Olympians Emily Clark, Brianne Jenner and Emerance Maschmeyer have each signed three-year deals with the city's still unnamed hockey team ahead of the upcoming draft.
From a young age, Clark said, she'd always wanted to be the "first girl" to play for the NHL.
"I feel like a kid, honestly, with the excitement around it," said Clark, adding she's excited to move to Ottawa and explore her neighbourhood and local restaurants.Ottawa's new professional women's hockey team has signed its first three players"It's the right fit for me, the right fit for my family," the 33-year-old from Oakville, Ont., told CBC Radio's.
"It's just so monumental for our sport [and] for our future generations of girls and boys," she said.The new league was created with participation from members of the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association — a group for which Jenner served as a founding board member. "[It's] a great document for the players too, [one] that's going to protect them and provide them a professional environment that we've never ever seen before in our sport."
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