Metropolitan Riveters
Former women's professional ice hockey team in East Rutherford, New Jersey / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Metropolitan Riveters (originally the New York Riveters) were a professional women's ice hockey team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with home games at the American Dream Meadowlands ice rink.
Metropolitan Riveters | |
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City | East Rutherford, New Jersey |
League | Premier Hockey Federation |
Founded | 2015 |
Folded | 2023 |
Home arena | The Rink at American Dream |
Colors | Blue, red, white |
Owner(s) | BTM Partners (John Boynton, chairman) |
General manager | Tori Charron |
Head coach | Venla Hovi |
Captain | Madison Packer |
Website | Official website |
Franchise history | |
2015–2017 | New York Riveters |
2017–2023 | Metropolitan Riveters |
Championships | |
Regular season titles | 1 (2017–18) |
Playoff championships | 1 (2017–18) |
They were one of the four charter franchises of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL), later known as the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF). Its team name and logo were based upon Rosie the Riveter, the subject of the World War II-era motivational poster "We Can Do It!". The Riveters played one season in Brooklyn before moving to the New Jersey Devils practice rink in Newark, New Jersey, in 2016. The team then formed a promotional affiliation with the Devils and were renamed the Metropolitan Riveters; the partnership ended in 2019. The team folded in 2023, when the PHF's assets were purchased and the league dissolved.