With Canada set to take to the ice to start their three-peat journey against Switzerland at 7 p.m. ET, we have you covered with all the tourney’s need-to-know details.

Today’s newsletter has everything you need to know before the Toronto Six and Minnesota Whitecaps lace up their knife shoes for tonight’s duel in the desert.

The Frozen Four is the literal crowning moment of the women’s hockey season, and tonight, four teams will take the ice to try and advance to Sunday’s 4 p.m. ET title game.

The puck drops on the first round of the national tournament tomorrow, and we’re dropping all the details today so you can glide through the road to the trophy. Yo VIP, let’s kick it.

On Saturday, the five new champs automatically netted national tourney bids, but the remaining six at-large squads didn’t have to wait long — the committee announced the full bracket later that day.

A win means an automatic bid to the national tournament , which begins when the puck drops on next Thursday’s regional rounds and ends with a trophy hoist on March 19th.

The blow of Wednesday’s brutal 5–0 Rivalry Series loss to Canada was softened by yesterday’s news that the top Americans have teamed up with their biggest rivals to create an official PWHPA league, with reports that players organized a formal union and are negotiating a collective bargaining agreement (CBA).

Seems like a clear message that hockey is, in fact, not for everyone.

The weekend showcase has evolved into an opportunity for the league’s top talent to display their skill and show off their personalities through some friendly competition.

According to a Boston Globe report, Stone, who’s helmed the Crimson for 26 seasons, engages in toxic behaviors that have created “a culture of complete fear.”

While the Canadian Women’s Hockey League (CWHL) was known for its quality of play, the PHF (then National Women’s Hockey League) offered to do what no women’s league had done before: pay its players.

With only two and a half months until college hockey’s national tourney, the fellas have been bringing bedlam to the ice.