Mike Murphy

He/Him. @TheIceGarden EIC - @theixsports, Editor for @BlueshirtBanter | Creator: @TheirHC

[Maya 🫶 @mayaxeverysport]

Protection lists, coaching changes and then @DigDeepBSB brings his salary wisdom to talk about #PWHL salaries :)

https://t.co/us8mJ4GeCk

[The Ice Garden @TheIceGarden]

Stay up to date with our PWHL Roster Tracker!

https://t.co/hx8z27uXhD

[The Ice Garden @TheIceGarden]

François Méthot is officially the third head coach in Boston Fleet history.

https://t.co/hsgSHd9T7W

[The Ice Garden @TheIceGarden]

Looking at where each PWHL team’s roster stands, including which players and signed and who’s eligible for protection in the expansion process.

https://t.co/24GT7Y9bnW

[Melissa Burgess @_MelissaBurgess]

With today's news, here's a quick look at how #PWHL front offices stand - including five head coaching vacancies.

(This assumes that all from last season are returning to their teams if we haven't heard anything to confirm otherwise.)

[Melissa Burgess @_MelissaBurgess]

The #PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres have a lot of work to do this offseason, between signing free agents, protecting players through expansion and the PWHL draft. Add to that: hiring a new head coach.

New for @TheIceGarden, I look at five potential candidates: https://t.co/XKY5wJbnBz

[The Ice Garden @TheIceGarden]

A quick team-by-team breakdown of the 2025-26 PWHL salary data released Tuesday.

https://t.co/IimYbEjVIL

[Mike Murphy @DigDeepBSB]

When we get to a point where those who make the least are making enough to live on, it will be an amazing day for women's sports.
The noteworthy length of the current CBA and its fixed incremental growth model means that won't be happening in the next few years.

[Mike Murphy @DigDeepBSB]

Tremendous to see the PWHLPA make such a huge step with salary transparency.
Some notes:
- Figures reflect base salary in USD
- Markets have variance in COL (cost of living)
- No surprise with disparity
- 10 players making six figures, 3 on OTT
- Many making <$40k

[The Ice Garden @TheIceGarden]

Reflecting on Montréal’s 2026 Walter Cup championship, one thing is clear: the Victoire were never really cursed.

https://t.co/YfadReftzp

[Mike Murphy @DigDeepBSB]

@PuckNerdHockey Maybe!

[Hailey Salvian @hailey_salvian]

The PWHL Players Association has quietly released salaries to the public for the first time in a bid to promote greater transparency.

More on the news via @TheAthletic (gift link below):

https://t.co/HFUPTd7Qgy

[The Ice Garden @TheIceGarden]

Seattle parted ways with head coach Steve O’Rourke while expansion teams San Jose and Hamilton hired Troy Ryan and Meghan Duggan to lead hockey operations ahead of the 2026 PWHL Draft.

https://t.co/ly1W6ZrPss

[Mike Murphy @DigDeepBSB]

@softbrobusiness

[Mike Murphy @DigDeepBSB]

I'm looking forward to one day reading books about sports data in women's hockey and seeing Mik's name all over them. A builder. A strategist. And, above all else, a good soul. I'm incredibly happy for him and Montreal.

[Melissa Burgess @_MelissaBurgess]

Per @quarkyhockey -

HUGE congrats to the brilliant @hunterofstats, who I believe is now the first analytics person to win a pro whockey championship :)

[Melissa Burgess @_MelissaBurgess]

Per @quarkyhockey -

HUGE congrats to the brilliant @hunterofstats, who I believe is now the first analytics person to win a pro whockey championship :)

[Mike Murphy @DigDeepBSB]

A grown man, possibly a father, mansplaining sports journalism to a brilliant young woman actually doing sports journalism.

I'm sick to death of this show but, for some reason, it's always on.

[Dylan Nazareth @dylnaz]

Broke down Montréal’s Walter Cup win with @mayaxeverysport on this week’s @TheIXSports hockey podcast ⬇️

[The Ice Garden @TheIceGarden]

A new Walter Cup champion has been crowned! The Montréal Victoire defeated the Ottawa Charge in four games to win their first Walter Cup.

https://t.co/qFFZk0wsU4

[Mike Murphy @DigDeepBSB]

@RF_Journo @mayaxeverysport Robert, this is both incorrect and unkind. I would encourage you to ask yourself why you feel the need to "correct" someone who is an accredited media member, a member of the PHWA, and a widely respected voice in this space. Please, do better and be better.