Trio of Canadian Olympians 1st players to sign with Professional Women's Hockey League

Three Canadian Olympians became the first players to sign free-agent contracts with the new Professional Women's Hockey League.

Forwards Emily Clark, Brianne Jenner and goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer each signed three-year deals with the new Ottawa, the league announced Monday.

Terms of the salaries were not disclosed, as per the PWHL Players' Association.

"We are thrilled with the three players we players for the Ottawa franchise," said Mike Hirshfeld, Ottawa's general manager.

"We truly believe that we have signed three incredible hockey players. As important to us, we are focused on making Ottawa a best-in-class organization in the PWHL, a place where players want to come and play. Building a culture is important to us and we believe these three players are incredibly well-respected and will help us to lay the foundation of the type of organization we aspire to be."

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