The Premier Hockey Federation Players' Association (also known as the PHFPA or the PHF Players' Association, formerly known as the National Women's Hockey League Players' Association) is a representative body for professional ice hockey players in the

Premier Hockey Federation The Premier Hockey Federation (PHF), formerly 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 league-owned teams and h ...

(PHF). The association was founded in 2015.

Inaugural season

In 2015, the NWHL (now the PHF) announced that its players' association would consist of two elected players from each team.

Erika Lawler Erika Lyn Lawler (born February 5, 1987) is a member of the 2009–10 United States national women's ice hockey team which participated in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Lawler played prep hockey at Cushing Academy where she won the Bette Davis ...

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 Emily Pfalzer Matheson (born June 14, 1993) is an American women's ice hockey player who was the first captain the Buffalo Beauts of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) from 2015-2017. Internationally, Pfalzer plays for United States women's na ...

and

Meghan Duggan Meghan Duggan (born September 3, 1987) is an American former ice hockey forward and director of player development for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League. She played for the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2014 W ...

from Buffalo Beauts, Celeste Brown and Taylor Holze from the

New York Riveters The Metropolitan Riveters (originally the New York Riveters) are a professional women's ice hockey team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with home games at the American Dream Meadowlands ice rink. They were one of the four charter franchi ...

Kelli Stack Kelli Allison Stack (born January 13, 1988) is an American former ice hockey forward, who played for Kunlun Red Star in the Canadian Women's Hockey League. She is a member of the United States women's national ice hockey team. Stack competed ...

and Kaleigh Fratkin from the Connecticut Whale, and Hilary Knight and

Brianna Decker Brianna Decker (born May 13, 1991) is an American women's ice hockey player who plays for the Calgary section of the PWHPA and the United States women's national ice hockey team. She won the 2012 Patty Kazmaier Award while playing for the Univer ...

from the

Boston Pride 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 Premier Hockey Federation (PHF), formerly the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL; 2015–2021). The ...

Current association

As of April 13, 2022, the current executive director of the PHFPA is Nicole Corriero.

References

{{North American major league sports player associations Sports trade unions of the United States * Women's ice hockey in the United States Ice hockey organizations Sports organizations established in 2015 Trade unions established in 2015