connecticut Whale. She was named Player of the Week in her first week in the NWHL.

This was Buffalo's first professional hockey championship since the Buffalo Bisons of the American Hockey League won the 1970 Calder Cup. The Beauts signed three superstars from the CWHL's Brampton Thunder on August 31, 2017, adding Jess Jones, Sarah Edney, and Rebecca Vint for the 2017–18 season. On December 21, 2017, Pegula Sports and Entertainment (PSE), owners of the Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Sabres and Harborcenter, announced it had purchased the Beauts.

Ashley Vesci (born July 12, 1993) is an American ice hockey player. Vesci played professionally for the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) during the 2016/17 season.

Hannah McGowan (born August 11, 1992) is an American ice hockey player. McGowan played for the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) during their inaugural 2015/16 season.

Highlights include Ralph Wilson's hall of fame jacket, the only helmet Scott Norwood ever wore during his career as a Buffalo Bill, and a changing exhibit currently featuring the Buffalo Beauts.

The Buffalo Beauts defeated the Boston Pride and won the Isobel Cup as 2016-17 NWHL champions. During the 2017–18 NWHL season, Scamurra led the Beauts in goals and tied for the team lead in points. She was named Rookie of the Year, and was voted as one of the three stars of the season by the fans. She was named to the all-star game, where she scored a hat-trick and was named co-MVP.

Elia was drafted to the Buffalo Beauts during the 2016 NWHL Draft. During her first season with the Beauts, Elia scored 5 goals and notched 9 assists in 14 games helping the team advance to the playoffs and Isobel Cup final where they were defeated by the Metropolitan Riveters. In June 2018, she signed another one-year contract with the team. During the 2018–19 NWHL season, Elia led the league in goals and notched 19 points.

This made the Beauts the first team in the NWHL not owned by the league and the first professional women's hockey team in North America to be owned by the same organization of its market's NHL team. On June 27, 2018, the Beauts signed Team Canada goaltender Shannon Szabados. Szabados had previously only played professional hockey on men's leagues such as the Southern Professional Hockey League and is the first woman to record a shutout in men's league.

Kessel scored the first hat trick in NWHL All-Star history and was named Star of the Night by ESPN's SportsCenter. Brianna Decker finished the season as the league's top scorer and was named NWHL Most Valuable Player (MVP). The Buffalo Beauts, who finished in third place in the shortened season, upset the league-leading Boston Pride in the Isobel Cup, broadcast online by ABC News. The Beauts were honored at a Buffalo Sabres game later that month.

Ahead of the inaugural NWHL season in 2015–16, Harrington signed a professional contract with the Buffalo Beauts. The signing made her the first former ACHA player to sign in the league (along with Hayley Williams, whose signing was announced at the same time) and just the third documented ACHA alumna to sign in any North American women's professional league. Harrington went on to play in all 18 regular season and all five playoff games during the 2015–16 Buffalo Beauts season, which saw a third-place finish in the standings and an appearance in the first-ever Isobel Cup Final. In April 2016, Harrington became the first player to re-sign a contract with the Buffalo Beauts for the 2016–17 NWHL season, earning a second $10,000 one-year deal, although league-wide financial difficulties early in the year led to all contracts being halved and eventually supplemented with a revenue-sharing program. Harrington, once again, appeared in every regular season contest as the Beauts repeated their third-place finish with a 6–10–1 mark.

In the 2015 NWHL Draft, Lefort was claimed by the Buffalo Beauts. After graduating from Boston University in 2016, she was the first round pick of the Canadiennes de Montreal in the 2016 CWHL Draft.

Autumn MacDougall is a Canadian ice hockey forward, currently playing for the Buffalo Beauts of the NWHL. She is the first player in USports women's ice hockey history to be selected in the NWHL Draft.

Hayley Scamurra (born December 14, 1994) is a women's ice hockey player who currently plays with the Buffalo Beauts of the NWHL. Prior to joining the Beauts she was a standout for the Northeastern University Huskies, where she played for four seasons. She is the daughter of former Washington Capitals player Peter Scamurra. Prior to playing college hockey she was one of only a few American players to compete in the Ontario Junior women's league, playing for the Oakville Jr. Hornets and Burlington Jr. Barracudas.

Browne signed a professional contract with the Buffalo Beauts of the newly formed NWHL on August 29, 2015. In the 2015–16 season, he played in 18 games, scored 5 goals and had 12 points. He played in 5 games in the NWHL postseason, scoring 2 goals and 2 assists. On May 14, 2016, Browne signed a second one-year contract with the Beauts. In October 2016, Browne came out as a transgender man and thus became the first openly transgender athlete in professional American hockey.

As a youth player, Juron played with the Troy Albany Youth Hockey boys teams, before switching to the girls' team at Middlesex School. Across four years at Boston University, Juron would put up 40 points in 141 games, winning Hockey East three times. After graduating, Juron took a year away from hockey before signing her first professional contract with the Buffalo Beauts in the NWHL. She scored 2 points in her first two games with the Beauts, before the team lost in the Isobel Cup semi-finals.

The 2015–16 NWHL season is the first season of operation of the National Women's Hockey League. Four teams competed for the inaugural Isobel Cup: the Boston Pride, Buffalo Beauts, New York Riveters and Connecticut Whale.

