25 Non-PHF/PWHPA Players The New League Needs To Secure

While most of the world's top players will be in the new professional women's hockey league, there is a full team of international stars who need to join to bring all the best to one place.

When the new professional women's hockey league involving members of the PHF and PWHPA hits the ice in 2024, it will include almost all of the best North American players outside the NCAA. There are, however, players who will still be competing in Europe this year who need to be involved in the future to make sure all of the best professional players in the world are in one place.

Many international players were signed to play in the PHF this year including Alina Müller, Chloe Aurard, Theresa Schafzahl, Emma Soderberg, Susanna Tapani, Noora Räty, Sandra Abstreiter, six members of Czechia's national team, Akane and Aoi Shiga, and Finns Emma Nuutinen, Anna Kilponen, and Minttu Tuominen. But there are many more out there the new league should, and will, attempt to lure to North America.

Had this announcement been made earlier, players like Jenniina Nylund, Sini Karjalainen, and Andrea Brändli would be in the conversation, but they'll be headed to Europe this year after graduating from the NCAA.

Here's a look at those players.

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Other names to watch: Ryleigh Houston, Nara Elia, Kaitlyn Tougas, Fanuza Kadirova Sanni Rantala, Lina Ljungblom, Andrea Brandli, Sini Karjalainen, Blanka Skodova, Jenniina Nylund, Sinja Leemann, Lisa Rüedi, Ilona Markova