PWHL notebook: Vancouver and Seattle GMs named, and Minnesota's Curl-Salemme plays the villain in Cup final

With less than two weeks to go before the league's expansion draft process begins, the two incoming teams in Vancouver and Seattle now have leaders to start building the puzzle from scratch.

Cara Gardner Morey, who's been head coach of the Princeton University women's hockey team since 2017, was named PWHL Vancouver's general manager on Friday.

Gardner Morey was the second-winningest coach in Princeton history, winning an Ivy League championship and the Tigers' first Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) title. She played at both Brown University and in the original National Women's Hockey League.with Montreal and Brampton in the early 2000s.

"Cara brings exceptional experience at all levels of the game, a deep understanding of player development, and an unwavering passion for advancing women's sports," Jayna Hefford, the league's executive vice-president of hockey operations, said in a statement.

"Her track record at Princeton speaks for itself — instilling a strong culture, recruiting top talent, developing elite athletes, and winning championships."

Some of the players she coached and developed at Princeton include Sarah Fillier (New York), Claire Thompson (Minnesota), Maggie Connors (Toronto) and Mariah Keopple (Montreal).

Earlier this week, Meghan Turner was named general manager of PWHL Seattle. She's been the Boston Fleet's assistant general manager for the last two seasons, which means she's already put in lots of time scouting players across the league.

Like Gardner Morey, Turner is a former player, suiting up for Quinnipiac University in the NCAA, and professionally in the Canadian Women's Hockey League and Professional Women's Hockey Players Association. 

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