After learning of the launch of the National Women's Hockey League, a new women's professional circuit, Williams attended free agent camps during the summer of 2015 ahead of the NWHL's inaugural season, eventually earning a contract with the Buffalo Beauts. By signing, she became the first former ACHA player to sign in the league (along with UMass alumna Paige Harrington, whose signing with the Beauts was announced at the same time), and the first in any North American women's professional league since the 2002–03 season. Williams scored her first NWHL goal on November 22, 2015, burying to tie a game against the Connecticut Whale at 6–6 with 3:23 remaining in the second period, although the Whale would go on to win in a shootout. She added four assists while playing in 17 of the Beauts' 18 regular season games.

The Whitecaps finished in first place during the regular season and advanced to the Playoffs. After defeating the Metropolitan Riveters 5-1 during the semifinals, the Whitecaps won the Isobel Cup in overtime against the Buffalo Beauts.

Danielle Cameranesi (born June 3, 1995) is an American women's ice hockey player for the Buffalo Beauts. She made her debut for the US national women's team at the 2014 4 Nations Cup in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.

The 2017–18 NWHL season was the third season of the National Women's Hockey League. All four teams from the previous two seasons returned for this season: the Boston Pride, Buffalo Beauts, Connecticut Whale, and the Metropolitan Riveters.

Two players take a faceoff during the NWHL All- Star Game at TRIA Rink Brittany Ott of the Boston Pride and Amanda Leveille of the Buffalo Beauts served as team captains for the 3rd NWHL All-Star Game.

Paige Harrington (born July 25, 1993) is an American former professional ice hockey player. She last played for the Boston Pride of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) in 2017–18, following two seasons with the NWHL's Buffalo Beauts.

The 2016–17 NWHL season is the second season of operation of the National Women's Hockey League. All four teams from the inaugural season returned for this season: the Boston Pride, Buffalo Beauts, Connecticut Whale, and New York Riveters.

The Buffalo Sabres minor league affiliate, the Rochester Americans, play in the American Hockey League. The Western New York region is also represented by the Buffalo Beauts, a professional Women's hockey team that plays in the National Women's Hockey League.

In local Media the Buffalo Beauts are covered by The Buffalo News and home games are broadcast live by 716 Sports Podcast via Steve Bermel (Play by Play) and Justen Ehrig (color commentary) and games are live- streamed to twitch.tv/nwhl.

In the 2016 NWHL Draft, Scamurra was chosen by the Buffalo Beauts, as the 10th overall pick, and the third chosen by Buffalo. She signed with the Beauts on March 10, 2017 to help with the end of season push for the Isobel Cup and was able to appear in the final regular season game, against the Connecticut Whale. She scored a goal in the first period of that game. In her first appearance at the Isobel Cup playoffs, Scamurra scored 4 points (1 G, 3 A) in two games, including an assist in the championship game.

Pegula Sports & Entertainment acquired the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League in December 2017. While not the first or only NHL owner to partner with an NWHL team (the New Jersey Devils and later the Minnesota Wild also had affiliation agreements), the Pegulas' purchase of the Beauts was the first time any outside investor had purchased a team in what is otherwise a single-entity league; all the other teams are centrally owned and operated. The team was returend back to the league in 2019 with Kim Pegula quoted as saying “Our main goal has always been fostering the growth of women’s hockey across all ages.” “We thank our Beauts players, staff, and fans for their support this past season. We will continue to look for ways to successfully grow the women’s game.” In 2018, Pegula Sports & Entertainment reached an agreement to purchase the intellectual property of the Rochester Knighthawks of the National Lacrosse League in autumn 2019.

Some Riveters games are broadcast on The One Jersey Network, the Devils' digital radio station as well. As part of the new affiliation, the Riveters and Devils held a doubleheader at the Prudential Center for the Riveters' 2017–18 season opener against the Boston Pride followed by the Devils' game against the Arizona Coyotes. On December 21, 2017, the Buffalo Beauts were acquired by Pegula Sports and Entertainment, owners of the Buffalo Sabres, Rochester Americans, and the Beauts' arena HarborCenter. The Beauts were the second team to become affiliated with an NHL franchise, following the Metropolitan Riveters and the New Jersey Devils partnership in October, the first NWHL franchise to not be owned by the league and the first team in professional women's hockey to be owned by a National Hockey League owner. On May 15, 2018, the league announced its first expansion franchise, the Minnesota Whitecaps, would join the league for the 2018–19 season.

The team captains were Hilary Knight from the Boston Pride, and forward Emily Pfalzer, also a team captain with the Buffalo Beauts. Team Knight had the first pick overall and selected Kacey Bellamy. The captains each chose 11 players for their team.

Amanda Makela (born December 20, 1993) is a women's ice hockey player. Having played at the NCAA level with the Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey program, she was a member of the Buffalo Beauts during the 2015-16 NWHL season, the first in league history.

Lenka Čurmová (born 8 April 1997) is a Slovak ice hockey defender, currently playing with the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) and the Slovak national team. She and teammate Iveta Klimášová were the first Slovak players to play in the NWHL.

The St. Lawrence Saints represent St. Lawrence University in ECAC women's ice hockey during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season. In the off-season, Kennedy Marchment was drafted by the Buffalo Beauts as the second overall pick in the NWHL draft.

