What are your favorite PWHL players up to this offseason? We're keeping track in our offseason off-ice updates. This week it includes more wedding news, golf tournaments, hockey camps, market tours and more.
Here's a look.
Boulier And Bellamy Tie The Knot
Who doesn't love a women's hockey power couple? Another has made it official as Amanda Boulier and Laura Bellamy tied the knot on July 19. Boulier is a defender for the PWHL's Montreal Victoire entering her third season in the league. She marred Harvard head coach Laura Bellamy. Bellamy, a former NCAA goaltender, has been coaching in the NCAA including as an assistant for Minnesota-Duluth for seven seasons. She was hired as Harvard's head coach in 2023.
The duo's wedding took place in Manchester, Vermont.
Seattle Players Take The Tour
Four PWHL Seattle players - Cayla Barnes, Hilary Knight, Jenna Buglioni, and Emily Brown - took the royal tour of Seattle. From fish at Pike Place Market, to the Space Needle, cheese curds, and a meet and greet at Rough & Tumble, Seattle's women's sports bar, the foursome took the tour and got to know their new city.
This also included the first formal media availability for players, and head coach Steven O'Rourke in Seattle. The group also took to center court to be recognized at a Seattle Storm WNBA game. The Storm share Climate Pledge Arena with the PWHL and NHL's Seattle Kraken. Knight also threw out the first pitch at a Seattle Mariners MLB game.
PWHL Players Go Camping
Not only are PWHL players heading to national team camps in Czechia, the United States and elsewhere, but they're also taking part in girls hockey camps in their markets helping to grow the game in the offseason. In New York that includes a U-10, U-12 and U-14 summer clinic at the Essex County Codey Arena in West Orange, New Jersey from July 28-31. On the ice with the young players were Savannah Norcross, Elle Hartje and Jincy Roese, along with New York coaches Greg Fargo and Josh Sciba.
Maltais Goes Golfing Fore Charity
If you've followed PWHL social media accounts the past few weeks, you'll have seen chatter of golf skills. Emma Maltais was at the center of some of those exchanges as she hit the links for the Smilezone Foundation Celebrity Golf Tournament. SmileZone helps transform waiting rooms at medical facilities to bring a smile to the face of youth. Maltais wasn't alone at the tournament which also featured Jamie Lee Rattray and Victoria Bach. Hockey legend Megan Bozek was the ambassador for the tournament, which also included participants like Hockey Hall of Famer Angela James.