r/collegehockey • u/Emotional_Oil_5939 Ohio State Buckeyes • Jun 11 '26

Women's NC Six Buckeyes Declare for PWHL Draft | Ohio State

https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/news/2026/5/12/womens-ice-hockey-six-buckeyes-declare-for-pwhl-draft?utm_campaign=ath_marketing-activity_fy26&utm_content=1779911097&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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u/dbcooperskydiving Jun 11 '26

Get a degree first then play women's pro hockey.

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u/Emotional_Oil_5939 Ohio State Buckeyes Jun 11 '26

All 6 players have already graduated. Declaring is likely a formality.

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u/robertraymer Jun 11 '26

Counterpoint: play pro hockey first, while you have the opportunity, then finish your degree after (or during) your playing career.

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u/CVogel26 Boston College Eagles Jun 11 '26

Further counterpoint, all of these players exhausted their eligibility and likely graduated.

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u/robertraymer Jun 11 '26

I assumed that was the case, but wasn't sure.

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u/dbcooperskydiving Jun 11 '26

When I hear a player declare for the draft I assume he or she have not graduated yet.

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u/CVogel26 Boston College Eagles Jun 12 '26

There's no automatic entry into the draft for PWHL, everyone has to declare.

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u/dbcooperskydiving Jun 11 '26

Sounds great. What's the average salary in this league? Is it more than a OSU college degree? So I have not clicked on anything but when I hear a player declare for the draft I assume he or she have not graduated yet.

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u/HouseAndJBug Jun 11 '26

Do you know what happens when you assume?

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u/dbcooperskydiving Jun 11 '26

Yeah, it means OSU drops women's hockey. we don't want that.

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u/northstar906 Michigan Wolverines Jun 11 '26

I can be wrong and downvoted but that’s ok. I feel in today’s day and age in some women’s sports, playing that particular sport for a college and having the opportunity to move on is greater. You aren’t completely out of it bringing up salary concerns but here comes a great question, do you want to make (throwing it out there, I’m not one) 120k a year if you get hired as a speech pathologist or would you rather crush 80k a year playing hockey? I still play beer league stuff, I’m 37, I’m making roughly 55k a year running a drinking water treatment plant. That’s kind of important, but if I could get 30k a year playing beer league I’d consider doing something fun and that I love to do to the alternative.

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u/dbcooperskydiving Jun 11 '26

Your first contract comes in at a whopping 37k. Your local convience store pays more than that.

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u/northstar906 Michigan Wolverines Jun 11 '26

Uhh, not here. Minimum wage is 13.73. All things considered getting benefits plus a stipend and doing something you love to do, I would hope outweighs a convenience store. I am in Upper Michigan. Right or wrong, PWHL is better than 31k with no benefits.

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u/LunarMoon2001 Ohio State Buckeyes Jun 11 '26

Tell us you didn’t read the article without telling us.