Brianne McLaughlin celebrating after winning the 2017 Isobel Cup The Beauts held their first summer free agent camp on May 23 and May 24, 2015. In July 2015, the Beauts signed free agent and 2-time Team USA Olympic goaltender Brianne McLaughlin, making her the first player to sign a contract with the franchise. The team made its debut at home on October 11, 2015 in a 4–1 loss versus the Boston Pride. During a 5–3 home loss against the Boston Pride on October 25, 2015, Brianne McLaughlin allowed three goals by Brianna Decker, resulting in the first hat trick in NWHL history.

Iveta Klimášová is a Slovakian ice hockey defender who plays for the Buffalo Beauts of the NWHL and serves as assistant captain of the Slovakian national team. She was the first Slovakian player to play in the NWHL. She wears the number 8 after Alexander Ovechkin.

She played 14 regular season games for the Pride in 2017–18 and collected three assists. Boston uncharacteristically struggled throughout the season though, managing only a 4–8–4 record and a third-place finish before being eliminated in the league semifinals in overtime by Harrington's former Beauts squad.

On May 20, 2019, the players formed a worker's union called the Professional Women's Hockey Player Association (PWHPA) to further push for their stated goals of a league that provides financial and infrastructure resources to players, health insurance, and support to training programs for young female players. With a large amount of North American players boycotting the league, more than half of the signed players on opening rosters were new to the league. On May 8, 2019, Pegula Sports and Entertainment (PSE), the owners of the Buffalo Beauts, relinquished ownership and operations of the team back to the NWHL, but continued to claim rights to the Beauts name as part of the turnover.

A fan vote determined the last four participants in the 1st NWHL All-Star Game on January 24, 2016, and Williams was added to Team Knight (captained by United States women's national ice hockey team and then-Boston Pride player Hilary Knight) after receiving 6,384 votes. She went on to score Team Knight's only goal of the game in a blowout loss to Emily Pfalzer's Team Pfalzer. The 2015–16 Buffalo Beauts season, saw a third-place finish in the standings with a 5–9–4 record, and an appearance in the first-ever Isobel Cup Final after rallying to upset Connecticut in a best-of-three semifinal. However, the Beauts dropped the championship series to Boston.

The team has advanced to the Isobel Cup Finals in the NWHL's first four seasons, winning in 2016–17. From 2017 to 2019, the Beauts were owned by Pegula Sports and Entertainment. Pegula severed ties with the NWHL in the 2019 offseason, causing the team to relocate to the Northtown Center.

The 2018–19 NWHL season is the fourth season of the National Women's Hockey League. All four teams from the previous three seasons returned: the Boston Pride, Buffalo Beauts, Connecticut Whale, and the Metropolitan Riveters while the Minnesota Whitecaps entered the league as an expansion team bringing the league to five teams.

Of note, the 2017 United States roster also featured three players from the NWHL. Among them were Cherie Stewart, who played in the inaugural season of the New York Riveters, Amber Moore, another Riveters alum, plus Paige Harrington, who captured the 2017 Isobel Cup championship as a member of the Buffalo Beauts.

The NWHL responded with that they were pursuing many more sponsors then in previous years and hoped to increase player salaries. and agreed to give players a 50 percent split of revenue on league sponsorship and media deals. On May 20, 2019, the players formed a worker's union called the Professional Women's Hockey Player Association (PWHPA) to further push for their stated goals of a league that provides financial and infrastructure resources to players, health insurance, and support to training programs for young female players. On May 8, 2019, Pegula Sports and Entertainment, the owners of the Buffalo Beauts, relinquished ownership and operations of the team back to the NWHL, but continued to claim rights to the Beauts name as part of the turnover.

On September 22, 2015, it was announced that Bellamy had signed a contract with the Boston Pride of the National Women's Hockey League. In the Pride's inaugural match, a 4–1 win against the Buffalo Beauts, Kacey Bellamy would earn two assists, becoming the first blueliner in NWHL history to log a multi-point game.

Jordyn Burns (born September 29, 1992) is an American professional ice hockey defender currently with the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League. Burns is from Minnesota and played collegiately with Syracuse, transferring to the Minnesota Golden Gophers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association after her freshman year. Burns participated in the 3rd NWHL All- Star Game.

Browne played for Team Canada at the 2011 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, appearing in the gold medal game. Among his teammates on Team Canada included future Mercyhurst and Beauts teammates Shelby Bram and Amanda Makela. Browne was also a member of the Ontario provincial team that gained the silver medal at the 2011 Canada Winter Games.

The Boston Pride are a professional women's ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They are one of the four charter franchises of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). The Pride play at Warrior Ice Arena which is also the practice facility for the Boston Bruins. They won the inaugural Isobel Cup in 2016, defeating the Buffalo Beauts.

On April 28, 2016, the Pride acquired the rights to Alexandra Carpenter, the first pick overall in the 2015 NWHL Draft. On February 2, 2017, the team traded Zoe Hickel to Connecticut Whale for their first pick in the 2017 NWHL Draft. The Pride lost to the Buffalo Beauts in the Isobel Cup final in 2017.

