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In 2018, CWHL player [[Jessica Platt]] came out as a transgender woman, making her the first transgender woman to come out in North American professional hockey, and second transgender professional player after [[Harrison Browne]] came out as a transgender man in the NWHL in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|last=Barnes |first=Katie |url=http://www.espn.com/espnw/culture/article/22029536/cwhl-first-transgender-woman-finds-comfort-confidence-professional-hockey |title=CWHL's first transgender woman finds comfort, confidence in professional hockey |publisher=Espn.com |date=2018 |accessdate=2018-01-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/hockey/2018/01/11/canadian-women-hockey-jessica-platt-transgender-toronto-furies/1023685001/ |title=Jessica Platt, Toronto Furies hockey player, comes out as transgender |publisher=Usatoday.com |date= |accessdate=2018-01-13}}</ref>
On July 19, 2018, inaugural league commissioner Brenda Andress announced she would be stepping down and [[Jayna Hefford]] was named the interim commissioner.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/cwhl-commissioner-brenda-andress-step/ |title=CWHL commissioner Brenda Andress to step down |website=Sportsnet.ca |date=18 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thecwhl.com/cwhl-announce-interim-commissioner-head-hockey-operations-player-development |title=CWHL announce interim commissioner head hockey operations player development |publisher=
On March 31, 2019, it was announced that the CWHL board of directors had decided that league would discontinue operations effective May 1, 2019. The league cited that the fragmentation of corporate sponsors between the two women's hockey leagues led to the league becoming financially infeasible, but that the Chinese partnership had kept the league operating during the previous seasons. The board of directors believed it owed its players more than the league could continue to provide, that there is only room from one women's league, and encouraged the players to push any successor leagues to pay a livable wage.<ref name = "FinalStatement">{{cite web |url=http://www.thecwhl.com/CWHL_Final_Public_Communication%20July_2_2019_FINAL_630pm.pdf |title=Final Public Communication |website=CWHL |date=2 July 2019}}</ref>
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* [https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/Women-s-hockey-league-eyes-partnering-with-NHL?urn=oly-224370 Neate Sager, Women's hockey league eyes partnering with NHL] February 26, 2010.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100918061619/http://www.hour.ca/news/news.aspx?iIDArticle=20459 Meg Hewings, Women's pro league could help grow hockey] in Hour.ca, September 16, 2010.
* [https://calgaryherald.com/sports/Women+hockey+need+more+promotion+sponsors/4492808/story.html Stephanie Myles, Women's hockey in need of more promotion, sponsors]{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} in Calgary Herald, March 23, 2011.
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