Several Former NHL Stars Sign With New Sports League

Multiple former NHL players have signed contracts to play a new sport in a new league. These beloved players will take their talents from the ice to the court.

Pickleball has been a rapidly growing sport particularly in the United States. A sport that combines badminton, tennis, and ping pong pickleball has becomes the new hot thing to do. Most recently pickleball was featured on ESPN for the first time. Now several former NHL players are taking advantage and joining a league.

The PBX Pickleball is a company whose mission is to allow everyday people the opportunity to play the sport against former professional athletes. Their list of athletes is growing every single day. The NHL is now joining this initiative with several players signing contracts including the following:

It will be interesting to see if this list expands as time goes on. Pickleball will likely only get more popular as time goes on.

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