The Buffalo Beauts are a professional women's ice hockey team based in Amherst, New York. The team was established in 2015 as one of the four founding franchises of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). They play at Northtown Center in the Buffalo suburb of Amherst. The team played at Harborcenter in downtown Buffalo for their first four seasons.

The same four teams returned for the second season. Prior to the first game of the season, Harrison Browne of the Buffalo Beauts made the declaration that he was a transgender athlete. The 2nd NWHL All-Star Game was held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a rumored expansion market. Amanda Kessel and Kelley Steadman were named as All-Star captains.

The same four teams returned for the third season, all in the same primary home arenas for the first time. Buffalo played their home opener at Bill Gray's Regional Iceplex in the suburbs of Rochester and there was also one neutral-site game in Pittsburgh. The Metropolitan Riveters won the Isobel Cup defeating the Buffalo Beauts.

The arena held the 3rd NWHL All-Star Game on February 11, 2018. Later it was announced that the Minnesota Whitecaps would enter the NWHL and that TRIA Rink would serve as the team's home. The arena later served as the venue for the 2019 Isobel Cup Final between the Whitecaps and the Buffalo Beauts. The game won by the Whitecaps.

It was the first outdoor professional women's hockey game and the first game between the NWHL and the CWHL. The 1st NWHL All-Star Game took place on January 24, 2016, in Buffalo, New York. The game featured a 4-on-4 format with Hilary Knight of the Boston Pride and Emily Pfalzer of the Buffalo Beauts serving as team captains.

Emily Pfalzer Matheson (born June 14, 1993) is an American women's ice hockey player that currently captains the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). Internationally, Pfalzer plays for United States women's national ice hockey team and has won a gold medal at the 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship, 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship, 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship and the 2018 Winter Olympics.

In December 2017, the Buffalo Beauts' franchise was purchased by the NHL's Buffalo Sabres ownership, Pegula Sports and Entertainment, and became the first NWHL franchise to not be owned by the league. The NWHL expanded for the first time in 2018 when the Minnesota Whitecaps, a former member of the Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL) that had been operating independently since 2011, joined the league.

The National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) is a women's professional ice hockey league in the United States, established in 2015 with four teams. The league has grown to six teams: the Boston Pride, Buffalo Beauts, Connecticut Whale, Metropolitan Riveters, Minnesota Whitecaps, and the NWHL's first Canadian team, the Toronto Six. The league debuted as the first women's professional hockey league to pay its players.

Anne Kathryn Schleper (born January 30, 1990) is an American women's ice hockey player for the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League. She played college hockey for the Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey program and made her debut for the United States women's national ice hockey team at the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship. She was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota.

Following the 2015–16 NWHL season, the Pride finished first overall in the league standings and won Isobel Cup playoffs. She remained GM of the Pride in 2016–17 when the team took first in regular season but lost the Isobel Cup to the Buffalo Beauts. After the season, she was hired as the deputy commissioner of the league for the 2017–18 season.

Members of the Buffalo Beauts and the Minnesota Whitecaps during the 2019 Isobel Cup championship game for the NWHL The primary women's professional hockey league in North America is the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) with five teams located in the United States and one in Canada. From 2007 until 2019 the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) operated with teams in Canada, the United States and China.

The 3rd NWHL All-Star Game took place on February 11, 2018 at TRIA Rink in Saint Paul, Minnesota. A skills competition was held the day prior on February 10, 2018. Brittany Ott of the Boston Pride and Amanda Leveille of the Buffalo Beauts served as All-Star captains. Of note, Leveille became the first Canadian-born player to serve as a captain in the NWHL All-Star Game.

On March 17, 2019, the Whitecaps beat the Buffalo Beauts 2–1 in overtime to win the Isobel Cup league playoff championship. The Whitecaps also ended the season with the highest average attendance by selling out all ten home games including the playoffs. After the season ended, Whitecaps founder Jack Brodt stated the NWHL had never signed the contract the purchase the team and had remained privately controlled.

Harrison Browne (born May 13, 1993) is a professional ice hockey centre who played for the Metropolitan Riveters and Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL). Browne was assigned female at birth and played in women's competitions during his ice hockey career; he came out as a transgender man in 2016 and was the first openly transgender athlete in a professional team sport during his career.

Cody McCormick (born April 18, 1983) is a Canadian former ice hockey player and coach. He is of European and First Nations descent, with both Oneida and Chippewa/Ojibway ancestors. Cody McCormick is from London, Ontario Canada and has played for Colorado Avalanche, Buffalo Sabres, and Minnesota Wild. He was also the head coach of the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League from December 2018 to May 2019.

Rebecca Vint (born May 5, 1992) is a Canadian-born women's ice hockey player. Having played with the Robert Morris Colonials women's ice hockey program, Vint graduated as the program's all-time leading scorer, with 73 goals and 134 points. She most recently played with the NWHL’s Buffalo Beauts in the 2017–18 season. Vint previously played with the CWHL's Brampton Thunder and participated in the 3rd CWHL All-Star Game.

