Professional Women's Hockey Players' Association executive Jayna Hefford tells The Associated Press she is forging ahead with a bid to establish an economically sustainable professional league in North America with or without the NHL’s full financial backing. Hefford was responding to a report that the NHL is not currently in position to operate a women’s league. Hefford says the PWHPA has been developing a plan that doesn’t rely on NHL support.

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