BROOKLYN, NY – The National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL) announced that the 2017 Isobel Cup Final will be played at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell on Sunday, March 19 at 6:00 pm.
“For this year’s Final, we wanted a first-class hockey venue with a larger capacity, and we’re really pleased to have formed a partnership with the Tsongas Center,” said NWHL Commissioner Dani Rylan. “One game – winner takes the Isobel Cup. It’s going to be an intense, exciting game to complete the second season of the NWHL.”
Tickets for the 2017 NWHL Isobel Cup Final are available now at nwhl.zone/tickets.
The 6,500-seat Tsongas Center is home to the NCAA Division I UMass-Lowell River Hawks hockey team.
“We are extremely happy to host the Isobel Cup Final at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell,” said Keith Vaske, General Manager for Spectra at the Tsongas Center. “We think it is a perfect opportunity to host this great event for the NWHL – a league with a very bright future. We hope to be a part of the growth of not only the NWHL, but all of women’s hockey.”
The National Women’s Hockey League (NWHL)
The NWHL is the first professional women’s hockey league in North America to pay its players. The inaugural season began October 11, 2015 with the Founding Four: Boston Pride, Buffalo Beauts, Connecticut Whale and New York Riveters. On March 12, 2016, the Boston Pride became the first team in NWHL history to raise the Isobel Cup.