After only being offered a "practice player" spot by the Beauts for the 2016–17 season (practice players are members of the team, but not permitted to play in games unless the team is otherwise shorthanded), Williams crossed over to the Canadian Women's Hockey League and earned a roster spot with the Brampton Thunder through a tryout. She played in 14 games for Brampton, helping the team to a 12–10–1–1 (W–L–OTL–SOL) record and a third-place finish, although they were quickly eliminated in the best-of-three semifinals by Les Canadiennes de Montréal. The following season, the Thunder relocated to Markham, Ontario, which is located on the opposite side of Toronto from Brampton. Williams, who still lived in Buffalo dating to her time with the Beauts, negotiated a trade to the Toronto Furies (which played at the Mastercard Centre For Hockey Excellence in Toronto's western neighborhoods, a bit closer to Buffalo than Markham) and spent 2017–18 with the Thunder's archrival.

Black River Entertainment is an independent record label in Nashville, Tennessee, specializing in country music. The company is a partially owned subsidiary of Pegula Sports and Entertainment, which otherwise specializes primarily in professional sports team ownership in western New York (including the Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Sabres, Buffalo Bandits, Buffalo Beauts, and Rochester Americans). Roster includes Kelsea Ballerini and Abby Anderson. The company also contains Black River Publishing and Sound Stage Studio both out of Nashville.

She also participated in the 2018 NWHL All-Star Game. In June 2018, Babstock signed with the Buffalo Beauts. Babstock was affiliated with the Tri-State chapter of the PWHPA during the 2019–20 season but was not selected for any of the organization’s showcases or events. On May 2, 2020, Babstock announced her return to the NWHL, signing with the Canadian expansion team, the Toronto Six, for the 2020–21 NWHL season.

The Boston Pride celebrating their first Isobel Cup win in 2016. The team made its debut in 2015 in a 4–1 victory over the Buffalo Beauts. Hilary Knight scored the first goal in franchise history, and would also record the first multi-goal game in NWHL history. The Pride's first-ever win was recorded by Brittany Ott, who became the first American-born goaltender to win an NWHL regular season game.

At the beginning of the 2018-19 season, she suffered a spine injury that forced her to miss most of the year. In May 2019, Juron joined the PWHPA after the collapse of the CWHL, along with most of the Beauts' roster. She would spend most of the season with the organisation before returning to the NWHL in January 2020 with the Boston Pride. She was the first PWHPA to re-join the NWHL.

On October 12, 2020, Dani Rylan stepped down as commissioner and was replaced by Tyler Tumminia as interim commissioner during a league reorganization. The league was changing its governing model to an incorporated association that would be overseen by a board of governors, with one representative per team. Rylan would remain with the league to oversee the Beauts, Whale, Riveters, and Whitecaps while it searched for independent ownership of the league-operated teams.

In 2015, the NWHL announced that its players' association would consist of two elected players from each team. Erika Lawler served as the director of the players' association in its inaugural season. The elected player representatives during the NWHL's inaugural season were Emily Pfalzer and Meghan Duggan from Buffalo Beauts, Celeste Brown and Taylor Holze from the New York Riveters, Kelli Stack and Kaleigh Fratkin from the Connecticut Whale, and Hilary Knight and Brianna Decker from the Boston Pride.

University at Buffalo Stadium Amherst is home to the University at Buffalo Stadium, Alumni Arena, and Amherst Audubon Field, all utilized by the University at Buffalo Buffalo Bulls. The Northtown Center is the town's ice hockey arena. The arena is the home of the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League, the University at Buffalo Bulls men's ice hockey team, and the Buffalo Wings, a professional inline hockey team competing in Major League Roller Hockey.

Courtney Burke (born September 2, 1994) is an American ice hockey defenseman. She was drafted fourth overall by the Buffalo Beauts during the 2015 NWHL Draft for the inaugural season of the National Women's Hockey League. In 2011, she helped the United States women's national under-18 ice hockey team win gold at the IIHF World Women's U18 Championships and silver at the 2012 tournament. She was part of the Metropolitan Riveters team that captured the Isobel Cup in 2018.

930, and amassed 54 shutouts, and holds the program record for shut-outs in a season. Was also in net for two Assabet Tournament championships, two JWHL championships, and two Cornwall Typhoon tournament championships. Prior to NAHA, she was a member of the Madison Capitals Bantam AAA boys’ team that participated at Nationals. Prior to joining the Buffalo Beauts, Neumann played for the USA Hockey National Bound, North Carolina Women's hockey team, winning 1 National title and 1 second place title.

In 2016, she helped the team win the inaugural Isobel Cup. Bolden was selected as a player for the 2nd NWHL All- Star Game, in which she won the fastest shot skills game with a shot of 87 mph. In May 2017, Bolden left the NWHL and signed on to play for the HC Lugano women's team in Switzerland. On August 15, 2018, Bolden signed a contract with the NWHL's Buffalo Beauts and played for that team until May 2019.

Kelly Babstock (born August 4, 1992) is a Canadian-American ice hockey player who currently plays with the Metropolitan Riveters of the NWHL. She has Ojibwe roots and is originally from Little Current on Manitoulin Island, part of the Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory. Babstock played collegiate ice hockey with the Quinnipiac Bobcats and remains the top point scorer in the program’s history. In the NWHL, she played with the Connecticut Whale from 2015–2018 and with the Buffalo Beauts during the 2018–19 season.

