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FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2018, file pool photo, United States' Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson (17) scores the game-winning goal past Canada goalie Shannon Szabados (1) during a penalty shootout in the women's gold medal hockey game at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea. More than 200 of the world's top female players are choosing not to play professional hockey in North America at all this year in an attempt to establish a economically viable professional league. (Bruce Bennett/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Women pushing for new hockey league staring at open calendar

By TERESA M. WALKER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2018, file photo, the United States team celebrates winning the women's gold medal hockey game against Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea. Women’s hockey players and the NHL believe one professional league instead of two is necessary to grow the sport in the aftermath of the U.S. winning gold at the Olympics. Currently the Canadian Women’s Hockey League and National Women’s Hockey League compete for players and attention. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Need for one pro league the new focus for women’s hockey

By STEPHEN WHYNO AND JOHN WAWROW - Associated Press