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hamilton unionised steel workers -- a catchy team name that makes a subtle nod to the history of the city, while tying that history to the present day. players' unions have dramatically shaped the field of modern sports, and key figures such as Marvin Miller brought their expertise from United Steelworkers. additionally, it has a link to key moments in queer history, in the employment protections steel unions provided to queer labourers. [ps, idea for visuals?] las vegas creosote-bursage flats -- there's already been a lot of discussion of the celebration of vegas' beautiful natural environment in the colours chosen to represent pwhl las vegas, and i tried to follow that here. earlier concepts involved cactus flowers but that felt predictable. all too often women are associated with daintiness, flowers, objectified as beautiful objects. the creosote-bursage flats assert that womens' sports are unexpected, vast, and strong. it's an identity that just makes sense.

san jose monterey bay aquarium -- i know people hate collective noun names, but let me try and sell you on this one. as the only bay area team, i understand people's instincts to connect the team identity to marine life, but anything to close to the sharks i think would reflect badly and imply they're a "little sister" team. instead, we make the sharks the afterthought team name, with the pwhl team owning the "umbrella" identity. plus, who doesn't love the aquarium?

On Aug. 12, the FDA reclassified a recall for nearly 1.6 million dozen white and brown cage-free eggs due to potential salmonella contamination. The recall is now Class I, which is considered "a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death," according to the FDA.

As of July 24, a salmonella outbreak linked to the recalled eggs has sickened at least 98 people and hospitalized 26 across 17 states. The illnesses were reported between Nov. 21, 2025, and June 30, 2026. The FDA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were aware of 26 hospitalizations due to the recall, but no deaths.

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Jessica Platt takes the ceremonial faceoff and Harrison Browne drops the puck at the Toronto Furies You Can Play game 

the SDHL is a top league with a lot of players who have played and will play in the PWHL, so you can see some old PWHL faves, see some future PWHL faves (did you like watching Swiss goalie Andrea Brändli in the olympics? did you miss Akane Shiga when she was gone? did you not know initially why the Sirens picked Elisa Holopainen that high in the draft? are you wondering about the new hot masc Viivi Vainikka and the 2026 championship she won? they were all in the SDHL last season!), and find some women to fall in love with who might never even want to go to the p-dub!

ALL woman and girls of ALL life experiences and journeys deserve to play their chosen sport in the leagues and teams that they are most comfortable with without having to expose intimidate details of their anatomy or be subject to invasive tests or procedures to their bodies, OR to appear a certain way, in order to prove they're ~female enough~.

My motivation was to show people that you don’t have to give up on your dreams to be who you are…I’ve been given a special opportunity to be visible for those who can’t be. Being a professional athlete, I’ve been given a platform to speak about my history and the things that I’ve been through. So hopefully the other people that have been going through what I’ve been through can kind of find a voice in me.