Rylan presents the Isobel Cup to the Buffalo Beauts in 2017. Rylan was inspired to create a women's league while watching the United States and Canadian national teams play in the finals of the 2014 Winter Olympics and began researching the new business opportunity. She began calling people she knew in ice hockey circles and the plans for the league began within a year. She contacted players, conducted research on markets, held training camps, created four teams, and scheduled the venues.

The 2nd NWHL All-Star Game took place at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex on February 12, 2017 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A skills competition was held the day prior on February 11, 2017. This edition of the All-Star Game featured a "fantasy draft" format in order to determine the rosters. The team captains were Amanda Kessel from the New York Riveters, and forward Kelley Steadman, who was the MVP of the 2016 NWHL All-Star Game, from the Buffalo Beauts.

Lindsay Grigg (born May 26, 1993) is a women’s ice hockey player. Having played at the NCAA level with the RIT Tigers women's ice hockey program, she was a member of the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League during the 2015–16 NWHL season, the first in league history. Grigg has also competed for the Canada women's national inline hockey team. For the 2016–17 season, Grigg has signed a contract to play with the HV71 club, part of Sweden's Riksserien league.

Accursi struggled in her first few seasons for Mercyhurst, only posting 15 points in her first three seasons, before scoring 23 points in 35 games in her final season. After graduating, she planned to retire from hockey and become a police officer, until her sister convinced her to try out for the Beauts. In 2020, she was named to Team Dempsey for the NWHL All-Star Game, after putting up 25 points in 24 games, including 15 goals, one of the top 5 scorers of the league.

The 2019–20 NWHL season was the fifth season of the National Women's Hockey League. All five teams from the previous season returned: the Boston Pride, Buffalo Beauts, Connecticut Whale, Metropolitan Riveters, and the Minnesota Whitecaps. The NWHL completed the semifinal round of the 2020 Isobel Cup playoffs, but had to postpone the championship game between Boston and Minnesota originally scheduled for March 13, 2020, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 15, the final was cancelled and the Isobel Cup was not awarded.

The game is not played with a standard deck of playing cards. Two identical decks of 55 cards, comprising five suits of 11, are used instead (the 110 cards together are referred to as a pack). The suits are named after important pieces of cricketing equipment – bats, balls, stumps, gloves and pads – and numbered simply 1 to 11. The cards numbered 1 are called ‘dollies’ (cricketing slang for an easy catch) and those numbered 11 are called ‘beauts’ (referring to excellent deliveries or shots).

The National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) is a women's professional ice hockey league located in the United States and Canada. The league was established in 2015 with four teams, and has since grown to six teams: the Boston Pride, Buffalo Beauts, Connecticut Whale, Metropolitan Riveters, Minnesota Whitecaps, and the Toronto Six. The league is the first women's professional hockey league to pay its players. The Isobel Cup, the league's championship trophy, is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season.

Minnesota Whitecaps player, Chelsey Brodt Rosenthal lifts the Isobel Cup in 2019 The league expanded to five teams with the inclusion of the formerly independent Minnesota Whitecaps. The Champions Cup was played between the NWHL's 2018 Isobel Cup champion Metropolitan Riveters and the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) 2018 champion Luleå HF at Hobey Baker Memorial Rink in Princeton, New Jersey. Luleå defeated the Riveters 4–2. The Whitecaps won the Isobel Cup over the Buffalo Beauts in their first season in the league.

In 2016, she was drafted in the fourth round, 14th overall by the Buffalo Beauts of the NWHL. In the 2017 CWHL Draft, she was selected in the seventh round, 49th overall by the Vanke Rays, one of two new Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) expansion teams in China. Woods opted to sign with the Vanke Rays for the 2017–18 CWHL season. She remained with the franchise as it merged with the other CWHL team in China, Kunlun Red Star, to become the Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays for the 2018–19 CWHL season.

On December 21, 2010, Makela was one of 14 players from Ontario named to Canada's U18 national women's team. Making her debut with the U18 national team in a preliminary match against Switzerland on January 1, 2011, she would make 24 saves (including 11 in the first period) in a 9-1 victory. Of note, future Beauts teammate Shelby Bram was also part of Canada's roster. Despite emerging from the 2011 U18 Women's Worlds with a silver medal, Makela was a statistical leader in two categories, including save percentage (.

Minnesota first competed for the Clarkson Cup in 2009 in Kingston, Ontario. The team lost to the Montreal Stars in a one-game final, 3 goals to 1. In 2010, the Minnesota Whitecaps became the first United States based team to win the Clarkson Cup, doing so by defeating the Brampton Thunder, 4 goals to none. In 2019, after moving to the National Women's Hockey League, the Whitecaps became the only team to win both the Clarkson Cup and the Isobel Cup after beating the Buffalo Beauts by a score of 2 goals to one.

Hayley Williams (born June 3, 1990) is an American professional ice hockey player. She currently plays for KMH Budapest in the European Women's Hockey League, and previously played in the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) for the Buffalo Beauts, the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL) for the Toronto Furies and Brampton Thunder, and the Russian Women's Hockey League (ZhHL) for SK Gorny. Williams is a three-time professional all-star, having been selected to the 2016 NWHL All-Star Game as well as the 2019 and 2020 contests in the ZhHL.

