Hi, I'm Ham (they/them)! This blog is not the official blog of the PWHL team the New York Sirens, but I am a Sirens season ticketholder and you'll often find me at the Prudential Center!
I consistently tag:
#pwhl analysis with analysis from myself and others
#data analysis with stats and data from myself and others
#answered if someone sends an ask
#pwhl lb with my thoughts as I watch games
you might be interested in:
a pwhl playoffs bingo board
this email template and guide for emailing the league and the pwhpa to encourage them to write and release a gender inclusion statement
this art by @formulanni that I commissioned of Hilary Knight and MPP
my pwhl claim to fame: Jill Saulnier asked me to make "she's gay marcus" bracelets for the 2907 bachelorette party to wear
Other things:
This season, I've committed to $5 for every point Curl scores and $1 for every penalty minute of Curl’s to You Can Play, a hockey org focused specifically on LGBTQ+ inclusion. I’m absolutely not the first person to do this, but I’m happy to jump on the bandwagon, and if anyone would like to join me/match donations I’d be happy to have you!
Also, I'm queer and will block transphobes/radfems on sight.
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Perfect time for a reminder that this blog is a welcome space for everyone that is part of the queer community (trans, poc queers, aroace etc) and hate of any form is not welcome
Wicked artwork by Mio Linzie (@flyerswitch on X) an amazing freelance artist from Sweden! She's already done several editions of Pride jerseys for the NHL.
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The satirical Vesey Awards kind of shoehorned PWHL players into their categories, so I was inspired to create a completely PWHL-focused satire awards. Knock yourselves out and please do not submit more than one survey! Not exclusive to tumblr users, I just happen to be based on tumblr myself. Feel free to share the survey link amongst your PWHL friend groups.
https://forms.gle/xNaszWZXXBQoduN99
THIS SURVEY IS ONLY FOR THE 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON AND POST-SEASON (PLAYOFFS AND FINALS).
Voting closes on June 10, 2026 at 11:59pm EDT. Results will be announced shortly thereafter here on my blog.
Categories and respective nominees below the cut! Most categories also have write-ins.
Most Deserving City That Didn’t Get An Expansion Team
Exactly what it says. If only these cities had gotten an expansion team!
Calgary, Alberta
Denver, Colorado
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Quebec City, Quebec
Chicago, Illinois
Edmonton, Alberta
The Dearly Departed Award
Award for the most missed player that was traded this season or lost in the 2025 expansion draft.
Abby Roque (NY to MTL)
Sophie Jaques (MIN to VAN)
Zoe Boyd (OTT to BOS)
Denisa Křížová (MIN to NY)
The Royale Tiger Towel Paper Towel Power Play Power Through Tough Messes (existing to not existing)
Sarah Nurse (TOR to VAN)
Jessie Eldridge (NY to SEA to BOS)
The Jared Award for Excellence in Refereeing
For the official that made the most infuriating calls of the season.
Jared
Sydney
Jake
Central Situation Room
The "WTF" Coaching and Management Award
Award for the most interesting coaching and management decisions in the league.
Brian Idalski and the Vancouver Goldeneyes
Steve O'Rourke and the Seattle Torrent
Ken Klee and the Minnesota Frost
Troy Ryan and the Toronto Sceptres
Goalie Who Most Deserves A Gun
Which goaltender was forced to endure the most suffering because their team couldn't get it together this season?
Kayle Osborne
Gwyneth Philips
Corinne Schroeder
Aerin Frankel
Raygan Kirk
Emerance Maschmeyer
God's Most Suffering Player
For the player that endured the most suffering this season on this godforsaken bitch of an earth.
Laura Stacey
Gwyneth Philips
Hilary Knight
Alex Carpenter
Ad Break of the Year
Sorry to the Canadians who can't watch the streams on Youtube.
DVD Corner Bounce
Gay Time Check
Catch Me Catch Me
Jincy Roese Debut Single
The "Which Could Mean Nothing" Partnership Award
Awarded to the best duos and groups of friends in the league. Which could mean nothing.
Kenzie Lalonde and Cheryl Pounder
Laura Stacey, Marie-Philip Poulin, and Abby Roque
Emma Buckles and Catherine Dubois
The Entire Seattle Torrent
The Kristýna Kaltounková Most Overly-Penalized Player Award
Named in honor of Kristýna Kaltounková having the most ever penalty minutes for a rookie in her first PWHL season (45 PIM).
Rory Guilday
Kristýna Kaltounková
Abby Roque
Emma Maltais
Laura Stacey
Taylor Girard
The "Stop That, You Can Text Her After The Game" Award for Most Egregious Checking
For physicality that makes you go, "Why are you doing that???"
Jocelyne Larocque and Renata Fast WWE Super Slam
Brooke Bryant falling on top of Abbey Levy
Micah Zandee-Hart and Laura Stacey Skate Lace Entanglement
Jill Saulnier pushing down Ann-Renée Desbiens
The Prudential Center Clown Fan Clown Hockey Moment of the Year
For the most ridiculous moments on the ice, named in honor of the New York Sirens fan that dresses up like a clown, tumblr user @newyorksirens.
Danielle Serdachny sliding into an empty net, scoring a goal
Gwyneth Philips Beyblade
Emily Clark losing her skate blade and being pushed to the bench
Abby Roque scoring with her face
TD Place Arena Ice Hole
Ann-Renée Desbiens Ladder Assist
Lesbians' Choice Award
Who do the lesbians (and other queer PWHL fans) love the most?
Hilary Knight
Zoe Boyd
Laura Stacey
Carly "CJ" Jackson
Abby Roque
Kristýna Kaltounková
Fight of the Year
Kristýna Kaltounková vs. the entire Ottawa Charge
Abby Roque vs. Britta Curl playoff scrum
Montreal Victoire vs. New York Sirens line brawl (feat. Kayle Osborne)
Megan Keller vs. Laura Stacey
Boston Fleet vs. Toronto Sceptres line brawl (feat. Frankel & Tapani hug)
Jill Saulnier vs. Tereza Vanišová rematch
Quote of the Year
"I think I peed a little." - Marie-Philip Poulin
"How can you not be romantic about hockey?" - Eric Gallanty
if I have to see one more Instagram/reddit comment expressing disappointment about a coaching hire in the pwhl purely on the basis of "boo we wanted a woman head coach!" I'm going to lose it. where do people think women head coaches come from? the store? let's use our critical thinking skills for a moment and ask "why did my team not hire a woman as a head coach?"! perhaps:
- women have been structurally discouraged from pursuing coaching positions for the majority of the existence of organized sport (and in many ways still are). this causes there to not be as many qualified women for those positions
- the pwhl has shown that they pay people jack shit! and as @grantmentis has pointed out, there's a real lack of transparency about how coaching/staff contracts work. I would assume based on what we know that the contracts are year to year. that's not a lot of job stability, especially if you're asking someone to up and move to wherever the team is- it's not like coaching can be done remotely!
these are just like. the two most obvious reasons I can think of off the top of my head, I'm sure there's more other people can add on.
I do think the league should take this opportunity to invest in the training infrastructure to grow the potential pool of coaches who are women! they have the opportunity to make real inroads for structural change here- and I honestly think partnering with the nhl might be helpful, because having a system where men work for the men's league and women work for the women's league is actually. not as progressive as people think it is.
but in the meantime can people pleaaaaase stop complaining about their teams not hiring women as coaches/staff without, idk, proposing viable alternatives?
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if I stole @pwhl-mybeloved 's idea and hosted a giveaway of some base cards from last year's upper deck series of pwhl cards would people be into that? Ive got a bunch of duplicates that I would love to get into other people's hands
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