Among the hundreds of soccer programs and Little League baseball teams, ice hockey programs in the early 2000s were a rarity for young North Carolinians — especially for girls and young women. But that’s changing. Now, a group of retired NWHL professional players, a $215,000 investment from the Carolina Hurricanes and hundreds of hockey supporters are part of a movement to make ice hockey accessible to girls and women of all ages across the state. …read more

Source:: WRAL