Battaglino signed a professional contract with the Connecticut Whale in 2015, joining the franchise for its inaugural 2015/16 NWHL season. Battaglino was injured in a November 2015 game against the Buffalo Beauts. Following the 2016/17 season, Battaglino was named one of the NWHL Fans’ Three Stars of the Season alongside Harrison Browne and Rebecca Russo after a fan vote. On the 2nd of June, 2017, it was reported that Battaglino had signed a contract to play for the Connecticut Whale in the 2017/18 NWHL season.

Duggan played six seasons of professional hockey, including four with the Boston Blades of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (2011-15), who won the Clarkson Cup in 2013 and 2015. In 2015 she moved to the newly formed National Women's Hockey League played one season with the Buffalo Beauts. In December 2015, it was announced that Duggan had signed a personal services agreement with Dunkin Donuts as part of the company's sponsorship deal of the NWHL. She played her her final pro season with the Boston Pride for the 2016-17 season.

Kelley Steadman (born July 17, 1990) is an American retired ice hockey player, currently serving as assistant coach in the Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey program. She won two IIHF World Women's Championship gold medals as a member of the United States’ women's national team, in 2011 and 2013. Her post-collegiate and professional career was played with the Boston Blades of the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL), Tornado Dmitrov of Russia's Women's Hockey League (ZhHL), and with the Buffalo Beauts during the inaugural and second season of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL).

Steadman currently plays for the Buffalo Beauts of the NWHL as a practice player. Citing her position with RMU Hockey, Steadman preferred to play as a practice player to balance hockey and her full-time job. Steadman was named the Player of the Week for the NWHL from November 22 to November 28. She scored the first All Star Game goal in NWHL history and was named MVP of the 1st NWHL All-Star Game, tallying up 2 goals and helping her team to a 9–1 victory.

On March 19, 2017 Browne won the Isobel Cup with the Buffalo Beauts, becoming the first openly transgender athlete to win a national championship on a team sport. On August 7, 2017 he announced he would be putting his retirement on hold and would instead return for the 2017–18 season with the Metropolitan Riveters. On April 25, 2018 Browne won the Isobel Cup for the second time, this time with the Metropolitan Riveters (the team's first win). On April 30, 2018 Browne again announced his retirement from the NWHL.

Darkangelo played the 2015 season with the Connecticut Whale in the National Women's Hockey League and was selected to participate in the 1st NWHL All-Star Game. On July 31, Darkangelo signed a one-year contract for $21,000 with the Buffalo Beauts. She was selected to participate in the 2nd NWHL All-Star Game in 2017. In April 2020, after one year spent playing with the GTA West chapter of the PWHPA, she was announced as one of the first five players signed the Toronto Six, the first NWHL team in Canada.

The team had several personnel changes prior to the 2017–18 season including a new head coach in Thomas Pöck and lost seven players for the season in preparation for their participation in the 2018 Winter Olympics. After two seasons in which the Pride finished regular season in first place played in the Isobel Cup finals, the Pride finished in third place. The Pride ultimately lost to the Buffalo Beauts in the first round semifinal game and failed to make the Isobel Cup finals for the first time.

The National Women's Hockey League, founded in 2015, is the first women's ice hockey league in the country to pay its players and features five teams in the northeast and upper midwest. Three of the five teams (the Buffalo Beauts, Minnesota Whitecaps and Metropolitan Riveters) are either owned or operated by, or affiliated with, their metro area's NHL franchise (the Buffalo Sabres, Minnesota Wild and New Jersey Devils, respectively). At the international level, the United States women's national ice hockey team is one of the two predominant international women's teams in the world, alongside its longtime rival Team Canada.

In 2019, a player strike led to two of the NHL partnerships being severed and one of the teams, the Buffalo Beauts, being placed into legal limbo after Pegula Sports and Entertainment (which had purchased the team in 2017) surrendered the NWHL franchise back to the league but not the intellectual property or arena lease. The player strike was brought on by a disconnect between the demands of the NWHL's players to be paid and treated more professionally than they have been, and the NWHL's inability to enter into the agreements necessary for those demands to be met.

During the off-season, the Connecticut Whale moved to Northford Ice Pavilion in North Branford, Connecticut, and the defending champion Boston Pride moved to the new Warrior Ice Arena in the Boston neighborhood of Brighton. On August 1, 2016, it was announced that the New York Riveters moved from Brooklyn to the Barnabas Health Hockey House in Newark, New Jersey, situated within the Prudential Center as the New Jersey Devils practice arena. The facility was the site of the first Isobel Cup finals the previous season. With the changes in arenas, it left the Buffalo Beauts, playing their second season at Harborcenter, as the sole team not to change arenas.

The Riveters also adopted the colors of the Devils and changed their jerseys. As part of the new affiliation, the Riveters and Devils held a doubleheader for the Riveters' 2017–18 season opener against the Boston Pride followed by the Devils' game against the Arizona Coyotes at the Prudential Center. In the 2017–18 season, the Riveters won both the regular season and the Isobel Cup against the previous champions, the Buffalo Beauts. At the end of their 2017–18 championship season, original head coach Chad Wiseman resigned, taking a job closer to home as an assistant with the Guelph Storm, and was replaced by Randy Velischek.

