Young Capital Region hockey players show support for NWHL

The NWHL 2021 season and playoffs for the Isobel Cup championship held in Lake Placid was watched by a record number of fans on Twitch, the free streaming partnership of the league.  “Throughout the first week of competition, Twitch, our free streaming platform, saw record-breaking viewership,” Latham’s Jordan Juron said in her All In blog post. “Our first game of the best of three series with Boston topped over 30,000 live streamers at a single time.” Jordan wrote about her experience in Lake Placid. Capital Region young hockey players submitted drawings and articles about their favorite teams. Here are the three winning entries: Isobel Cup by Emma Parker, 8, of Troy The Isobel Cup is named after Lord Stanley’s daughter, Isobel.  The Stanley Cup is named after Lord Stanley.  Isobel was one of the first women to play hockey. Emma Parker’s favorite team is the CT Whale Favorite NWHL Player by Emma Lovisa Selander – Goaltender – Boston Pride – I like Lovisa Selander.  She is currently the goaltender for Boston but she used to play here at RPI.  She was amazing.  I got to see her play a bunch of times and one time got a picture with her.  She…
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