During a 5–3 road win against the Buffalo Beauts, Brianna Decker scored the first hat trick in NWHL history. In November 2015, Briana Decker and Hilary Knight were named co-captains of the Pride. On December 31, 2015, the Boston Pride played the Montreal Les Canadiennes of the Canadian Women's Hockey League to a 1–1 tie in the first ever 2016 Outdoor Women's Classic the day before at the site of the 2016 NHL Winter Classic at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. It was the first outdoor professional Women's hockey game, the first game sanctioned by the NHL and the first game between the NWHL and the CWHL.

The inaugural NWHL Draft took place in Boston on June 20, with each team selecting five collegiate players. The draft order was decided on June 8 by lottery: the New York Riveters to pick first, followed by the Connecticut Whale, the Boston Pride, and the Buffalo Beauts. The first overall pick by the Riveters was Boston College graduate Alex Carpenter, the 2015 winner of the Patty Kazmaier Award for the most outstanding player in NCAA women's hockey, and the daughter of National Hockey League All-Star Bobby Carpenter. The other first round picks included University of Minnesota forward Hannah Brandt by Connecticut, Northeastern University forward Kendall Coyne by Boston, and University of Wisconsin defenseman Courtney Burke by Buffalo.

However, that season's playoffs, which took place entirely over the March 17–19, 2017 weekend, more than erased that losing mark. Buffalo pulled off a pair of upset victories, over the New York Riveters in the semifinals by a 4–2 count, then 3–2 over the Boston Pride (the defending champions, who had gone 35–4–1 over the two NWHL regular and playoff seasons entering the contest) to capture the Isobel Cup. On July 12, 2017, Harrington signed with the Pride, the team she faced in the Isobel Cup Final in both 2016 and 2017 as a member of the Beauts, citing the ability to play close to home while transitioning to her off-ice career as reasons for changing teams.

In 2015, the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) was established with the purpose of being the first professional women's hockey league in North America that paid its players. The league launched its inaugural season in 2015–16 with four teams in the Northeastern United States: the Boston Pride, Buffalo Beauts, Connecticut Whale, and New York Riveters, with all franchises owned by the league. The league initially had a $10,000 minimum salary per season for the players, however, the player's salaries were reduced up to 50% part-way through the league's second season. In October 2017, the NWHL team's began partnering with established National Hockey League (NHL) teams with an branding agreement between the New York Riveters and the New Jersey Devils.

The Beauts then changed their home venue from the PSE-owned Harborcenter to the Northtown Center in the Buffalo suburb of Amherst. On May 17, 2019, the New Jersey Devils ended their partnership with the Metropolitan Riveters. The Riveters then changed their home venue from the Devils' practice rink to ProSkate Ice Arena in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey, and returned to their original jersey colors. With the player strike, loss of support from the NHL teams, and lack of additional investors, the NWHL announced they would not be able to increase to full-time salaries or provide players with health insurance outside of the typical worker's compensation for injuries, but had come to an agreement to a 50 percent revenue split on all league-wide sponsorship and media deals.

Since its formation, Pegula Sports and Entertainment, with Kim Pegula as its president and CEO, has made several acquisitions of property in Buffalo, launched a local Regional Sports Network in MSG Western New York, and acquired a 5th professional team, the Buffalo Beauts of the National Women's Hockey League and a 6th, the Rochester Knighthawks of the National lacrosse league. In March 2018, Pegula was named to the National Football League’s business ventures committee replacing Russ Brandon. Pegula is also on the NFL’s Super Bowl and major event advisory committee. On May 1, 2018, after the abrupt resignation of Brandon as president of Pegula Sports and Entertainment as well as the Bills and Sabres, Pegula was installed as president over all of the Pegula Sports and Entertainment properties.

That evening, UMass survived another close call, as Labossiere buried Adrian in overtime by a 2–1 count after the Bulldogs tied things late. After those two wins secured a spot in the semifinals - and results early on the second day of the tournament clinched first place in the pool - Robert Morris (IL) overcame two Harrington goals with five in the second period, as the Eagles picked up what amounted to a consolation win by a 6–4 count. The contest was notable as a meeting of future Buffalo Beauts teammates Harrington and Hayley Williams (who grabbed an assist), and as a World University Games reunion of sorts - in addition to the five Minutemen and Williams, RMU's Jessica Merritt and Ramey Weaver were also on Team USA, with the latter both its captain and leading scorer.

Along with former Beauts teammate Tatiana Rafter, Williams jumped to the other side of the globe for the 2018–19 season as an import player in the Russian Women's Hockey League (abbreviated as "ZhHL" due to the romanized Russian name Zhenskaya Hokkeynaya Liga) for SK Gorny, announcing the transaction on Instagram. Williams arrived to find a team in something of a chaotic state. Originally known as Arktik-Universitet and operated in conjunction with Ukhta State Technical University, the organization was in the middle of a complete overhaul that would see it rebrand as SK Gorny for the start of the 2018–19 season, then relocate from the small industrial city of Ukhta to the major metropolis of Saint Petersburg midway through the campaign. Furthermore, Arktik-Universitet had not been successful on the ice, winning just four times in 24 games during 2017–18. Thanks to the arrivals of Williams and Rafter, along with a nucleus that included Russia women's national ice hockey team players Fanuza Kadirova and Liana Ganeyeva, Gorny slowly became increasingly competitive within the league, improving to 12 wins in 2018–19.